California budget: Proposed program reductions
Major program reductions in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal for closing the state’s estimated $19.1-billion budget gap:
$1.6 billion — Eliminate the CalWorks welfare program
$1.2 billion — Eliminate day care for 142,000 low-income children
$1.2 billion — Borrow funds earmarked for transportation
$523 million — Cut Medi-Cal healthcare program for the poor
$445.7 million — Impose mandatory day off for state workers each month
$637 million — Reductions in home care for elderly and disabled
$602 million — Eliminate most state funding for county mental health services
$248 million — Put some state prisoners and juvenile parolees under county supervision
Source: State Department of Finance
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