When the budget was passed in July, critics decried the deal as "catastrophic" and "devastating." But some of the grim impacts that many prognosticated haven’t come to pass because cuts can change after a budget is passed, said Daniel J.B. Mitchell, professor emeritus in the UCLA School of Public Affairs. Sometimes, threats at the time of a budget’s passing are "kind of a negotiating thing," he added. Not all state programs have been able to sidestep the cuts. A nearly $2 billion budget reduction to the state’s higher-education systems has led to faculty furloughs and fewer class offerings.

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by Ryan Knutson, The Wall Street Journal.

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