In the wake of a financial surplus due to the passage of Proposition 30, The Reporter reports Governor Brown, who has pledged to maintain fiscal restraint and build a cash reserve, faces pent-up pressure from members of his own party to go on a social programs spending spree with the additional revenue.

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Dan Walters writing for the Ventura County Star explains how Governor Brown's claims of balancing California's budget maybe based more on fantasy than a fact.

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In part two of his five part series for the Washington Examiner, Conn Carroll explains how Governor Brown made up the numbers he used to claim that California had balanced its budget, despite the Legislative Analyst's Office projecting that California would still end fiscal year 2014 with a $1.9 billion deficit.

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The Los Angeles Times reports despite Governor Brown's emphasis on sending more money to universities and local schools, a new report by Standford University's California Common Sense research group says those two areas have lost ground to the growing costs of salaries and retirement benefits for public employees.

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Writing for the Orange County Register, Adam Summers and HJTA's own Jon Coupal plead their case for lowering taxes on California businesses through major reforms to the State's tax code.

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