Federal overseer seeks to seize $8 billion for California prison healthcare
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 14:42
in Mathematics & Economics
The court-appointed receiver for the prison medical system asks a judge to order the state to provide the money and hold Schwarzenegger and state Controller Chiang in contempt of court. The court-appointed overseer for healthcare in state prisons moved Wednesday to seize $8 billion from the California treasury, asking a federal judge to hold Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California Controller John Chiang in contempt of court.