Don’t Call It a Budget

Don’t Call It a Budget
The majority of our California legislature and our governor are true believers that an ever-increasing government presence in our lives is the answer to all of our problems. Pickadook/Shutterstock
Tony Hall
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Call it a joke, call it smoke and mirrors, call it a sales job, call it stupidity, call it whatever you want but please don’t call it a “budget.” Anyone who thinks the latest version of California spending and income figures projected for 2023–2024 by our governor is a budget should really go back to school and learn what a real budget is, what it is used for, and how it is composed, funded, and put into action.

Tony Hall
Tony Hall
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Tony Hall is a former supervisor for San Francisco's District 7. He has held executive and administrative positions in seven different city departments in all three branches of government over a 33-year period.
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