Article Archive

• 05/09/2013 - Will a Rainy Day Fund Plan Help End Boom-Bust Budget Cycles?
• 04/24/2013 - As California Marks Anniversary of Parks Scandal, New Examples of Improper State Spending Emerge.
• 04/16/2013 - State Auditor Report Shows California is $127.2 Billion in the Red.
• 04/04/2013 - Voters Approve Tax Hikes to Protect Schools - But Where Will the Money Actually Go?
• 03/14/2013 - Proposition 30 and Higher Education
• 03/14/2013 - Parks Department Audit Reveals Problems Persist in the Wake of Fiscal Mismanagement
• 02/22/2013 - Does the State Need a Stronger Rainy Day Fund?
• 02/15/2013 - Was Proposition 30 a Good Deal for Education?
• 02/7/2013 - Fast Growing Areas of the Budget
• 01/31/2013 - Does the Governor's Budget Pay Down "Wall of Debt" or Simply Add More Bricks to the Wall?
• 01/18/2013 - California Budget Fact Check: Governor Brown Releases 2013-14 Budget Plan
• 01/11/2013 - Putting the Upcoming State Budget into Perspective
• 01/09/2013 - Has Public Safety Realignment Saved the State Money?
• 9/20/2012 - Higher Education Cuts Hurt California's Students
• 9/07/2012 - While State Continues to Struggle with Deficits, Politicians Continue to Spend More
• 8/23/2012 - Taxpayers foot bill for state worker "savings"
• 8/16/2012 - Parks Buyouts, Special Funds "Hoarding" Raises Questions about State Spending Practices
• 8/09/2012 - Parks Scandal Shines Spotlight on Prior Year Budget Spending
• 7/26/2012 - Is High Speed Rail More of a Budget Priority Than Education?
• 6/28/2012 - Two Weeks for Half a Budget: Worth the Wait?
• 6/21/2012 - Has Proposition 25 Produced Balanced Budgets for California?
• 6/14/2012 - Are We Cutting $8 Billion in Spending?
• 6/7/2012 - If Education Were a Legislative Priority, Would Trigger Cuts Be Necessary?
• 5/24/2012 - May Revision
• 5/17/2012 - Revenue Score Card
• 4/26/2012 - Governor Brown Predicts Increased Deficit
• 4/5/2012 - Are the Governor's Education Trigger Cuts Necessary?
• 3/22/2012 - Governor's New Tax Plan
• 3/15/2012 - Is The Fire Tax Unconstitutional?
• 3/8/2012 - Is Higher Education a Budget Priority?
• 3/1/2012 - Has Education Been a Budget Priority?
• 2/23/2012 - Pension Reform
• 2/16/2012 - Have We Cut State Spending?
• 2/9/2012 - CalWORKs
• 2/2/2012 - Governor's Tax Increase Initiative
• 1/26/2012 - Spending 2012-13
• 1/19/2012 - Revenues are Up, But Spending is Higher
• 1/19/2012 - Tax Revenues