State Senate budget plan would shift responsibilities, money to counties
Monday, June 21, 2010 - 16:30
in Mathematics & Economics
State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg announced an ambitious plan Monday to get California out of the business of providing billions of dollars worth of public safety, welfare and health services, instead giving counties the money to run those programs. Several tax levies, including a new oil tax, would pay for the transition.