Tag Archive for: budget

Republicans put California’s future at risk


For USC students, there might be no more important battle being waged than the one in the California legislature over this year’s state budget. This week, negotiations broke down after Republicans presented Gov. Jerry Brown with a list of 53 new demands they say must be addressed before they will vote on whether to allow […]

Budget problems create conflict


Imagine Los Angeles’ public services closed for two days a week — no courts, no libraries, nothing except public safety services and independent businesses. This radical idea to close the city two days a week sounds like a hoax; something that might have originated from a late-night comedy sketch. Sadly, the only punchline is that […]