Let’s consider this projected $28 billion budget hole with some perspective: If we close all 33 of our state prisons, fire 30,000 prison guards and release 165,000 felons, we would save $9 billion. If we eliminate all support for the University of California and California State University systems, we would save $5 billion. We would save another $4 billion if we cut all support for our community colleges. Include the elimination of services for the developmentally disabled, our successful welfare-to-work program (CalWORKS) and In-Home Support Services for the disabled, and we would save another $7.8 billion. All totaled, our budget deficit would be whittled to about $2.3 billion – but not yet resolved. This is the severity of our situation.

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by Mark Leno, The San Francisco Chronicle.

Posted: January 5th, 2011, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.