POL SC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Human Services, Mac Taylor, Supermajority
8 Mar 2018
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A few years ago, the state of california came out of its worse budget crisis since the. If you were a legislator, what would be your spending priorities, and why? break down your analysis in percentages (i. e. i would spend 40% on k-12 education 10% higher education, 10% on welfare, etc) California"s state budget 2017 - 2018 = 179 billion. Resources - 2. 7%, legislative, judicial, executive - 3. 6%, business, customer. Resources - 2. 5%, legislative, judicial, executive - 3. 0%, business, customer. Services, and housing - 0. 9%, labor and workforce development - 0. 5%, government. During the timeframe of 2008 thru 2012, a series of financial factors led to an economic crisis in california. These included: a massive decline in tax revenue, rising costs and the required supermajority in passing a budget bill. This led to a series of fiscal emergencies where state legislators struggled to pass a balanced budget.
