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Today, I have received several emails about Governor Schwarzenegger cutting the domestic violence budget form local coalitions and shelters. However, in reading his budget cuts on the Governors website, I did not see that he cut the dv budget. (See below)

If Governor Schwarzenegger does cut the dv budget, then while cutting the budget, he should audit specific coalitions on how they were spending the money and if the funds were spent on victims of domestic violence or was spent to change the month on domestic violence awareness.

I received an email from Stop Family Violence urging everyone to protest this cut.  But I still don’t see this in his plan. If you see it below, please respond. Did I miss something? Below is the link to the Governors site.  I understand that Tara Shabbaz of the California Partnership To End Domestic Violence spoke about what a travesty this would be. I didn’t see anything on their website. I personally don’t see a problem with it. I think this is a good thing and audits should commence to see where it all goes to.

Expenditure Reductions Total: $16.1 billion

• Education: 1) Recapturing savings previously thought lost by missing June 30 deadline and recalculating Prop 98 accordingly (and therefore the overall size of our problem); this means the additional increase of $1.6 billion in the Prop. 98 guarantee for 2009-10 that we had anticipated does not happen; 2) Redevelopment Agency shift to schools; 3) additional cuts to UC and CSU funding (just under $2 billion total for 2008-09 and 2009-10)
  • $9.3 billion
• Corrections: Leaders agreed upon a reduction level in corrections, specific program reforms will be determined upon the legislature’s return in August
  • $785 million|ii|
• General Government: Suspension of COLAs; leveraging state assets (no current-year savings); consolidating and reorganizing boards and commissions, including elimination of the Integrated Waste Management Board; IT procurement reform
  • $1.7 billion
• State Employee Compensation: Third furlough day adopted; eliminate rural health care; score health care savings
  • $820 million
• Health and Human Services: Long-term CalWORKs reforms, including graduated sanctions and twice-yearly check-ins; Medi-Cal eligibility changes and improved care coordination; IHSS fraud initiative including fingerprinting; Healthy Families eligibility changes
  • $3.0 billion
• Vetoes:
  • $489 million

Fund Shifts Total: $1 billion

• These include CalFIRE interagency agreement with the legislature and transportation spillover

Revenues Total: $3.5 billion

• These include: Optional personal income tax withholding changes; tax enforcement; SCIF proposal; special fund transfers

Borrowing Total: $2.2 billion

• These include: Proposition 1A suspension; loan from State Highway Account; various loans and fund shifts to keep state parks open

Other Total: $1.4 billion

• June to July state payroll and health premiums delay

Total Solution: $24.2 billion

• Reserve: $500 million

Reforms Total: $2.3 billion ($2 billion General Fund)

Tags: alexis a. moore, California Budget cuts, domestic violence, Govenor Arnold Schwarzneggar, Randi Rosen, State of California, Stop Family Violence CPEDV, Survivors in Action, Womens Legal Resource

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