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"content": "\u003cp>WASHINGTON (AP) — Nominated to head the CIA, John Brennan told a protest-disrupted Senate confirmation hearing Thursday the United States employs drone strikes only as a deterrent against imminent terrorist threats, not as punishment for previous actions, firmly defending the controversial attacks that have killed three Americans and an unknown number of foreigners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_88540\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/02/07/watch-live-hearing-probes-drone-strikes-against-americans/dianne-feinstein/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88540\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-88540\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/02/Dianne-Feinstein.jpg\" alt=\"Dianne Feinstein\" width=\"300\" height=\"379\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dianne Feinstein, D-San Francisco, chaired the hearing. She and Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, have taken a keen interest in the legality of drone strikes. (Official photo)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"Nothing could be further from the truth,\" he said of the idea that the U.S. uses the strikes by unmanned aircraft as retaliation in the broad fight against terrorism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On another thorny topic, under sometimes-combative questioning from senators, he conceded that after years of intelligence work he is uncertain whether the use of waterboarding in interrogations has yielded valuable information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He declined several times to say whether waterboarding is torture, but he did say it is \"something that is reprehensible and should never be done again.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In hours of questioning from the Senate Intelligence Committee, Brennan made repeated general pledges to increase the flow of information to members of the panel, but he was less specific when it came to individual cases. Asked at one point whether he would provide a list of countries where the CIA has used lethal authority, he replied, \"It would be my intention to do everything possible\" to comply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At another point, he said he had no second thoughts about having opposed a planned strike against Osama bin Laden in 1998, a few months before the bombings of two U.S. embassies. The plan was not \"well-grounded,\" he said, adding that other intelligence officials also recommended against proceeding. Brennan was at the CIA at the time.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brennan was questioned extensively about leaks to the media about an al-Qaida plot to detonate a new type of underwear bomb on a Western airline. He acknowledged trying to limit the damage to national security from the disclosures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On May 7 of last year, The Associated Press reported that the CIA thwarted an ambitious plot by al-Qaida's affiliate in Yemen to destroy a U.S.-bound airliner, using a bomb with a sophisticated new design around the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. The next day, the Los Angeles Times reported that the would-be bomber was cooperating with U.S. authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Thursday's hearing Republican Sens. James Risch of Idaho and Dan Coats of Indiana were among those who contended Brennan had inadvertently revealed that the U.S. had a spy inside Yemen's al-Qaida branch when, hours after the first AP report appeared, he told a group of media consultants that \"there was no active threat during the bin Laden anniversary because ... we had inside control of the plot.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brennan acknowledged the comments about \"inside control\" but denied that they revealed any secret elements associated with the U.S. operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think I have the leak right here,\" Risch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bristling, Brennan shot back, \"I disagree with that vehemently.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brennan is a veteran of more than three decades in intelligence work, and is currently serving as Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser in the White House. Any thought he had of becoming CIA director four years ago vanished amid questions about the role he played at the CIA when the Bush administration approved waterboarding and other forms of \"enhanced interrogation\" of suspected terrorists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement at the beginning of Thursday's session, Brennan said the United States remains at war with al-Qaida and other terrorists and is under \"daily cyberattack\" by foreign countries and others.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said historic transformations continue sweeping through the Middle East and North Africa, with \"major implications for our interests, Israel's security, our Arab partners and the prospects for peace and stability throughout the region.\" Additionally, he said that Iran and North Korea \"remain bent on pursuing nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missile delivery systems.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The hearing was interrupted repeatedly — once before it began and then several times before Brennan had completed his preliminary remarks. At one point, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., the panel's chairman, briefly ordered the proceedings halted and the room cleared so those re-entering could be screened to block obvious protesters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shouted protests centered on CIA drone strikes that have killed three American citizens and an unknown number of foreigners overseas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was a topic very much on the mind of the committee members who eventually will vote on Brennan's confirmation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the hours before the hearing began, President Barack Obama ordered that a classified paper outlining the legal rationale for striking at U.S. citizens abroad be made available for members of the House and Senate intelligence panels to read.