BUDGET MEDIA ARCHIVES
Media Story Archives  

July 14, 2011
Legislative Analyst's Office Article: Summary Tables - 2011-12 Budget Package
May 26, 2011
ACSA Article: 2011-12 May Budget Revision Analysis


May 26, 2011
SSC Article: SSC's Advice Regarding the 2011 May Revision


April 11, 2011
EdSource Report: How California Ranks

March 21, 2011
SSC Article: 2011-12 Budget Act Passed - Still Work to Be Done


February 22, 2011

CASBO Article: State Budget Information
February 2, 2011
Legislative Analyst's Office: Overview of Proposition 98 Budget
February 2, 2011
Legislative Analyst's Office: 2010-11 Budget - Defer or Not Defer?
February 1, 2011
SSC Article: Governor Urges Legislature to Let Voters Decide
January 27, 2011
SSC Article: Governor Brown's State of the State Address on Monday, January 31, 2011
January 27, 2011
SSC Article: Lockyer Offers Thoughts on IOUs and All-Cuts Budget
January 27, 2011
SSC Article: What Should We Plan for in 2011-12?
January 21, 2011
SSC Article: Governor Brown Declares Fiscal Emergency
January 12, 2011
SSC Article: A New Governor, New Approach, Same Old Economic Problems
January 12, 2011
SSC Article: Governor Proposes Balanced Solutions to Close the Budget Gap
December 9, 2010
Schools Innovation & Advocacy: Brown's Budget Assessment
December 9, 2010
SSC Article: Budget Summit Seeks to Quantify California's Budget Problem
          December 6, 2010
SSC Article: Schwarzenegger Calls His Last Special Session
November 17, 2010
Legislative Analyst's Fiscal Report
August 2, 2010
CSBA - California School News: Budget Cuts Put Schools "In Crisis", O'Connell Says
          July 29, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: By Many Measures, California's K-12 Funding Lags the Nation
June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Congress Cuts Federal Aid, Leaving the May Revision Short $1.9 Billion

June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: LAO Releases Overview of the 2010-11 May Revision

June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: May Revision Shows No Gain but No New Pain for Education

June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Budget Conference Committee Begins Work - Pressure is on to Suspend Proposition 98

June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: The Latest on Revenues and the Economy

June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Senate Democrats Propose to Shift Social Service and Public Safety Programs to Counties

June 30, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Assembly Democrats Modify Borrowing Scheme

April 29, 2010
EdSource Forum Report: California at a Crossroads: Crisis & Opportunity

March 26, 2010
EdSource Report: 2010 Resource Cards on California Education

March 8, 2010
CASBO Newsbreak: Deferral and Gas Tax Bills to the Governor

March 4, 2010
CASBO Newsbreak: Deferral Cleanup About Ready for Vote

February 26, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Assembly Passes Deferral Bill; Further Cleanup Legislation is Expected

Feburary 26, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Additional K-12 Education Deferrals Proposed

February 24, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: Update on Recent Legislative Actions - Video (59MB - LARGE FILE DOWNLOAD)

February 22, 2010
Legislative Analyst's Office Webcast: The Basics of Proposition 98, a Tutorial for State Policymakers

February 9, 2010
Legislative Analyst's Office Overview of Special Session Proposals: Proposition 98 Budget

January 31, 2010
Los Angeles Times: Public Ignorance Bites California in the Wallet

January 26, 2010
SSC Fiscal Report: State Controller Warns of Cash Shortfall

January 25, 2010
Legislative Analyst's Office Overview of Proposition 98 Budget

January 22, 2010
EdSource: Governor's Budget Proposals for 2010-11
 
January 22, 2010
EdSource: Governor's Proposal for 2010-11 State Budget

January 19, 2010
EdSource Report: School Finance 2009-10 Budget Cataclysm and its Aftermath

January 19, 2010
Legislative Analyst's Office Overview of Special Session Proposals: Education Budget

January 19, 2010
EdSource Report: School Finance Highlights 2009-10

January 14, 2010
CASBO Newsbreak: So this is what it is like to be protected

January 11, 2010
Los Angeles Times: The Worst Budget Mess Ever

January 8, 2010
Office of the Governor Press Release: Governor Proposes Budget

January 6, 2010
 SSC Fiscal Report:Governor Says Education Funding to be Protected

