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Criminal

May 28, 2008

Easy Money

Budget crisis? No problem -- these proposed laws should clear things right up, writes R. Konrad Moore. - Forum Column

Konrad Moore

Public Defender
Kern County Public Defender's Office

Enough complaining about the state budget. Rather than criticisms, taxpayers deserve solutions. Co-opting an enormously successful device from the field of criminal law, budget reconciliation is only a handful of laws away:

Brad's Law: A river runs through it, but many Sacramento-area neighborhoods are now at risk of flooding. SB-1 is intended to anticipate infrastructure failures. While it offers no public monies, it requires open bidding for access to future fisheries.

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