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It was an attempt to clear the way for Brennan's approval, given hints from some lawmakers that they might hold up confirmation unless they had access to the material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday the White House is making \"extraordinary accommodation\" in allowing lawmakers to view classified Justice Department legal advice on drone strikes against Americans. Carney said the White House does not plan to send the Justice memos to lawmakers beyond those on the House and Senate intelligence committees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Responding to the assurances from the administration, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said he was encouraged when Obama called him on the telephone to inform him of his decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Wyden said that after he went to read the material he became concerned the Department of Justice \"is not following through\" on the commitment. He asked Brennan to look into the matter, and the CIA nomine said he would.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the sometimes-combative questioning, Brennan's confirmation seemed a foregone conclusion as he appeared before the committee. \"I look forward to working with you,\" said Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wyden made the drone strikes the main focus of his time to question Brennan, asking at one point what could be done \"so that the American people are brought into this debate and have a full understanding of what rules\" are for their use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brennan said the day's hearings were part of that effort, and said he backs speeches by officials as a way to explain counter-terrorism programs. He said there is a \"misimpression by the American people' who believe drone strikes are aimed at suspects in past attacks. Instead, he said, \"we only take such actions as a last resort to save lives\" when there is no other alternative in what officials believe is an imminent threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aides have portrayed Brennan as cautious in the use of drones, restraining others at the CIA or military who seek to use them more often. At the same time, as the White House's counterterror adviser, he has presided over an explosion of drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fewer than 50 strikes took place during the Bush administration, while more than 360 strikes have been launched under Obama, according to the website The Long War Journal, which tracks the operations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Administration officials say Brennan would further limit the use of drones by the CIA and leave the majority of strikes to the military. Brennan signaled in his written answers that he would not seek to expand the CIA's paramilitary operations. In written responses to questions from the committee in advance of the hearing, Brennan wrote, \"While the CIA needs to maintain a paramilitary capability ... the CIA should not be used, in my view, to carry out traditional military activities.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CIA's drone strikes primarily focus on al-Qaida and Taliban targets in the tribal regions of Pakistan. The agency also carries out strikes in Yemen, where three American citizens with al-Qaida connections have been killed: Anwar al-Awlaki, his 16-year-old-son and Samir Khan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the question of waterboarding, Brennan said that while serving as a deputy manager at the CIA during the Bush administration, he was told such interrogation methods produced \"valuable information.\" Now, after reading a 300-page summary of a 6,000-page report on CIA interrogation and detention policies, he said he does \"not know what the truth is.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In his opening statement, he said U.S. computer systems are under daily attack by \"nation states, international criminal organizations, subnational groups and individual hackers.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cbr>\nRep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, has taken a keen interest in the question of drone strikes, the \u003ca href=\"http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2013/02/06/barbara-lee-questions-obamas-authority-in-drone-attacks/?gta=commentlistpos#commentlistpos\">San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a> reports:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Rep. Barbara Lee, an Oakland Democrat and one of President Obama’s earliest and most ardent supporters, is gathering signatures for a letter asking the administration to clarify under what authority it justifies \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/06/world/middleeast/with-brennan-pick-a-light-on-drone-strikes-hazards.html?pagewanted=all\" target=\"_top\">drone attacks\u003c/a> on U.S. citizens viewed as terrorists, other targeted assassinations and other policies the administration has carried over from the Bush administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the California Democrat who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, has just released CIA nominee John Brennan’s responses to written questions \u003ca href=\"http://intelligence.senate.gov/130207/questionnaire2.pdf\" target=\"_top\">here\u003c/a> and especially \u003ca href=\"http://intelligence.senate.gov/130207/prehearing.pdf\" target=\"_top\">here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The administration \u003ca href=\"http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/02/06/the-war-on-terror-is-the-problem-not-drones/\" target=\"_top\">appears\u003c/a>, on the basis of a \u003ca href=\"http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/sections/news/020413_DOJ_White_Paper.pdf\" target=\"_top\">leaked memo\u003c/a>, to be basing its actions on Congress’s \u003ca href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Terrorists\" target=\"_top\">authorization for use of military force against terrorists\u003c/a>, passed overwhelmingly after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\n",
