Budget and Fiscal Responsibility

Law Enforcement Leaders Back Governor Brown on Key Budget Proposal
SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown today announced that law enforcement leaders across the state have expressed support for his revised realignment plan to put more power back in the hands of local communities. To date, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, the...
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Business Leaders Support Governor Brown’s Balanced Budget Plan
SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown today announced that key California business leaders support his budget plan and letting California voters decide whether or not to temporarily extend existing taxes. The Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG), California Small...
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Bay Area Council Endorses Governor Brown’s Balanced Budget Plan
SAN FRANCISCO - Governor Jerry Brown today announced that the Bay Area Council, which represents more than 275 of the largest employers in the region, has endorsed his budget plan. “The Bay Area Council has made a very important endorsement for this balanced package...
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S. California Business Leaders Endorse Governor Brown’s Efforts to Let Voters Decide How to Address Budget Crisis
February 25, 2011 LOS ANGELES - Governor Jerry Brown today announced that two of Southern California’s premier business leadership groups - the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce and the Valley Industry & Commerce Association (VICA) - have endorsed his plan to...
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Governor Brown Eliminates “S.W.A.G”
Memo bans state spending on key chains, stress balls, ashtrays, t-shirts and other “freebie” items SACRAMENTO - Governor Jerry Brown’s administration today directed all state agencies and departments to stop spending taxpayer dollars on free giveaway and gift...
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Governor Brown Seeks List of “Top 10 Actions” to Cut Government Waste and Boost Efficiency
SACRAMENTO - Seeking the best ideas to cut government waste and increase efficiency, Governor Jerry Brown has asked the Bureau of State Audits and the Little Hoover Commission to each provide a list of “Top 10 Actions” California can take to achieve these goals. “This...
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Governor Brown Orders Statewide Hiring Freeze
SACRAMENTO - Continuing his work to save scarce taxpayer dollars, Governor Jerry Brown today issued a hiring freeze across state government. “We have a $25 billion deficit, and we must do everything possible to save money and make government leaner and more...
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EXECUTIVE ORDER B-3-11
WHEREAS, California’s significant imbalance between revenues and expenditures has resulted in an estimated budget deficit of $25.4 billion; and WHEREAS, strong measures must be implemented to reduce costs and to regain and safeguard the trust of the people of...
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Governor Brown Cancels Sale of State Properties
SACRAMENTO - In a move that will save taxpayers $6 billion dollars over the next 35 years, Governor Jerry Brown today called off the previous administration’s “short-sighted” proposal to sell and leaseback 11 state properties. “The sale and leaseback proposal was...
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Spanish Translation: Governor’s State of the State Address
DISCURSO OFICIALGOBERNADOR EDMUND G. BROWN, JR.LUNES, 31 DE ENERO DE 2011 GOBERNADOR BROWN: Gracias. Gracias. Muchas gracias, vicegobernador Newsom, presidente Pérez, presidente pro témpore Steinberg, líder republicano del Senado Dutton, líder republicano de la...
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