On December 25th, the Sacramento Bee published an article of the impacts advocacy has had on legislation on Sacramento during 2011 (“Lobby Power Pivotal on Bills”). While the article mostly describes the efforts of business interests killing bills that threatened their business environment, or “job killers”, it contains several tables that ranks the efforts of [...]
This afternoon, Governor Jerry Brown presented his Department of Finance’s revenue forecast for 2011-12 pursuant to Chapter 41, Statutes of 2011 – the so-called “trigger cuts” that were approved as a component of the 2011-12 state budget package. Department of Finance Director Ana Matosantos outlined both the revenue forecast and the resultant reductions that will [...]