With a $25 billion budget gap between spending and income, Governor Jerry Brown proposes $12 billion in cuts and will ask voters for $12.5 billion in extended tax hikes. He says there's no other choice. If the budget passes, the state won't be funding local redevelopment agencies. What will be left of the "safety net" for the aged, the disabled and the poor?
Jerry Brown Presents a Gloomy Budget
Credits
Guests:
- Evan Halper - staff writer at Washington Post - @evanhalper
- Jean Ross - California Budget Project
- Zev Yaroslavsky - former member of LA City Council and LA Board of Supervisors; author of “Zev’s Los Angeles: From Boyle Heights to the Halls of Power” - @ZevYaroslavsky
- Bernard Parks - Los Angeles City Councilman - @BernardCParks
- Bill Whalen - Hoover Institution - @hooverwhalen