By Trinda Lundholm on 9/23/2008 1:39 PM

Sacramento Bee State Worker Blog -- State Finance Director Micheal Genest this afternoon said that the state employees whose jobs were a casualty of California's budget impasse won't be rehired.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's executive order on July 31 terminated about 10,000 part-time and retired annuitant positions, curbed overtime and suspended some contracts.

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By Trinda Lundholm on 9/23/2008 10:46 AM

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a $103.4 billion general-fund spending plan Tuesday in his office with little fanfare, officially ending the state's longest-ever budget delay at 85 days.

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By Trinda Lundholm on 9/19/2008 3:31 PM

Los Angeles Times — The Legislature was preparing this afternoon to send Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger the final measures needed to resolve the budget deadlock that has dragged on a record 81 days past the start of the fiscal year.

The spending plan, with $104.3 billion in the general fund, allots more to education and social services than last year, but not enough to avoid cutbacks in schools, healthcare facilities and payments to the disabled, aged and blind. It includes no new taxes; Republicans rejected assertions from Democrats and Schwarzenegger that the state needs to raise more revenue to ensure long-term fiscal stability.

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By Trinda Lundholm on 9/16/2008 3:04 PM

CSEA Retirees President Roger Marxen recently got this opinion/editorial piece published in the Capitol Weekly newspaper. "The governor needs to explain to the citizens of California how the state will save a single cent with the termination of its most experienced – and least expensive – employees."

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By Trinda Lundholm on 9/16/2008 2:53 PM

SACRAMENTO BEE -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today said he would veto the long overdue budget lawmakers sent him just hours before because it does not include long-term spending changes he wants.

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