March 24, 2011
Gov. Jerry Brown today signed bills making billions of cuts in California's budget, raising community college fees and slicing support for the developmentally disabled and mentally ill.
The package raises community college fees from $26 per unit to $36 per unit and defers $2.1 billion in payments to K-12 schools to 2012-13.
All told, the measures address at least $8 billion of the state's $26.6 billion deficit.
"We've gone a significant part of the way," Brown said after signing the bills. "It's not the kind of thing I like doing ... but when you have a deficit you have to do something."
Check back with sacbee.com and Capitol Alert for more budget developments.
The package raises community college fees from $26 per unit to $36 per unit and defers $2.1 billion in payments to K-12 schools to 2012-13.
All told, the measures address at least $8 billion of the state's $26.6 billion deficit.
"We've gone a significant part of the way," Brown said after signing the bills. "It's not the kind of thing I like doing ... but when you have a deficit you have to do something."
Check back with sacbee.com and Capitol Alert for more budget developments.
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