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California lawmakers pass $96.3 billion budget

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Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:42pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California lawmakers voted on a budget on Friday that would spend $96.3 billion in the next fiscal year, including more on education, health care and other services, while setting aside $1.1 billion for the state's first rainy day fund in years.
The new budget, passed along party lines with little debate, makes dramatic changes to the way the state funds education, increasing the base amount spent on all students and funneling additional money to school districts with children who live in poverty.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/14/us-usa-california-budget-idUSBRE95D10R20130614

Friday, June 14, 2013




The latest on California politics and government

June 14, 2013

Both houses of Legislature begin tackling 22 budget bills

And they are off. The first of the budget bills is being taken up in the Legislature as the Assembly and Senate both convened at 10 a.m. to talk money. The plan is for the two houses to take up about 16 bills today, with the remaining bills being pushed over to Saturday, said John Vigna, spokesman for the Speaker's Office.
If lawmakers are ahead of schedule, they will attempt to take up more bills in hopes of not having to come in Saturday, Vigna said.
There are 22 bills in the budget package. Each house has to approve the main budget and the accompanying trailer bills.
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2013 Budget and Trailer Bills
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