Offering a brief glimpse of his new spending plan, Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday he will propose a “live-within-our-means” budget this week that spends more money on higher education and K-12 schools in the next fiscal year. “We’re proposing increases in education at the higher level and in K through 12,” Brown said… Brown suggested other areas of the state budget wouldn’t be so fortunate, even naming areas such as state-subsidized child care and the court system, both of which have endured significant cuts since the recession. The state’s court administrator said last month that Brown plans to cut the judicial system $200 million in his January budget. “Most people want to spend more money than the state has, and I will tell you 2013 is the year of fiscal discipline and living within our means,” Brown said. “And I’m going to make sure that happens.”

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by Kevin Yamamura, The Sacramento Bee.

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