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Critics Argue State Budget Relies Too Much on Ongoing Spending
Critics Argue State Budget Relies Too Much on Ongoing Spending
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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Jun 30, 2021
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Podcast episode
Description
California legislators have passed a new state budget and it includes billions of dollars in new ongoing spending. Now there are questions about the budget’s details and what will happen when state revenues take a dip.
Reporter: Katie Orr, KQED
For over a century, California has locked up juvenile offenders in prisons run by the state. But starting next month, California will begin closing its remaining juvenile detention centers and turn over that authority to individual counties.
Guest: Dan Macallair, Executive Director of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Earlier this year, Governor Gavin Newsom pledged to increase the budget for wildfires and fire prevention to $2 billion. But an investigation by CapRadio and NPR's California Newsroom has found that the governor delivered only a fraction of the money promised for wildfire resilience in the state budget.
Reporter: Scott Rodd, CapRadio
Ever since voters passed a $10 billion bond measure to build a high speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the project has been plagued by problems. And voters’ doubts about the project are growing.
Reporter: Scott Shafer, KQED
Reporter: Katie Orr, KQED
For over a century, California has locked up juvenile offenders in prisons run by the state. But starting next month, California will begin closing its remaining juvenile detention centers and turn over that authority to individual counties.
Guest: Dan Macallair, Executive Director of the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Earlier this year, Governor Gavin Newsom pledged to increase the budget for wildfires and fire prevention to $2 billion. But an investigation by CapRadio and NPR's California Newsroom has found that the governor delivered only a fraction of the money promised for wildfire resilience in the state budget.
Reporter: Scott Rodd, CapRadio
Ever since voters passed a $10 billion bond measure to build a high speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the project has been plagued by problems. And voters’ doubts about the project are growing.
Reporter: Scott Shafer, KQED
Released:
Jun 30, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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