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According to the Governor, California is owed ($1.2 billion, including $811 million in cuts to the prison $1.8 billion for Medicaid; we receive the lowest possible healthcare system, which would make California’s system, A NEW YEAR, amount of federal funding, a match of 50 percent under the Governor claims, more comparable to New York). the Federal Medical Assistance Program (FMAP) formula, The aforementioned proposed cuts include complete whereas the average for the 10 largest states is 57 percent, elimination of CalWORKs (temporary welfare for families), A NEW which more closely reflects with the national average. The In-Home Supportive Services (for the blind, disabled and Governor also points out that California is owed an extension seniors over 65), Healthy Families (healthcare for children in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in low-income families) and the Transitional Housing BURDEN funding to the tune of $2.1 billion, as well as $1 billion for Placement for Foster Youth Plus Program. Also proposed are federal education mandates related to special education. a reduction of Medi-Cal eligibility to the minimum allowed $879.7 million in federal funding is to be applied to the by federal law, elimination of many optional Medi-Cal BY CHINA BIALOS incarceration of California’s undocumented immigrants. benefits and zero room for enrollment growth throughout Should the federal government not provide the $6.9 the University of California and California State University IN HIS MONTHLY REPORT FOR DEC. 2009, billion in funds owed to the state, the Governor’s proposed systems. released Jan. 7, State Controller John Chiang announced budget includes a number of cuts and reductions intended Schwarzenegger is calling upon legislature to start new that California’s cash balance was $202 million below its to increase revenue, but his solution is a proposal that – as cuts in the current fiscal year, but maintains that not all major projected level at year’s end, with year-to-date revenues $353 has become standard prior to the official budget passing each focuses of the General Fund will be reduced or eliminated, million below FY 2009-2010 budget estimates. According to year – threatens public programs utilized by those who are noting an exception in education. The Governor wants to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who announced his state most in need, and compensation for those who work directly bring a focus back to the state’s K-14 public education system budget proposal for FY 2010-2011 on Jan. 8, the shortfall in for the state. by fully funding Proposition 98, which aims to reduce class California’s state budget is now projected at $19.9 billion for The Governor’s office skillfully crafts the statement that size without raising taxes. He intends to allow the system the coming year, largely due to $3.4 billion in lower revenues, state employees will “continue their contribution to solving to maintain all funding from the previous fiscal year, but $4.9 billion in court decisions and litigation and $2.3 billion our State budget crisis.” This careful wording refers to the enforce enrollment caps on the public university system in in lost savings, to which the Governor credits “the smaller cuts they will suffer after mandated furloughs, set in place order to avoid further fee increases so that the university prison package that the legislature has passed.” during February of last year despite opposition from Chiang, system remains competitive and attainable for those eligible Schwarzenegger breaks down the projected amount, and scheduled to end June 30, are to be replaced beginning or previously enrolled. While this would prevent tuition and noting a $6.6 billion shortfall leftover from FY 2009-2010, July 1 with a five percent salary reduction, five percent fees throughout the university system from hiking drastically, a year in which California’s economy fell 2.8 percent, as well increase to CalPERS monthly pension contribution and five it may also make university-level education more difficult to as an additional projected gap of $12.3 billion in FY 2010- percent payroll reduction. obtain for some residents. 2011 due to unfunded mandates and a continuation of the His proposal would most deeply affect health and human Should the state not receive funding from Washington, present recession, and the $1 billion that California requires services ($2.9 billion in potential cuts, including $1.1 billion under the Governor’s proposed budget, a major portion of as a modest reserve. in Medi-Cal reductions, $950 million to in-home supportive the state population would be financially devastated and Much of the state’s budget crisis rides on whether we are services and $130 million to CalWORKs), employee without crucial care. Revisions to his proposal are expected to receive the $6.9 billion in federal funding Schwarzenegger compensation ($1.6 billion) and the state prison system by mid-May. 4 Campus Circle 1.20.10 - 1.26.10 NEWS FILM MUSIC CULTURE EVENTS DVD GAMING SPORTS MEDIA BLOGS DVD Dish Interviews Movie Reviews Projections Screen Shots Special Features TV Time FILMINTERVIEWS Campus Circle > Film > Interviews story in the Wall Street Journal. “I read the book and thought that there was a germ of a BRENDAN good idea for a movie. It was something different to what I am normally involved in and a chance to build an interesting part for myself,” says Ford. FRASER Writer Robert Nelson Jacobs, whose previous works include the delightful Chocolat, notes that “it was great to Battles Against All Odds in have Harrison on board before we started writing. It gave us a chance to sit back and figure out what we wanted his Extraordinary Measures character to be about.” CBS Films The character of Doctor Stonehill was an interesting BY O ZACH B URQUE conundrum for Jacobs. Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford in Extraordinary Measures “It’s always tricky doing a true story. We had a well- researched, 350-page book and we really had to pick out Ford prepared for his part quite differently, noting that, IT’S A RARE OCCASION IN THE ENTERTAINMENT what the emotional points in the story were that we wanted “Stonehill was a scientist and didn’t see patients.