Friday, April 12, 2013

Obama budget impact on California: Win some, lose some

Los Angeles Times
President Obama’s budget offers a mixed bag to California: money eagerly sought by Los Angeles to expand its transit system, but no federal funds to help the state pay its nearly billion-dollar bill for jailing illegal immigrants. The budget sent to Congress provides $130 million to help fund the start of the first segment to extend the Los Angeles subway to the city’s Westside and begin work on the downtown Regional Connector.