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Opinion: How much is Calif. really spending?

Published: July 30, 2015  By: admin, In: Voices,  3 Comments
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee

It’s time again for some more fun with numbers – big numbers.

Dan Walters

Dan Walters

They’re the numbers associated with the 2015-16 state budget, which the Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown enacted last month.

There may be some public confusion over its dimensions. Some news media reported the total as $115.4 billion, others as $167.6 billion.

Both are correct as far as they go.

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  1. pine tree says - Posted: July 30, 2015

    Wasteful

  2. tahoeadvocate says - Posted: July 30, 2015

    Spending over twice the budget. When will the voters demand sanity?
    When you build a budget it should be based on how much money you have coming in. When you spend twice as much, you have to get the extra money from somewhere and that is your paycheck.

  3. rock4tahoe says - Posted: July 30, 2015

    Since he is a political hit man, reading a Sources and Uses of Fund Budget is not Dan’s expertise.

    For those interested in actually “reading” the budgets, here you go…

    http://www.ebudget.ca.gov/