Offering a brief glimpse of his new spending plan, Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday he will propose a “live-within-our-means” budget on Thursday that spends more money on higher education and K-12 schools in the next fiscal year.
“We’re proposing increases in education at the higher level and in K through 12,” Brown said at a news conference in which he rejected court-driven mandates to further cut the prison population. “If people think it’s a better investment to divert that money to prisons, they can try. But I’m going to fight it.’
via Jerry Brown’s budget likely will help schools and colleges, hurt courts, child care.