Quick hits
by TP staff
May 12, 2009 | 1829 views | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend | print
• NO QUICK FIX: “It’s well beyond triage. We’re talking about painful and difficult decisions. You can’t just finesse your way through $15 billion or $21 billion.” — Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento.

Numbers:

• $23.1 billion: California’s projected budget deficit through next June, Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneg-ger disclosed this week in a letter to legislative leaders.

• $15.4 billion: What the Republican governor’s Department of Finance has projected for a budget gap if the May 19 special election ballot measures pass.

• $23.1 billion: The projection for a budget gap if they fail.

• $6 billion: What the state would gain in solutions if Propositions 1C, 1D and 1E pass.
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