The budget deficit that refuses to die
Three months after California legislators slashed spending for the second time this year, a $2.1 billion drop in tax revenues has opened a $1 billion hole in state coffers. After endless negotiations, late nights and general angst in passing the budget earlier this summer - now what?
Three months after California legislators slashed spending for the second time this year, a $2.1 billion drop in tax revenues has opened a $1 billion hole in state coffers. After endless negotiations, late nights and general angst in passing the budget earlier this summer - now what?
Guests:
HD Palmer, Deputy Director of External Affairs in the California Department of Finance
- Patt Morrison for October 12, 2009
- The budget deficit that refuses to die
- Will limiting convenience stores reduce obesity rates in South LA?
- Seeing the forest for the trees…and all the carbon they suck up
- Hate crimes bill passes House….with a lot of hate in the process
- First the rain comes down…then the hillsides?
- Sony’s Red Light
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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