Advocates for California’s court system whose hopes for increased funding have been rising in conjunction with the state’s tax revenues were let down again when Governor Jerry Brown released his May revised budget proposal last week. Despite an unexpected $4.5 billion increase in revenues since Brown’s initial budget proposal in January, no new money was allocated to the court system.
All areas of the state budget have suffered terribly since the 2008 economic collapse, but the judicial branch has truly been brought to its knees. With revenues on the rise and surpluses projected in upcoming years, Brown and the Legislature must find a way to at least get the courts back on their feet.
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