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CA: (Some) Experts laud Schwarzenegger's plan to shift prison funds to universities

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Experts laud Schwarzenegger's plan to shift prison funds to universities By Charles Piller Sacramento Bee Published: Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010 Prison, legal and financial experts generally praised Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to shift state prison funding to public universities, but said a constitutional amendment that ties the government's hands in perpetuity could cause more harm than good. "The governor, some years ago, railed against autopilot budgeting," said Steve Boilard, director of higher education for the nonpartisan California Legislative Analyst's Office. "This is just another set of restrictions that may not make sense in future years." Beginning in 2014, the governor's proposed amendment would dedicate at least 10 percent of the state general fund to the University of California and California State University systems and limit prison spending to no more than 7 percent ? approximately reversing the amounts in those lines in this year's budget...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).