The New York Times
Opinion But Mr. Brown was careful not to make the news sound too good. The added revenue will eat into the budget deficit, but it is not nearly enough to erase it. So the state will still need to extend some taxes that were set to expire, he said, in...
Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Sacramento State revenue has rocketed to a projected $6.6 billion beyond expectations, a windfall that Gov. Jerry Brown wants to use to stabilize education spending and help repair California's battered finances. In the revised budget...
SF Gate
Skinner knows the bill doesn't have a prayer of passing -- not when she needs Republican cooperation on revenue raising measures. (Ask Brown, Jerry). Still, she hopes this will be a way to "start the conversation" about restructuring California's tax...
Laist
Brown's revised budget plan , released Monday, puts about $3 billion more into school spending than initially proposed in January and seeks to eliminate several high paying "patronage posts" as well as "43 boards, commissions, task forces, offices...
The Orange County Register
Brown's charm and political acumen were no match for Republican legislators, who argued that voting to put a tax extension on the ballot was tantamount to voting to raise taxes. Brown's claim that he could breach the partisan gridlock was "nonsense,"...
City on a Hill Press
Brown proposed a budget of $88.8 billion, with an estimated $6.6 billion in tax receipts to come in over the next year. Increased revenue and already-enacted spending cuts have also reduced the projected size of the state deficit to $9.6 billion. His...