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The next day, the Los Angeles Times reported that the would-be bomber was cooperating with U.S. authorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Thursday's hearing Republican Sens. James Risch of Idaho and Dan Coats of Indiana were among those who contended Brennan had inadvertently revealed that the U.S. had a spy inside Yemen's al-Qaida branch when, hours after the first AP report appeared, he told a group of media consultants that \"there was no active threat during the bin Laden anniversary because ... we had inside control of the plot.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brennan acknowledged the comments about \"inside control\" but denied that they revealed any secret elements associated with the U.S. operation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think I have the leak right here,\" Risch said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bristling, Brennan shot back, \"I disagree with that vehemently.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brennan is a veteran of more than three decades in intelligence work, and is currently serving as Obama's top counter-terrorism adviser in the White House. 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In the case of Governor Jerry Brown, who is about to turn 75, some have suggested some of the grand plans he is pushing this time around as governor are an \u003ca href=\"http://www.ocregister.com/articles/brown-341529-gov-state.html\" target=\"_blank\">attempt to live up to\u003c/a> or even \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jul/29/local/la-me-cap-water-20120730\" target=\"_blank\">complete\u003c/a> his father's legacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_84293\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/JerryBrown.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-84293\" title=\"JerryBrown\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/12/JerryBrown.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The original Governor Brown, Jerry's father Pat, is widely credited for spearheading the amazing California Water Project: dams and canals that transfer water that falls in Northern California to the thirsty south, which might be a desert otherwise. Were it not for Pat Brown’s California Water Project (plus the federal Central Valley Project that includes Shasta Dam) Los Angeles and San Diego might look a lot more sleepy, with their growth limited by lack of water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The elder Brown also receives a lot of credit for building up the quality and the reputation of the University of California, arguably the premier public university system in the world. During Pat's reign, new college and university campuses were added, the state master plan for higher education was formulated, and the whole thing was held up as a model for the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pat Brown wanted to do even more, but he lost his bid for a third term as governor in 1966, to a movie star named Ronald Reagan. The Watts riots and unpopular anti-Vietnam war demonstrations on the campuses of the schools he had built did him in. 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The other is a high-speed rail system that would eventually connect cities throughout the state. Some might argue that even with California's fiscal picture looking up, it's still not the time to be proposing billions of dollars in public works that many critics continue to scoff at.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZGIbPjziTU\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cem>Video: Jerry Brown on 'political capital'\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/rZGIbPjziTU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But it is the right time, says Brown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you take a big project. whether it be water or high-speed rail, that project is going to be around for 50, 75 years,” he told me in a recent interview for KQED and PBS NewsHour. “So in reality it’s a fraction of the wealth that is generated, and in fact, they both contribute to and preserve the wealth that we’re going to want to rely on in the years to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As to the theory from some journalists that Brown is holding fast to these big projects in order to burnish his legacy, Brown doesn't buy it.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>People always want to psychologize. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130111Dolphin.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85509\" title=\"PhotoWeek130111Dolphin\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130111Dolphin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://oceanbeachbulletin.com/2013/01/09/dolphins-leap-at-sutro-baths/\">Dolphins from an Ocean Beach pod\u003c/a> were spotted leaping from the waves near Sutro Baths Tuesday, December 8th. (David Cruz/\u003ca href=\"http://oceanbeachbulletin.com/\">Ocean Beach Bulletin\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/tanker.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85513\" title=\"tanker\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/tanker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>An o\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/01/07/live-video-tanker-strikes-bay-bridge-tower/\">il tanker struck the Bay Bridge\u003c/a> \"Echo\" tower on Monday, but did not do serious damage to the bridge. The outer hull of the tanker \"Overseas Raymar\" was crushed, but there was no damage to the inner hull. The Coast Guard is still investigating what caused the crash. (Deb Self/Baykeeper)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130111coldsnap.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85514\" title=\"PhotoWeek130111coldsnap\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130111coldsnap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2013/01/09/berkeley-faces-lengthy-cold-snap-near-record-lows/\">A cold front coming through the Bay Area\u003c/a> over the next few days is forecast to bring temperatures in Berkeley to near-record lows, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures on Friday and Saturday are expected to plumb the low 30s. The record low for January 10 at Oakland Airport was 26 degrees in 1949. (Dan Brekke/\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/\">Berkeleyside\u003c/a>)\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130111Ramen.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85515\" title=\"PhotoWeek130111Ramen\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130111Ramen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>A chef at \u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2013/01/05/first-impressions-rockridges-ramen-shop/\">Ramen Shop\u003c/a>, a new Rockridge restaurant started by Chez Panisse alumni Sam White, Jerry Jaksich and Rayneil De Guzman, prepares housemade ramen noodles on opening night. (Jenny Oh/\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/\">Bay Area Bites\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130111fleishacker.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85519\" title=\"PhotoWeek130111fleishacker\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130111fleishacker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://oceanbeachbulletin.com/2012/12/17/fleishhacker-pool-house-demolished/\">Demolition of the old Fleishhacker Pool House\u003c/a> near the San Francisco Zoo continued this week. Badly damaged in a Dec. 1 fire, the building was the last remaining structure of the 1925 pool. Fleishhacker Pool held 6 million gallons of saltwater. (Tom Prete / \u003ca href=\"http://oceanbeachbulletin.com/\">Ocean Beach Bulletin\u003c/a>)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130111HighTides.