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California’s Running Out of Both Money and News
The State’s budget deficit may be larger than Governor Schwarzenegger thought it was when he proposed cutting parks, education and aid to the aged, blind and disabled. Is it time to get serious about tax breaks and loopholes that favor the rich at the expense of the poor? At the same time, it’s going to be harder to find out what’s going on--because newspapers all over the state are being cut, squeezed and trimmed.
By Warren Olney • • 30m ListenThe State’s budget deficit may be larger than Governor Schwarzenegger thought it was when he proposed cutting parks, education and aid to the aged, blind and disabled. Is it time to get serious about tax breaks and loopholes that favor the rich at the expense of the poor? At the same time, it’s going to be harder to find out what’s going on--because newspapers all over the state are being cut, squeezed and trimmed.
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2 storiesBudget Deficit Grows To $16 Billion
One place where news staffs have been reduced is the State Capitol, where the Governor and the Legislature face a deficit of another kind.
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In the San Francisco Bay Area, almost all employees at 22 dailies and weeklies have been asked to take buyouts. The same owner has reduced newspaper staffs in the San Gabriel Valley and the South Bay, with the San Fernando Valley’s Daily News said to be next.
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