Lawsuits are the latest roadblock for California budget

Los Angeles Times by Evan Halper | Aug. 10, 2009 (Special Report)
Litigators go to court to undo cuts made by legislators and the governor. The state is spending billions of dollars fighting the lawsuits and dealing with increasingly unfavorable rulings.

Lawyers are being drafted in droves to unravel spending plans passed by the Legislature and signed by the governor. The goal of these litigators is to get back money their clients lost in the budget process. They are havingconsiderable success, winning one lawsuit after another, costing the state billions of dollars and throwing California's budget process into further tumult. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Aug 9, 2009 - 8:14 PM PDT
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Aug. 10, 2009

Informative article about new lawsuits related to the California budget plan signed last month by governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. This factual report provides a brief overview of these lawsuits, and how they could impact plans to wipe out the state's $24 billion deficit.

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Aug. 10, 2009

This is a fascinating issue, but the reporting here lacks depth. There's no discussion of this kind of litigation is used in other states, or how it could be curbed, if at all.

Lawsuits are one reason most in Sacramento expect a quick collapse of the spending plan the governor signed last month to wipe out a deficit of about $24 billion. There is ... More »

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