Budget and Fiscal Responsibility
EXECUTIVE ORDER B-20-12
EXECUTIVE ORDER B-20-12 WHEREAS after accounting for lower tax revenues and updated spending projections, the state’s budget deficit is projected to be $15.7 billion; and WHEREAS balancing the budget and rebuilding a modest reserve of $1 billion requires total...
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Governor Brown Releases Revised State Budget
Protecting Education and Public Safety “Priority #1” in Revised State Budget SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. released a revised state budget today that protects funding for education and public safety while slashing $8.3 billion from government to close a...
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EXECUTIVE ORDER B-17-12
EXECUTIVE ORDER B-17-12 WHEREAS my 2012-13 budget proposes to close the State’s structural budget deficit, in part by maintaining a reduction of $426.5 million ($269 million General Fund) that was included in last year’s budget, and by requiring further reductions in...
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Governor Brown Sets Ambitious New Goals to Green State’s Buildings, Save Taxpayer Dollars
SACRAMENTO - In a move that will shrink the state’s environmental footprint and save millions of taxpayer dollars, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued a sweeping executive order today directing agencies and departments to take immediate steps to green the state’s...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on CDCR’s Plan to Improve California’s Prison System, Save Billions of Dollars
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued this statement following the release by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) of “The Future of California Corrections: A Blueprint to Save Billions of Dollars, End Federal Court...
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Governor Brown Seeks To Eliminate More Than 700 Unnecessary State Reports
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today released a list of more than 700 unnecessary bureaucratic reports currently required by law and called on the state legislature to eliminate them in order to streamline government and reduce waste. “It wastes a lot of...
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Governor, Speaker, Pro Tem and Restoring California Coalition Announce Agreement on November 2012 Ballot Measure
SACRAMENTO - Today, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez, Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and the Restoring California Coalition (the California Federation of Teachers, California Calls, the Courage Campaign and ACCE) joined forces...
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Governor Brown Issues Statement on S&P’s Upgrade of California’s Credit Ratings Outlook
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued the following statement after Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Rating Services shifted California’s credit ratings outlook from stable to positive: “The fact that California’s ratings outlook has shifted from...
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State of the State 2012: “California on the Mend”
SACRAMENTO - In his 2012 State of the State speech, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. said California is “on the mend” and laid out an ambitious agenda for economic growth in the year ahead. The full text of the speech is below: (Remarks as prepared)A video of the...
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Governor Brown Releases Statement on LAO Report
SACRAMENTO - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. released the following statement in response to today's report on the budget from the Legislative Analyst's Office: “The Legislative Analyst's Office report underscores the fundamental uncertainty of our time and, therefore,...
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