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		<title>San Luis Obispo County public defender&#8217;s office runs out of money</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/04/san-luis-obispo-county-public-defenders-office-runs-out-of-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The San Luis Obispo County public defender&#8217;s budget is about $500,000 in the red and the Board of Supervisors is being asked to intervene. (Tribune] According to a staff report, there is only $50 left in the public defender&#8217;s $5 million budget. The cost of recent high-profile trials, including hard-money lenders Karen Guth and Josh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California freeing violent inmates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an attempt to save money, the state of California is releasing prisoners early, including some who were convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, domestic violence, and attacks on children and the elderly. [Associated Press] The state&#8217;s early release program specifically forbids officials from releasing prisoners convicted of 150 different crimes, including rape and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legislature offers up $2 billion in budget cuts</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/02/legislature-offers-up-2-billion-in-budget-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State legislators, trying to deal with at least part of California&#8217;s $19.9 billion deficit, sent Gov. Schwarzenegger more than $2 billion in cuts. [San Jose Mercury News] At the top of the list: nearly $1 billion slashed from the state prison system, mainly in reduction of inmate medical care, and another $540 million reduction in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Controller: State will run out of cash before April</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/controller-state-will-run-out-of-cash-before-april/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/controller-state-will-run-out-of-cash-before-april/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Controller John Chiang warned Friday that California will run out of the cash needed to pay bills by April&#8211;unless Gov. Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders agree on nearly $9 billion in budget cuts. [Oakland Tribune] Those cuts are needed, Chiang insists, to pump $1.3 billion into the state&#8217;s checking account. However, even with those cuts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top two sheriff officials double and triple dipping</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/two-top-sheriff-officials-double-and-triple-dipping/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Karen Velie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though highly unusual, the methods San Luis Obispo County’s two top sheriff officials have adopted to double and even triple their incomes are entirely legal.

In an interesting twist, San Luis Obispo County Under Sheriff Steve Bolts is taking home between $640,000 and $772,000 this year in retirement benefits and an hourly salary, while his boss, Sheriff Pat Hedges, takes home $340,000, according to calculations based on dates provided by Bolts.

“I can see people saying this is double or triple-dipping,” Bolts said. “But this is the pension plan and I am not hiding anything. All of that money is mine anyhow.”
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		<title>Arizona to close most state parks</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/arizona-to-close-most-state-parks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a scenario all too familiar to Californians, the state of Arizona has announced plans to close most of its state parks. [Los Angeles Times] The Grand Canyon State, currently wrestling with a multibillion-dollar deficit, plans to close 13 parks by June, including Yuma Territorial Prison and the Tombstone Courthouse. Eight other parks have already [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does California owe you money?</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/does-california-owe-you-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 89,000 California residents and businesses are currently sitting on an estimated $50 million in uncashed I.O.U&#8217;s.  [New York Times] The state issued about 450,000 I.O.U.&#8217;s, valued at roughly $2.6 billion, to taxpayers, vendors, and contractors last July during the budget crunch. Officials began redeeming the I.O.U.&#8217;s in September as new money rolled in, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor to call emergency session</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/governor-to-call-emergency-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:24:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to call the state Legislature into emergency session to deal with a nearly $6.3 billion budget gap in the current fiscal year. The emergency declaration, authorized by the voters under Prop 58, requires lawmakers to act within 45 days on the governor&#8217;s proposals, or pass their own financial package. [Capitol Weekly] [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California faces more budget cuts in 2010</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2010/01/california-faces-more-budget-cuts-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:19:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California heads in to 2010 facing a nearly $21 billion shortfall during the next 18 months, despite a wave of deep spending cuts. [Associated Press] Pick an issue. Any issue. Class enrollment will swell. Public colleges will raises fees and reduce classes. State workers likely face more furloughs &#8212; or layoffs. And the poor may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politics surrounds Maldonado&#8217;s nomination</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2009/12/politics-surrounds-maldonados-nomination/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2009/12/politics-surrounds-maldonados-nomination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 07:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State Sen. Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria), the governor&#8217;s pick to be California&#8217;s next lieutenant governor, is seen as being a key player in the 2010 budget fight in Sacramento. [Capitol Weekly] Key Democrats want to address the state&#8217;s $6 billion shortfall in the current budget year while Maldonado is still in the Senate, believing that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expect court delays due to budget woes</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2009/12/3369/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California budget woes are likely to be felt throughout the state trial court system, threatening hundreds of legal jobs and bringing the judicial process to a crawl. Cash-strapped Sacramento cut almost $400 million from the judicial budget and California courts have been ordered to close one day a month to save additional money. One prominent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arnold&#8217;s approval hits new low</title>
		<link>http://calcoastnews.com/2009/12/arnolds-approval-hits-new-low/</link>
		<comments>http://calcoastnews.com/2009/12/arnolds-approval-hits-new-low/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger&#8217;s approval rating as governor has dropped to a new low, according to a poll by the Public Policy Institute of California. [Los Angeles Times] Voters, concerned by the economy and the state&#8217;s dismal finances, give the governor poor marks &#8212; only 27 percent of Californians approve of the job he&#8217;s doing. The Legislature [...]]]></description>
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