January 2012 Volume 25 No. 1 Dartboard for Governor’s 2012-13 Proposed Budget Now Available Ask 鶹Ƶ . . . Should a District Cancel Its Mandate Cost Contract Service Due to Proposed Mandate Reform in 2012-13? Governor’s Tax Initiative Cleared for Signature Gathering Governor Brown’s 2012 State-of-the-State Address “No Perks for Part-Time Politicians” Initiative Proposes to Eliminate Benefits for Part-Time Local Officials More Clarity on the Governor's Proposal for Mandates The 2012-13 Midyear Trigger Reduction and District Budgeting Legislative Analyst Acknowledges Trigger Cuts Pose Problems for District Budgeting State Controller Reports Revenues Lag the Forecast in December Property Tax Initiative Analysis Shows $2 Billion Gain for Proposition 98 Budget Bill Provides More Clarity on Proposed Categorical Block Grant Board of Governors Adopts Legislative Program Encompassing Student Success Task Force Recommendations In Light of the Dissolution of CPEC, the LAO Offers Recommendations for Higher Education Oversight Board of Governors Endorses Student Success Task Force Report By the Way . . . Legislative Analyst’s Office Projects a Revenue Amount Lower than the Governor if His Tax Plan is Approved by the Voters in November By the Way . . . Signature Gathering Effort to Overturn State Financial Aid for Undocumented Students Fails. Governor's Proposals for the 2012-13 State Budget and Education Overview of the 2012-13 Governor’s Budget Governor Releases 2012-13 Budget Proposal Governor Announces Budget Early Ask 鶹Ƶ . . . Is the Citizens’ Oversight Committee Required to Review Proposition 39 Audits? Increase in the Bid Limit Effective January 1, 2012 Federal Judge Blocks 2011-12 State Budget Cut for Medi-Cal State Supreme Court Ruling Terminates Redevelopment Agencies