December 21, 2011, 12:05 AM
A West Oakland church and private school that sends children to solicit donations at BART stations has a history of financial and legal troubles, including two cases in which church leaders admitted they illegally received government assistance. The children, including one who said he was 7...
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May 18, 2011, 12:05 AM
Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled budget proposals Monday that were relatively mild compared to cuts suggested and enacted in recent years, buoyed by an unexpected windfall from the state’s wealthiest taxpayers. But even as some advocates for the poor and disabled can breathe a sigh of...
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November 18, 2010, 12:05 AM
A group of lawyers and parents reached a last-minute settlement yesterday that will postpone deep cuts to crucial child care services that were vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger last month. Schwarzenegger eliminated funding to CalWORKS Stage 3 Child Care,a program that subsidizes care for...
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May 20, 2010, 12:07 AM
Lawmakers in a budget subcommittee vigorously rejected Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal to eliminate the CalWorks program yesterday, sending staff back on a party-line vote to reconsider the cut. The cut could save the state $1.2 billion, but it would also turn away $3.7 billion in...
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