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Analyst sees potential for budget surpluses in California's future

By Kevin Yamamura - Updated: Thursday, November 15 2012 - 1:00 pm

The state's fiscal analyst said Wednesday that California's long-tattered budget is on the verge of producing surpluses, but he cautioned that Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers must first avoid a spending spree.

Questions and answers about the new California budget landscape

By Kevin Yamamura - Updated: Monday, November 12 2012 - 11:25 am

Gov. Jerry Brown and state lawmakers are looking at a new budget landscape after California voters last week approved a $6 billion annual tax infusion and apparently gave legislative Democrats supermajority power.

Prop. 30 win gives Democrats cash they've sought for budget woes

By Kevin Yamamura - Updated: Thursday, November 8 2012 - 10:54 am

One of the darkest hours of California's budget dysfunction came in February 2009, when lawmakers slumbered on chairs and under desks in the Capitol as leaders attempted to break a stalemate through physical exhaustion.

Gov. Jerry Brown's budget plans threatened by a determined Molly Munger

By Kevin Yamamura - Updated: Wednesday, November 7 2012 - 12:39 pm

Gov. Jerry Brown hoped a mix of politicking and good fortune would deter negative ads against his tax initiative in the campaign's final weeks.

Changing California's budget process

By Kevin Yamamura - Updated: Monday, October 8 2012 - 6:36 am

California’s budget has been on shaky ground for years, even before the recent recession. Various commissions, blue-ribbon panels and reform organizations have proposed ways to ease the state’s budget woes by relaxing some restrictions and imposing others, but consensus has been elusive