SACRAMENTO — California won’t receive enough federal stimulus money to save its courts from a $100 million budget hit, state finance officials announced Friday.
The federal package will channel only about $8.2 billion in general fund aid to the state, far short of the $10 billion needed to prevent deep cuts in court services as well as an income tax hike and reductions in social safety-net programs, state Treasurer Bill Lockyer and finance Director Mike Genest said.
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