Final California Budget Deal Wasn't All About Saving Money

kyamamura@sacbee.com (Kevin Yamamura), Sacramento Bee: Politics
Sun, 07/01/2012 - 12:00am

Gov. Jerry Brown rejected the Legislature's first budget proposal in June because he said it was "not structurally balanced and puts us into a hole in succeeding years."

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