{"pk":46654,"title":"California's 2013-14 Budget: Brown Turns the Tide","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Unlike his first budgets, Governor Jerry Brown began this budget cycle from a position of political strength. The Democrats controlled a 2/3 supermajority in both chambers of the legislature, allowing them to increase taxes without a single Republican vote. Voters approved Brown’s temporary tax increases in a November 2012 referendum, adding several billion in state revenue. The improved economic and political situations allowed Brown and Democratic lawmakers to broaden the debate over the 2013-2014 budget. The centerpiece is a massive restructuring of state money for K-14 education. In addition, Brown wants to continue paying down the “Wall of Debt”, the nearly $30 billion the state had accumulated over its previous borrowing spree.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"Western State Budget Report"},{"word":"california"},{"word":"fiscal policy"},{"word":"taxes"},{"word":"Jerry Brown"},{"word":"budget"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2r15r38k","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Brian","middle_name":"","last_name":"DiSarro","name_suffix":"","institution":"California State University, Sacramento","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Wesley","middle_name":"","last_name":"Hussey","name_suffix":"","institution":"California State University, Sacramento","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2015-07-01T21:18:26+03:00","date_accepted":"2015-07-01T21:18:26+03:00","date_published":"2015-01-01T02:00:00+02:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cjpp/article/46654/galley/35327/download/"}]}