Announcements from newly installed governor make good on budget cutting promises. By Jason KUROSU Governor Jerry Brown unveiled his budget plan Monday, a budget rife with cuts and plans to increase taxes in order to combat a ballooning deficit. The billions in cuts might have come as a shock to some if not for Brown’s […]
By Jason KUROSU Jerry Brown officially regained his post as California’s governor on Monday when he was sworn in at his inauguration. Any celebratory inclinations took a quick backseat to addressing the task ahead, that being the state budget, which will be proposed next Monday, Jan. 10. Brown stated in his speech that, “The budget […]
By Jason KUROSU Governor-Elect Jerry Brown held a state budget forum last Tuesday at UCLA in which he highlighted the budgetary obstacles that California will face going into the new year. Brown made no secret of the budget problems. “We’re facing some pretty … pretty is a soft word. This is really a huge challenge, […]
By Mary O’KEEFE Tuesday’s election results will bring about change to Washington and a return to past leadership in California. The laid-back attitude of California voters was more of a myth than a reality during several hotly contested races from the U.S. Senate to the governor’s office. Jerry Brown, at 72, was elected for his […]