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85521\" title=\"PhotoWeek130111HighTides\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/PhotoWeek130111HighTides.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>An exceptionally high tide of about 7.2 feet sent waves at San Francisco's Ocean Beach crashing against a sand berm just south of Sloat Boulevard. The berm was installed in the fall of 2012 by the city and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area to protect the shoreline against worsening erosion, but winter surf has already chewed away at the berm and exposed old rubble underneath the sand. 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Jerry Brown proposed Thursday morning a $97.6 billion general fund budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year that wipes out years of deficits and even includes a modest surplus. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/01/10/governor-to-propose-budget-more-money-for-schools-expected/\">Protesters \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/01/10/governor-to-propose-budget-more-money-for-schools-expected/\">outside the Gardner Health Center in San Jose\u003c/a> called on Brown to \"restore, rebuild and reinvest in\" state-funded health and social safety net programs. (Francesca Segre/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_85350\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/152766328.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-85350\" title=\"Gov. Brown Signs Legislation At Google HQ That Allows Testing Of Autonomous Vehicles\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/01/152766328-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Brown (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Riding a wave of new tax revenue, California's spending plan for the coming fiscal year will rise by 7 percent, a powerful indication that the state that came to symbolize fiscal mismanagement during the heart of the recession is emerging into brighter days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday proposed a $97.6 billion general fund budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year that wipes out years of deficits and even includes a modest surplus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The additional revenue hiked the spending plan by $6.3 billion over the current year and helps the governor pour more money into public schools and universities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state's budget shortfall stood at $25 billion when Brown took office two years ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.dof.ca.gov/documents/FullBudgetSummary_web2013.pdf\">\u003cstrong>Budget summary\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2013/01/10/governors-proposals-for-medicaid-expansion/\">Browns' proposal for Medicaid expansion\u003c/a>\u003c/strong> (State of Health)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/01/10/governor-to-propose-budget-more-money-for-schools-expected/#quotes\">\u003cstrong>Quotes from Brown's press conference\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://calchannel.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=832\">\u003cstrong>A video of the press conference\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/01/10/governor-to-propose-budget-more-money-for-schools-expected/#the%20budget's%20environmental%20provisions\">\u003cstrong>The budget's environmental provisions\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/01/10/governor-to-propose-budget-more-money-for-schools-expected/#education%20provisions\">\u003cstrong>The budget's education provisions\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\"California today is poised to achieve something that has eluded us for more than a decade — a budget that lives within its means, now and for many years to come,\" Brown said during a news conference at the Capitol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A rebounding economy coupled with new revenue from the higher sales and income taxes voters approved last November have put the nation's most populous state on a healthier financial trajectory as it begins to turn the corner on an era of deep budget shortfalls and spending cuts to core state programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California's persistent budget woes came to represent the plight of states struggling through the recession as tax revenue declined steeply, leaving governors and state legislatures around the country little choice but to consider deep cuts or unpopular tax increases.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown took both approaches. He pushed an austerity message that forced cuts throughout state government during his first two years in office while persuading California voters to approve increases to the state sales tax and on income taxes on high-income earners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the new revenue flowing in, Brown has warned his Democratic colleagues who control both houses of the state Legislature that they must not overplay their hand and spend too freely. The governor wants to build a reserve fund for future downturns to help smooth the type of boom-and-bust budget cycles that have become chronic in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And I'm determined to avoid the fiscal mess that the last few governors had to deal with,\" Brown said. \"The way you avoid it is by holding the line, by exercising a common sense approach to how we spend our money.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His budget contains an $850 million surplus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown wants to focus the additional spending on public schools. His budget includes $2.7 billion more for K-12 education, which will account for 57 percent of general fund spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among Brown's priorities is creating a new education funding formula. It would be aimed at giving school districts more control over spending and directing state money to the neediest children and poorest districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His proposal is expected to run into opposition from lawmakers representing more affluent regions of the state, but Brown said the state should spend proportionally more on students who have \"disproportionate challenges.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Growing up in Compton or Richmond is not like it is to grow up in Los Gatos or Beverly Hills or Piedmont,\" he said of his redistribution plan. \"It is controversial, but it is right and it's fair.