Public Investment: July 2005 Archives

Where California needs to go
Originally uploaded by speakoutca.org.

I saw this on the street the other day while walking to lunch. It might be implying secession, but I am interpreting it as an illustration of our current struggle to renew the progressive dream in California!

The big story today is the state budget, which was signed by Gov. Schwarzenegger yesterday amid much fanfare. Apparently even wife Maria was on hand to bask in the glow of...the budget. I know, I know, it's a big deal. It's just hard to get too excited about a budget that is being heralded not because it is a moral document that truly reflects how we take care of one another in this state, but primarily because it was only three weeks late instead of three months late!

So getting right to it, here's what you really need to know about this lovely spending plan: