Homelessness Crisis Gets Relief From California Gov. Jerry Brown’s New Budget
June 27, 2018 | Ben Adler
The California budget signed on Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown includes several pieces intended to help address the state’s homelessness crisis.
June 27, 2018 | Ben Adler
The California budget signed on Wednesday by Gov. Jerry Brown includes several pieces intended to help address the state’s homelessness crisis.
June 27, 2018
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a nearly $140 billion general fund spending plan Wednesday.
June 26, 2018 | Cody Drabble
State Senator Holly Mitchell (D-30, Los Angeles) returns to Insight to discuss California's new spending priorities in the next budget.
June 19, 2018 | Ben Bradford
California lawmakers passed several "budget trailer bills" on Monday, including one authorizing a new, online community college.
June 18, 2018 | Ben Bradford
The state’s next budget does not include a new charge on water users to fund safe drinking water in rural communities, but that proposal is still alive.
June 15, 2018 | Ben Adler
The proposal would create a single investigative unit housed in the Legislative Counsel’s office. Then, a panel of outside experts would determine whether allegations are substantiated and make recommendations on potential consequences.
June 14, 2018 | Ben Adler
The budget agreement California lawmakers are expected to send to Gov. Jerry Brown doesn’t just include the spending bill itself. There’s also more than two dozen other measures that implement the budget — known as trailer bills.
June 8, 2018 | Ben Adler
California lawmakers have reached a budget deal with Gov. Jerry Brown. It will include an obscure provision that guarantees future minimum funding levels for schools and community colleges at the expense of everything of everything else.
June 8, 2018 | Ben Adler
The UC and CSU have emerged as big winners in the agreement Brown reached with Democrats, which also included increases to child care and welfare grants.
June 8, 2018
CapRadio’s Ben Adler joins us to talk about the early results of the California primary elections this week and what they mean for the November general elections. Then, he explains what we can expect from the California state budget.