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Kersten Communications has completed a brief report, titled “Legislative Analyst Projects $20.7 Billion Budget Deficit for 2010-11 Budget and Beyond,” which summarizes the findings of a report released yesterday by the LAO.   

Another KC publication, titled “Flurry of Fiscal Initiatives Filed With California Attorney General’s Office for Possible Consideration on November 2010 Ballot,” summarizes a series of fiscal inititatives, and their proponents, that have been filed for the November… Read More...

Increased state expenditures and weak economic growth among other things have opened up a $20.7 billion budget gap for the 2010-11 budget and caused the Legislative Analyst to project $20 billion annual budget deficits through the 2014-15 budget year unless corrective action is taken.

“It’s going to be another difficult year for the Legislature in order to close what is another very large budget problem,” said Legislative Analyst… Read More...

Elections were held on November 3 in many parts of California.  Michael Coleman, Fiscal Policy Advisor of League of California Cities, released the preliminary results of local revenue ballot measures from elections held in California on Nov. 3.

“In addition to a number of elections to fill legislative and agency governing board positions, voters decided the fate of over 100 local measures including 57 concerning taxes, fees or bonds… Read More...

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On October 29, 2009 the law firm of Remcho, Johansen and Purcell, LLP filed two initiative measures with the California Attorney General’s Office on behalf of the California Forward Action Fund.  “The Best Practices Budget Accountability Act” is available by clicking here.   The “Community Funding Protection and Accountability Act of 2010″  is available by clicking here.  Both measures require the collection of nearly 700,000 signatures of registered voters… Read More...