{"id":52727,"date":"2014-06-16T15:46:17","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T22:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=52727"},"modified":"2014-06-16T15:47:12","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T22:47:12","slug":"fox-statement-on-passage-of-budget-new-reserves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/06\/16\/fox-statement-on-passage-of-budget-new-reserves\/","title":{"rendered":"Assemblymember Fox statement on passage of budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_28257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28257\" style=\"width: 245px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Steve-Fox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28257\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Steve-Fox-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"Steve Fox\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Steve-Fox-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Steve-Fox.jpg 442w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Fox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SACRAMENTO- The state Legislature on Sunday approved California\u2019s $108 billion FY 2014-15 budget. Senate Bill No. 852 passed 55-24 in the Assembly and 25-11 in the Senate. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leginfo.ca.gov\/pub\/13-14\/bill\/sen\/sb_0851-0900\/sb_852_bill_20140612_proposed.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">View the legislation here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Assemblymember Steve Fox (D-Palmdale) made the following statement regarding the passage of California\u2019s fourth consecutive on-time, balanced budget.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLegislators have continued to prioritize education, access to justice, job creation and veterans while taking steps to reduce our state\u2019s debt,\u201d said Fox. \u201cWe are managing our economic recovery realistically and conservatively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox continued to say, \u201cthe Antelope Valley is still pulling itself out of the recession. The job creation elements found in the FY 2014-2015 Budget are particularly welcome. These include $1.2 billion for job-generating infrastructure projects, including $142 million for improvements in local streets and roads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s budget includes investments from FY 2013-2014 funding levels for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">An additional $5.6 billion investment for K-12 education. In May, the state had projected that $4.7 billion would be available for local control funding formula, however, higher revenue allowed legislators to increase allocations to schools by 10 percent in the final budget. Schools also will receive $6 billion to reduce previously deferred payments to school districts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">Families with young children will benefit from an additional allocation of $100 million for child care programs for low-income working parents.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">An additional $300 million in allocations for community colleges, potentially will allow colleges to hire more full-time instructors and increase the number of class offerings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">This budget includes increased investment court funding to help our state\u2019s justice system better serve everyone \u2013 not just those who can easily afford it. The budget reinforces California\u2019s commitment to ensuring access to justice by increasing investments in courts by $223 million.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.05em;\">California is reaffirming its commitment to military members with a $3 million investment in veterans\u2019 benefits which should lead to an additional $47 million in federal funds. Veterans also will benefit from $100 million for affordable housing for military families.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/asmdc.org\/members\/a36\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.asmdc.org\/fox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SACRAMENTO- The state Legislature on Sunday approved California\u2019s $108 billion FY 2014-15 budget. Senate Bill No. 852 passed 55-24 in the Assembly and 25-11 in the Senate. View the legislation here. Assemblymember Steve Fox (D-Palmdale) made the following statement regarding the passage of California\u2019s fourth consecutive on-time, balanced budget. \u201cLegislators have continued to prioritize education, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}