November 19, 2009
Los Angeles Times: State's School Funding Process is Failing

November 19, 2009
CASBO Newsbreak: Legislative Analyst Projects Ongoing Budget Challenges

November 18, 2009

Los Angeles Times: California Again Faces Massive Deficit

November 15, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Anemic Recovery Forecast for U.S. Economy

November 5, 2009

UCLA Anderson Forecast: Worst National Recession in Seven Years Likely

Ended this Quarter, but Remains Impactful for the Rest of the Decade

November 3, 2009
Los Angeles Times: Schwarzenegger's Budget Boss to Step Down
October 23, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report:  2009-10 State Budget in Peril

          October 1, 2009
          SSC Fiscal Report: Governor Calls Special Session on State Tax Reform

          September 24, 2008
             Governor Signs Budget
August 24, 2009
CSBA California School News: The Budget Deal: Governor and Legislators  'failed our students'

          August 11, 2009    
          Los Angeles Times: Pundits and the California Budget
          August 4, 2009
          CASBO Newsbreak: Slight Changes and Clarifications on the Budget Deal

          August 4, 2009
          CASBO Newsbreak: Budget Deal Details
   
          August 3, 2009

          SSC Fiscal Report:  Governor Plans to Call Another Special Session

          July 28, 2009
          SSC Fiscal Report: Has State's Budget Problem Finally Been Solved

          July 28, 2009
          SSC Fiscal Report: Education Trailer Bills Emerge


          July 22, 2009
          Association of California School Administrators: A Budget Deal is Finalized
     
          June 24, 2009
         
Legislative Analyst's Office: Major General Fund Budget Actions

          June 9, 2009
         
L.A. Times: State's Budget Crisis Opens Rift between Unions & Democrats

          June 9, 2009
         
L.A. Times: CA May Get Loan Guarantees from D.C. After All


          June 3, 2009

          L.A. Times: CA Lawmakers Hear Pleas Not to Further Slash Education

          June 1, 2009
          SSC Fiscal Report: Additional School Funding Cuts Outlined

          May 25, 2009
         
L.A. Times: Would-be Gubernatorial Candidates are Long on "Change"

          May 24, 2009
         
Los Angeles Times: State Policies Work Against Good Fiscal Management

          May 24, 2009
         
Los Angeles Times: Slicing Up California's Budget Pie
                
          May 20, 2009
         
SSC Fiscal Report: Initiatives Fail, Time for the Contingency Plan

          May 20, 2009
         
L.A. Times: California Voters Kill Budget Measures

          May 18, 2009
         
Legislative Analyst's Office: Overview of the State Budget

          May 18, 2009
         
SSC Fiscal Report: May Revision to the State Budget

          May 15, 2009
         
CASBO: More May Revision Detail
        

          May 14, 2009
         
2009-10 May Revision General Fund Proposals

          May 14, 2009
         
Office of the Governor: Webcast to Air Today at 2pm

          May 13, 2009
         
SSC Fiscal Report: LAO Warns of Continued Cash Flow Problems

          May 12, 2009
         
SSC Fiscal Report: Governor's Budget Proposals to be Released on 5/14/09

          May 12, 2009
         
SSC Fiscal Report: Governor Acknowledges a $21.3 Billion Budget Gap

          May 12, 2009
         
CASBO Newsbreak: State crisis worsening

          May 8, 2009
         
CASBO Newsbreak: May Revision taking all cuts approach?

