Budget and Fiscal Responsibility
Governor Brown Signs Final State Budget with Record Rainy Day Fund, School Funding
LOS ANGELES – Seven and a half years after taking office and inheriting a $27 billion budget deficit, California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed his final state budget, which fills the Rainy Day Fund to the brim and sends record funding to California’s...
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Governor Brown, Legislative Leaders Reach Budget Agreement
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon today announced that they have reached an agreement on the 2018-19 state budget. The budget agreement makes record investments in schools and...
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Governor Brown Releases Revised 2018-19 State Budget
SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today released a revised state budget proposal that boosts education funding to an all-time high, fills the Rainy Day Fund to the brim and directs billions of dollars in one-time surplus funding to combat homelessness, improve...
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Governor Brown Delivers 2018 State of the State Address: “California is Setting the Pace for America”
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. delivered his 16th - and final - State of the State address today asserting that the "bolder path is still our way forward" on climate change, infrastructure investment, health care, education and criminal justice. In his...
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Governor Brown Proposes 2018-19 State Budget
SACRAMENTO - Keeping the state on a path to long-term fiscal stability, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today proposed a $131.7 billion General Fund budget plan for 2018-19 that fills the state's Rainy Day Fund to its constitutional target, fully implements the state's...
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Governor Brown: Tell Your GOP Representative to “Vote No on This Tax Monstrosity”
SACRAMENTO – Calling on Americans to speak out and contact Republican members of Congress, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today released a video message blasting the Republican tax bill as "bad for America" and full of "massive tax breaks to corporations." The video...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on Republican Tax Proposal
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued the following statement on the Republican tax proposal released today: "The hurried tax proposal unveiled by Congress today transfers income from individuals and families to large and powerful corporate structures. This...
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Governor Brown Signs 2017-2018 State Budget
SACRAMENTO - After announcing an agreement with legislative leaders earlier this month, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed a balanced, on-time state budget that maintains fiscal prudence in uncertain times. "California is taking decisive action by enacting a...
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Governor Brown, Legislative Leaders Issue Statements on Budget Agreement
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Senate President pro Tempore Kevin de León and Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon today announced that they have reached an agreement on the 2017-18 State Budget. "This budget keeps California on a sound fiscal path and...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on President Trump’s Budget Proposal
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement on President Donald J. Trump's 2018 Proposed Budget: "This budget proposal is based on utterly bogus economic assumptions. It gives a massive tax break to the wealthiest, while imposing...
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