Comments on: Hello, Alameda. Finally a state budget http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/2009/02/19/hello-alameda-finally-a-state-budget/ Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: J.A. Boyer http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/2009/02/19/hello-alameda-finally-a-state-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-506 J.A. Boyer Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:03:15 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/alamedajournal/?p=1231#comment-506 It all began with Jess Unruh and the voters perception of his control of the legislature. Later, in the same vein, came Willy Brown. So under the leadership of Mr. Jarvis, the voters created the “voterevolution”; limited taxation on property and other taxes (2/3 vote requirement. When that didn’t stop the perceived growth of government, we instituted term limits and really went to work using the voter initiative process.

We all comment or complain about the size of the state budget but fail to understand the sources and uses of the funds. How much comes from restricted sources for restricted purposes? How much spending is restricted by an initiative imposed by the electorate without a specific identified source of revenue?

If you’re truly interested, suggest you read the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) analysis of the adopted budget at http://www.lao.ca.gov. Be patient, it will take awhile to be posted. This is the best source of analysis.

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