Thread: Schwarzenegger Declares Fiscal Emergency, Proposes $9.9 Bill

Schwarzenegger Declares Fiscal Emergency, Proposes $9.9 Billion In Cuts...

December 6, 2010 1:37 PM


credit: AP

SACRAMENTO (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a fiscal emergency and is asking lawmakers to meet in a special session to save the state $9.9 billion over the next two years

Audio at the link: KNX 1070′s Jon Baird Reports

Audio at the link: Sacramento Bee political columnist Dan Walters tells us he thinks we shouldn’t overstate the scale of the problem

Schwarzenegger on Monday unveiled a plan that relies largely on cuts to health care and social services for the poor.

About $7.4 billion of his proposal would come from cuts, include reducing cash assistance to needy families by 15.7 percent in April, then eliminating the entire welfare-to-work program in July.

He is proposing to eliminate vision coverage and increasing monthly premiums for Healthy Families, a program that provides health coverage for children of low-income families.

The governor also is asking the state to limit prescriptions and cap physician visits to 10 a year for Medi-Cal recipients.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2010/12/ ... e-deficit/

No mention of the 50 million a month La county is spending to feed the children of illegals?

Is that one of the programs that he said awhile back he was glad they were using?