Courts benefit from Brown’s budget
By Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News
Gov. Jerry Brown’s latest spending plan appears to further treat the California judiciary’s wounded budgets, adding about $180 million to court systems trying to recover from years of financial cuts.
The governor’s 2015-16 budget bumps the state court system’s budget from last year’s $3.29 billion to $3.47 billion, with most of that increase headed to the 58 trial courts around California hit hardest by past cutbacks.
Under the governor’s budget, the judiciary’s budget would inch closer to the $3.7 billion allocated in 2007-08. In fact, with the use of trial court reserve money required under previous budgets, the governor’s staff pegs spending on the judicial branch at about $3.7 billion in the 2015-16 fiscal year.
Government spending always benefits itself. Brown is benefiting government agencies and their employees, obama’s proposal for “free” community college benefits government owned community colleges and their employees.
It’s so glaringly obvious, and everybody thinks government is there to help THEM.
Hah!
Dog. YAWN