The budget deadline was met, but...

Assemblymember Marie Waldron

AD-75 (R)

On June 15, the Legislature met its constitutional obligations and passed a general fund budget for the upcoming 2015-2016 fiscal year. That budget proposal was $749 million more than Governor Brown had proposed, and bore little chance of passage. Negotiations began quickly, and on June 16 legislative leaders and the Governor reached agreement on a $115.4 billion budget, largely in accord with Governor Brown’s wishes.

Though the new budget has several plusses, including long delayed funding increases for the CSU and UC systems, spending priorities remain...