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QUOTES from page 9 ers. "Californians do pay a bundle in taxes. They pay too much for what they get back. Problem is, it's the federal government that's shortchanging them." The Los Angeles Times, 5/19/03, Lawmak- ers Work for a Budget Deal. "Some Republi- cans are considering whether to seek a spending cap or other concessions to get a plan passed. With Gov. Gray Davis' proposed state spending plan on the table, leaders of both political parties are quietly searching for compromises that would secure a balanced budget before California runs out of cash." The Los Angeles Times, 5/19/03, Library Cuts Could Hit Home at Capitol. "And although the State Library is not the only target of cuts — its budget would be trimmed about 20 %, from $21 million to about $17 million — it is a place strik- ingly intimate to those in the Legislature and the administration who are doing the cutting." Sacramento Bee, 5/20/03, Analyst: Future holes in budget Governor's revision is 'pre- cariously balanced,' Hill says. "Gov. Gray Davis has offered a "precariously balanced" revised spending plan that will strap lawmakers with formidable budget holes in future years, Legisla- tive Analyst Elizabeth Hill said Monday." The Stockton Record, 5/21/03, GOP Sounds Budget Alarm — Permanent tax hike one concern. "Buried in the governor's budget are the seeds of a never - ending borrowing scheme that could make a temporary sales -tax hike permanent and allow lawmakers to avoid tough decisions by continually mortgaging their problems, Republican lawmakers said Tuesday." The Palm Springs Desert Sun, 5/21/03, Palm Springs DARE, Police League May Fall Victim to Budget Crunch. Budget cuts would immediately threaten the department's youth outreach arms such as its DARE or Drug Abuse Resistance Education program." The Pasadena Star News, 5121/03, Supes: Save the Libraries. We join our Los Angeles County supervisors, Don Knabe and Gloria Molina, in urging the full Board of Supervisors next month to do its best to save perhaps a couple more small, Whittier -area libraries from the budgetary ax. The Long Beach Press Telegram, 5/21/03, Officials Decry County's Cuts. "District Attorney Steve Cooley said Tuesday a proposal to cut $4.6million from his proposed $122million budget would force him to eliminate 30 prosecutors from his staff, in addition to the 83 lost last year." Los Angeles Times, 5/20/03, Lawmakers Warned on State Budget — Controller says without a plan, government would shut down. Analyst cautions more action is needed. "California Controller Steve Westly warned Mon- day that state government is likely to shut down if lawmakers take as long as they did last year to agree on a budget." The Los Angeles Times, 5/21/03, GOP Leaders Reject Wall St. Warnings — Bankers say they would be unlikely to back bonds without a new tax to cover the state's $38.2 - billion shortfall. "During a frank 90- minute exchange with the GOP caucus, bankers from Goldman trying to pressure Republicans into voting for a tax, according to lawmakers who attended the private briefing." The Fresno Bee, 5/21/03, Addicts' Care Cut in Tulare County — Budget Limits Reduce Outpatient Treatment to Six Months. "With about $1 million less to spend locally on the Proposition 36 program — which offers treatment instead of jail to first- and second -time nonviolent drug offenders — the county's 12 -month outpatient counseling will be reduced to six." Oakland Tribune, 5121/03, Pleas to Keep Clinics Open Fall on Deaf Ears. "Doctors, nurses, concerned citizens and — most of all — patients packed the Alameda County Board of Supervisors hearing room Tuesday to voice opposition to the planned closure of two county - run health care facilities." PAGE 10 /PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site-- www.caci ties. org 0.. 0. 0 0 0 0. .. .... 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 a. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 a 0 0.