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A Light at the End of the Budget Tunnel
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A Light at the End of the Budget Tunnel

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Public unions have agreed to a deal that could save the City of LA big money. Also, the latest from Sacramento. Can the Governor and legislative leaders get the votes they need for a fragile compromise? Why does Proposition 13 bring more bad news for local government? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the President will have answers tonight about healthcare reform, but tomorrow a lot of questions will still remain. What are the hardest choices that will have to be made?  Does cost control mean rationing?

Banner image: California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (L) and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg speak to reporters after legislative leaders and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reached a budget deal Monday to close California's $26 billion budget gap. Photo: Max Whittaker/Getty Images

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Does Healthcare Reform Face an Endless Summer? ()

President Obama held a news conference tonight, and tomorrow he'll go back on the road with his campaign for health care reform. What's happened to his hope that Congress would act before the August recess less than two weeks from now?

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Making News

City-Labor Deal ()

Los Angeles City workers have voted unanimously to defer pay raises and increase pension contributions, a move that could save the city big money. LA is facing a budget deficit of $530 million. Matt Szabo is senior press secretary for Mayor Villaraigosa.

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A Light at the End of the Budget Tunnel ()

The Governor and legislative leaders worked out a $26 billion compromise Monday, but it was unclear if enough Democrats and Republicans would go along. Yesterday, GOP leaders said they’d been "double-crossed" on releasing some 27,000 prisoners from crowded state institutions. Last night, Zev Yaroslavsky told us why he and other Los Angeles Supervisors plan to sue over some aspects of the state budget plan. But there’s no doubt that local governments are the biggest losers. The problem begins with Proposition 13. Today, the Governor, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and Senate President Pro Tem Darrel Steinberg were in the arm-twisting business.

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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.

 

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