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Io A -9 QUOTES from page 4...... The Los Angeles Times, 6/02/03, Mulish Budget Battle Unique. "While deepening budget woes have sparked spirited partisan debate in statehouses across America, Califomia is in a class by itself in the refusal of lawmakers to transcend their partisan differences and solve the state's financial problems." San Diego Union Tribune, 6/2103, Budget Solution Remains Distant —Bonds Considered to Help Close Huge Gap. "A huge budget gap papered over before last fall's elections has bal- looned to record size, causing the state to consider the unprecedented step of issuing two five -year bonds to pay off part of the deficit." The Press Democrat, 5/31/03, County Court Clerks Close Early to Cut Costs. "Starting Mon- day, the public will have less time to get court files and seek help from the Mendocino County Superior Court clerk's office as it begins closing early." Fairfield Daily Republic, 6/1/03, County Faces Dozens of Layoffs. "Solano County could lay off 49 workers in its Child Support Services and Health and Social Services departments in mid- August, according to a report released Friday." The Los Angeles Times, 6/03/03, Senate Approves Placeholder Budget. "In a tactical move intended to keep the state budget moving forward, Senate Democrats on Monday forced a skeleton California budget through the upper chamber, strip- ping the bill of its specifics and thus ducking for the moment a looming inter -party fight over how to balance the state's finances." San Francisco Chronicle, 6/3/03, State Senate Budget Would Increase Taxes by $6 Billion —GOP Knocks Plan to Exceed Davis' Spending Proposal. "Over Republican objections, the state Senate approved a budget Monday that spends $1.1 billion more than Gov. Gray Davis proposed and imposes new taxes of more than $8 billion." Oakland Tribune, 6/3/03, Senate Moves Plan for Budget Forward. "Delaying a budget show- down with Republicans, Democrats in control of the state Senate approved a draft plan Monday that contains no spending authority but allows formal negotiations between the parties to begin." The Los Angeles Times, 6104103, With 1 Sentence, Assembly Lets Budget Talks Advance. "Assembly Democrats pared a 675 -page budget bill down to one sentence Tuesday in what Republicans labeled an effort to avoid exposing internal dissent" San Francisco Chronicle, 614103, Opposites in Legislature Push to Get Budget Passed — 2 Lawmakers Buddy Up for Bipartisan Progress. "They hail from opposite ends of the state and the political spectrum, but if Caiffomia manages to get a budget on time, it may be in large part thanks to two relatively unknown assemblymen." The Contra Costa Times, 6/04103, Assembly Sends Budget Plan Off to Committee. "Following strict party lines, the state Assembly approved a skeleton budget bill Tuesday that allows joint hearings with the Senate to begin as soon as today." San Gabriel Valley Tribune, 614103, Voters Want Fiscal Restraint. "Voters appreciate and reward fiscal restraint in fat years as well as lean." Los Angeles Times, 6/5/03, Careers at Stake, Bruits Tells GOP — Senate Leader Vows to Fight his Colleagues' Reelections if They Back Higher Taxes in Budget. "The state Senate Republican leader threatened lawmakers in his party this week that he will fight to end their political careers if they vote for tax increases to close California's $38.2 - billion budget gap." San Francisco Chronicle, 615/03, $275 Million Tab on State Budget Fix — $84 Million Would Go to 7 Banks for Payment Guarantee. "California, struggling with a gaping budget deficit and dubious fiscal credibility, put the finishing touches on a short- term borrowing package Wednesday that could cost taxpayers as much as $275 million in interest and fees." The Contra Costa Times, 6105103, GOP Circles Wagons in Sacramento. "In a sign of the growing partisan tension over how to bridge the state's record deficit, Senate GOP leader Jim Bruits has threatened to undermine the re election of fellow Republican lawmakers who embrace a tax increase." Visit the League's Official Web Site-- www.cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 9 ........... ...............................