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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Jerry Brown Presents a Gloomy Budget

    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.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    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?

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    Jerry Brown's Budget: The Axeman Cometh
    1. 0:00Jerry Brown Presents a Gloomy BudgetYou’re reading this
    2. 26:15Saturday's Shooting Rampage in Tucson
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Evan Halper

      staff writer at Washington Post

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      Jean Ross

      California Budget Project

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      Zev Yaroslavsky

      Director of the Los Angeles Initiative at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Former member of LA City Council and LA Board of Supervisors

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    Jerry Brown's Budget: The Axeman Cometh
    1. 0:00Jerry Brown Presents a Gloomy BudgetYou’re reading this
    2. 26:15Saturday's Shooting Rampage in Tucson
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