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    Which Way, L.A.?

    New Cuts May Have to Be Made to Budget

    You thought this summer's state budget negotiations were hard? Wait until Republicans and Democrats go back to Sacramento this year, facing a $5 billion to $8 billion deficit in the spending plan they just passed. They'll have to make cuts in this year's budget for schools, cities, police departments and state agencies.

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

    You thought this summer's state budget negotiations were hard? Wait until Republicans and Democrats go back to Sacramento this year, facing a $5 billion to $8 billion deficit in the spending plan they just passed. They'll have to make cuts in this year's budget for schools, cities, police departments and state agencies.

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    Clean Energy, Clean Air and Political Confusion
    1. 1:29New Cuts May Have to Be Made to BudgetYou’re reading this
    2. 7:06Proposition 7 Sounds Good, So Why Don’t Most Environmentalists Like it?
    3. 18:29Psychological Depression over the Prospect of Economic Depression
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Karen Radziner

      Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Fred Silva

      Budget Project Leader with California Forward, Former Chief Fiscal Advisor for the Office of the Senate President pro Tem

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Clean Energy, Clean Air and Political Confusion
    1. 1:29New Cuts May Have to Be Made to BudgetYou’re reading this
    2. 7:06Proposition 7 Sounds Good, So Why Don’t Most Environmentalists Like it?
    3. 18:29Psychological Depression over the Prospect of Economic Depression
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