Opinion: End ‘Gimmicks’ To Balance California Budget
California is facing a potential budget deficit of as much as $18 billion next year because state lawmakers "have engaged in years of wishful thinking and budgetary gimmicks," such as attempting to sell the State Compensation Insurance Fund or waiting for federal money for Medi-Cal, argues a Sacramento Bee editorial. The editorial continues that the way to "end the state's structural deficit" is for lawmakers "to go where no GOP or Democratic Party operative has been willing to go," such as for Democrats to consider cutting programs and Republicans to consider increasing taxes.
- "Editorial: Budget Gimmicks Backfire -- Again" (Sacramento Bee, 11/11).