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spending cuts are still expected in some areas, such as the courts, while health care programs and social services are expected to see no increases in spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state's two four-year higher education systems, the University of California and California State University, each will receive $250 million more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California's general fund spending hit a high of $103 billion before the recession decimated the state's economy and severely cut tax revenue for the state and municipalities. It dropped to a low of $87 billion during the 2011-12 fiscal year, requiring lawmakers to make deep cuts in a wide array of state services, including K-12 schools, higher education, the court system, and social services for the needy and disabled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED's environmental editors Paul Rogers and Andrea Kissack had this report about \u003ca name=\"the%20budget's%20environmental%20provisions\">\u003c/a>the budget's environment provisions\u003c/em>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Environmentalist's are welcoming the Governor's budget news today\u003cstrong>. \u003c/strong> It’s the first time in four years that a Governor has not proposed closing parks to save money. Instead, the state will hire 65 people to do fire prevention work paid for by a fire fee on rural landowners. A lumber tax will pay for more staff to do inspections on logging operations and their impact on streams. Also, the budget proposal provides funding for Salton Sea restoration. On the flip side, revenue from the state's first carbon credit auction could be less than expected, possibly because the initial price was low.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_22349299/environment-brown-administrations-budget-calls-more-money-and?source=pkg\" target=\"_blank\">More from Paul Rogers in the Mercury News\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>KQED's Charla Bear and Tyche Hendricks had this report on \u003ca name=\"education%20provisions\">\u003c/a>the budget's education provisions:\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The proposed budget would boost K-12 education by an additional $2.7 billion dollars. It would give public universities a modest increase, though less than they requested. Brown insisted that the University of California and California State University systems figure out how to do more with less, putting an emphasis more on educating undergraduates than on other priorities such as research.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California educators are relieved that for the first time in years the governor's proposed budget would increase school funding. \"Overall, I think it's good news for schools,” said Mary Shelton,l superintendent of San Ramon Valley Unified School District. “It looks like we should be able to maintain some stability and perhaps begin to restore some programs that might have been cut.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shelton says San Ramon and other wealthy suburban districts will likely get a smaller increase, though. 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He pushed an austerity message that forced cuts throughout state government during his first two years in office while persuading California voters to approve increases to the state sales tax and on income taxes on high-income earners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the new revenue flowing in, Brown has warned his Democratic colleagues who control both houses of the state Legislature that they must not overplay their hand and spend too freely. The governor wants to build a reserve fund for future downturns to help smooth the type of boom-and-bust budget cycles that have become chronic in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"And I'm determined to avoid the fiscal mess that the last few governors had to deal with,\" Brown said. \"The way you avoid it is by holding the line, by exercising a common sense approach to how we spend our money.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His budget contains an $850 million surplus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown wants to focus the additional spending on public schools. His budget includes $2.7 billion more for K-12 education, which will account for 57 percent of general fund spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among Brown's priorities is creating a new education funding formula. It would be aimed at giving school districts more control over spending and directing state money to the neediest children and poorest districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His proposal is expected to run into opposition from lawmakers representing more affluent regions of the state, but Brown said the state should spend proportionally more on students who have \"disproportionate challenges.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Growing up in Compton or Richmond is not like it is to grow up in Los Gatos or Beverly Hills or Piedmont,\" he said of his redistribution plan. \"It is controversial, but it is right and it's fair.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Spending cuts are still expected in some areas, such as the courts, while health care programs and social services are expected to see no increases in spending.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state's two four-year higher education systems, the University of California and California State University, each will receive $250 million more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California's general fund spending hit a high of $103 billion before the recession decimated the state's economy and severely cut tax revenue for the state and municipalities. 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On the flip side, revenue from the state's first carbon credit auction could be less than expected, possibly because the initial price was low.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/science/ci_22349299/environment-brown-administrations-budget-calls-more-money-and?source=pkg\" target=\"_blank\">More from Paul Rogers in the Mercury News\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cem>KQED's Charla Bear and Tyche Hendricks had this report on \u003ca name=\"education%20provisions\">\u003c/a>the budget's education provisions:\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>The proposed budget would boost K-12 education by an additional $2.7 billion dollars. It would give public universities a modest increase, though less than they requested. 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