Arnie expected to cut $55 million for services to homeless adults with serious mental illnesses

[Kadie]

Governor's budget to cut help for homeless
Matthew Yi, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau

Friday, August 24, 2007

(08-24) 11:22 PDT Sacramento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to line out $55 million for services to homeless adults with serious mental illnesses when he signs the new state budget today.

The cut is expected to be part of the governor's promise to Senate Republicans to use his line-item veto power to erase about $700 million from the $145 billion spending plan for the current fiscal year in exchance for their support of the budget bill.

Details of Schwarzenegger's cuts will be revealed when he signs the budget at noon at the state Capitol. The budget-signing ceremony will be Webcast at www.gov.ca.gov.

The nearly 2-month-long budget impasse ended Tuesday when the budget received the required two-thirds vote in the upper house of the Legislature after two Senate Republicans agreed to support the state's spending plan for 2007-08. The Assembly had approved the budget in July.

more...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/24/BAD3ROV2A.DTL&tsp=1

[Fridays Child]

1. In a related story, money for seriously mentally ill adults in the governor's mansion is safe.

[mountainvue]

2. Didn't know the governor of California had line item veto

capability. In any case, what a bastard for doing this.

[partylessinOhio]

3. Anyone still want to change the Constitution to let him run for prez?

:thumbsdown:

[madrchsod]

4. they`ll end up dead or in prison

i guess that`s what the people wanted when they elected him...well some sure did`t

[zbdent]

5. wow ... deja vu

wow ... deja vu

Hmm ... a Hollywood type, who runs for and becomes Governor of California, then screws the mentally ill ...

Sound like some patron saint of the tax cuts to you, too?

[Javaman]

8. California Uberalis...nt

[PA Democrat]

6. I wonder what his wife and her family think of this?

He is despicable. I'd rather celebrate a holiday alone than share a dinner table with the likes of someone who screws people with mental illness.

[frebrd]

7. It's very simple...

Mentally ill homeless people don't vote. This is what they get for being helpless!

I'm so ashamed of my native state (for electing Arnie) that I doubt I'll ever go there again!

[WI_DEM]

9. so more people taken from hospitals and driven to skid row and dumped

Nice job, Arnie--you prick.