Stories you shouldn’t miss:
1. Governor Schwarzenegger’s plan to eliminate California’s welfare-to-work program promises to be especially damaging in Alameda County, particularly in Oakland, the Trib reports. About 200,000 low-income families would lose assistance countywide, and it would deepen the county’s already large budget hole.
2. The cuts would be so devastating that the state’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office is recommending that the governor rethink his proposal, the Merc reports. The analyst’s office says the state should consider raising taxes and that Schwarzenegger may need to change his mind about reinstating funding for state universities.
