SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his revised 2011-12 budget today, welcoming a higher-than-expected $6.6 billion in revenues, a tiny portion of which will go to California’s courts.
But any glee surrounding the extra funding was short-lived as the governor told reporters that if billions of dollars in tax extensions are not enacted, he will be forced to make severe program cuts that will cause “all manner of untoward outcomes.” Among those cuts: a $150 million reduction to the judicial branch, which the governor’s office said would likely lead to twice-a-month courthouse closures statewide.
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