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<br />Los Angeles Times, 5/16/03, Scores of
<br />Teachers Statewide Receive Layoff Notices
<br />— Cuts are less than feared and may be
<br />rescinded as districts refine budget projec-
<br />tions. "Several thousand teachers across Califor-
<br />nia received layoff notices Thursday from finan-
<br />cially strapped school districts seeking to cut red
<br />ink."
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<br />The Stockton Record, 5/16/03, Vehicle tax
<br />increase backed. "Cities and counties may
<br />have been among the biggest winners in the
<br />governor's revised budget plan, avoiding billions, in
<br />possible cuts and cost shifts, but local officials
<br />Thursday said they'll keep hammering away at the
<br />Legislature until they are safely through the big-
<br />gest financial crisis in a decade."
<br />San Francisco Chronicle, 5/16/03, S.F.
<br />budget gap slimming down — Cuts progres-
<br />sively more painful. "San Francisco, which
<br />started the budget- drafting cycle with a historic
<br />$347 million deficit, has whittled down the amount
<br />to $60 million, city officials said Thursday with their
<br />fingers crossed."
<br />The Torrance Daily Breeze, 5/16/03, Re-
<br />modeled library now in peril. "After spending
<br />more than $300,000 on Victoria Park facility, the
<br />county may close it. The budget cut news comes
<br />a shock to some officials."
<br />The Fresno Bee, 5/16/03, Valley officials study
<br />impact of new budget plan — Revised blue-
<br />print contains good news, but fears remain
<br />about crucial revenues, new burdens. "Less
<br />than 24 hours after Gov. Davis unveiled his rede-
<br />signed budget to the public, San Joaquin Valley
<br />officials pored over the 95 -page document for
<br />signs that it won't pummel cities and counties."
<br />Sacramento Bee, 5/16/03, County slashes
<br />social services — Programs for teens, seniors
<br />hard hit by $13.2 million in cuts. "The fragile
<br />safety net protecting Sacramento County's needi-
<br />est residents is beginning to disintegrate as
<br />officials come to grips with the reality of a brutal
<br />budget crisis."
<br />The Ventura County Star, 5/16/03, Local
<br />leaders keep sharp eye on state budget and
<br />lawmakers. "Hundreds of local government
<br />officials, ending a two -day lobbying blitz at the
<br />Capitol on Thursday, claimed temporary victory in
<br />Protecting the financial interests of cities and
<br />counties against a large -scale raid on their rev-
<br />enues from a cash - strapped state government."
<br />The San Bernardino County Sun, 5/16/03,
<br />Officials lobby over budget proposals — May
<br />revision of plan gives leaders hope. "San
<br />Bernardino County and its collection of small- to
<br />medium -size cities were big losers in previous
<br />state - budget derbies that decided who and what
<br />would take the brunt of California's fiscal implo-
<br />sion. But that was then."
<br />The Napa Valley Register, 5/16/03, Davis:
<br />tax and borrow to close deficit — Under new
<br />plan, Napa would avoid feared school, social
<br />service cuts. "State Sen. Wesley Chesbro said
<br />the governor's new plan to close an expected $38
<br />billion budget deficit means less pain for Napa
<br />schools and social programs than initially antici-
<br />pated."
<br />The Bakersfield Californian, 5/16/03,
<br />Budget Red Flags Discovered. "With another
<br />day to comb the fine print of Gov. Gray Davis'
<br />revised budget plan, local officials and lawmakers
<br />discovered some curious details and more unan-
<br />swered questions Thursday."
<br />Riverside Press Enterprise, 5/16/03, Bud-
<br />get Proposal Worries City. "Gov. Davis' revised
<br />budget proposal could wind up bankrupting the city
<br />redevelopment agency within a few years, se-
<br />verely hampering efforts to revive blighted neigh-
<br />borhoods, a Riverside official said Thursday.
<br />Davis is proposing to shift $250 million in
<br />funding from redevelopment agencies statewide to
<br />help pay for public education, according to an
<br />analysis by the League of California Cities and
<br />California Redevelopment Association."
<br />The San Jose Mercury News, 5/16/03,
<br />Vehicle license fee restoration will help.
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