California voters kill budget measures | Los Angeles Times ~ May 20, 2009
The "big five" elected leaders -- Schwarzenegger and the legislative chieftains from both houses -- are slated to begin closed-door meetings today upon the governor's return from Washington, where he spent election day after casting a last-minute absentee ballot.
Rejection at polls deepens the deficit to $21.3 billion | Sacramento Bee ~ May 20, 2009
California voters gave an emphatic thumbs-down Tuesday to five ballot measures that elected leaders were banking on to help plug a gaping hole in the state budget. With about 72 percent of the state's precincts reporting, Propositions 1A through 1E were being crushed by margins as wide as 30 percentage points, and none was winning more than 40 percent approval.
Calif. Voters Reject Measures to Keep State Solvent | The New York Times ~ May 20, 2009
A smattering of California voters on Tuesday soundly rejected five ballot measures designed to keep the state solvent through the rest of the year.
California Voters Reject Budget Measures | The Wall Street Journal ~ May 20, 2009
Californians on Tuesday rejected a series of ballot initiatives to help fix the state's massive budget shortfall, as authorities prepared deep spending cuts in anticipation of the measures' defeat.
Budget measures defeated | San Diego Union-Tribune ~ May 19, 2009
The special-election ballot agenda crafted by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders to bail some of the water out of California's leaky financial boat went down to a crushing defeat Tuesday.
Pool of teachers being depleted: Experts say layoffs could dissuade potential educators | San Diego Union-Tribune ~ May 19, 2009
Even with thousands of teachers statewide facing layoffs, recruitment experts are warning of an impending teacher shortage.
High school counselors brace for big caseloads | San Diego Union-Tribune ~ May 18, 2009
Three years after state lawmakers agreed to spend $200 million to hire 3,000 high school counselors, cash-strapped districts across California are slashing the number of overworked advisers at their schools.
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