          April 22, 2009
         
CASBO Newsbreak: Let's be careful out there

          April 21, 2009
         
SSC Fiscal Report: Record High for California's Unemployment

          April 16, 2009
          SSC Fiscal Report: State Revenues Down Again
 
          March 26, 2009
         
EdSource Report: Proposition 98

          March 25, 2009
         
SSC Fiscal Report: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2
   
March 16, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Legislative Analyst's Office - Fiscal Outlook

          March 11, 2009
         
Legislative Analyst's Overview of State Budget

        
          March 10, 2009
         
Los Angeles County Office of Education: Budget Message

         

          March 4, 2009

SSC Fiscal Report: State Budget Voters' Approval

          February 19, 2009
          CASBO Newsbreak: State Budget Comes Together

          February 19, 2009
          SSC Fiscal Report: Legislature Approves Budget
       
         
February 18, 2009
          California School News Article: Vantage Point

          February 17, 2009
          SSC Fiscal Report: Update on Budget Deal

          February 17, 2009
          SSC Fiscal Report: Budget Deal Coming Together?

          February 17, 2009
          SSC Fiscal Report:  Latest News on State Budget and Stimulus Package       

       
         
February 9, 2009
             SSC Fiscal Report: Cash Flow
         
          January 30, 2009
          SSC Fiscal Report: Federal Bailout

         
         
January 21, 2009
EdSource Report: The Basics of California's School Finance System

          January 15, 2009
 
SSC Fiscal Report: Governor Gives Nontraditional State-of-the-State Address

          January 14, 2009
L.A. Times Article: Schwarzenegger Proposes 5 Fewer School Days

         
January 14, 2009
          L.A. Times Article: LAUSD to Cut 507 Staff & Clerical Jobs  

         
January 13, 2009
Legislative Analyst's Office Report: Overview of Governor's Budget

          January 12, 2009
CASBO Newsbreak: Budget Issues Clarified

          January 12, 2009

          SSC Fiscal Report: Governor's Proposals for Budget 2009-10
         
          January 9, 2009

          EdSource Report
 
          January 6, 2009
          EdBrief Article: $2.5 billion in Education Cuts
January 6, 2009
SSC Fiscal Report: Early Release of Governor's Proposed 2009-10 State Budget
          December 18, 2008
             CASBO Newsbreak - Democrats Adopt Midyear Plan
         
          December 16, 2008
         
SSC Fiscal Report: Special Session Budget Plan

          December 11, 2008
         
SSC Fiscal Report: "Big 5" Negotiations Suffer a Setback
                  
          December 11, 2008

          Los Angeles Times: State budget gap could reach $41.8 billion by 2010 

December 10, 2008
District Budget - December Update

December 9, 2008

Los Angeles Times:  California fiscal officials try 'Scared Straight' approach with Legislature

December 9, 2008

SSC Fiscal Report: Joint Assembly and Senate "Convention" Hears Grim Budget News

December 8, 2008
UCLA Anderson Forecast

December 4, 2008

SSC Fiscal Report: Major Provisions in the Democrats' Education Bill

November 10, 2008
The San Francisco Chronicle: Quick fix for state budget problems a long shot

November 9, 2008

The Sacramento Bee: California budget battle looks like it'll be a rerun
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October 30, 2008

District Budget - Answers to Common Questions

October 28, 2008
The Sacramento Bee: Governor will call special legislative session on budget
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October 19, 2008
Los Angeles Times:  States face new budget shortfalls

September 24, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle:  Governor cuts, signs long-overdue budget

September 24, 2008
Los Angeles Times:  Arnold Schwarzenegger signs $145-billion California budget

June 12, 2008
Sacramento Bee:  Senate Dems call for tax increases

June 5, 2008

Reuters:  California Democrats unveil rival state budget

May 19, 2008
Los Angeles Times: It's time for straight talk on budget from the voters

May 15, 2008
Los Angeles Times: New Schwarzenegger budget for California would divert gas taxes

May 12, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle: New state budget plan may carry hard choices

May 12, 2008
San Diego Union-Tribune: Deficit ensnares another governor

April 30, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle:  BUDGET BOMBSHELL – Governor boosts deficit forecast to $20 billion as he bids to change state's spending system

April 30, 2008
Los Angeles Times:  California divided over new taxes for schools, poll finds

April 30, 2008
KXJZ News:  Schools and the Budget Crisis

March 20, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle: “Education budget cuts are not in California’s interest”

March 14, 2008
San Francisco Chronicle: Núñez's bill taxing oil companies falls short

February 29, 2008
Los Angeles Times: “Schwarzenegger wants to close some tax loopholes”