Posted by: mturnipseed on 03/20/2009 05:20 PM
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from Cal-Taxletter, March 20, 2009
State Budget: Number of State Employees Increases During Budget Meltdown
Despite the escalating state budget deficit for the 2008-09 fiscal year that led to the February 19 budget package of cuts and tax increases, the state was hiring more employees during the course of the year.
from Cal-Taxletter, March 20, 2009
State Budget: Number of State Employees Increases During Budget Meltdown
Despite the escalating state budget deficit for the 2008-09 fiscal year that led to the February 19 budget package of cuts and tax increases, the state was hiring more employees during the course of the year.
The Sacramento Bee reported that from June 2008 to February 2009, the number of state workers actually increased by roughly 2,000 full-time employees. Overall, 66 agencies increased staff, 35 kept the same number and only 55 reduced the number of employees.
About 255 of the new employees were added to the ranks of the California Highway Patrol. A CHP spokeswoman said, "There are more registered vehicles, so we are understaffed on patrol." (Cal-Tax: However, data indicates that these cars are spending less time on the road, as the State Board of Equalization reports that Californians used 35 million fewer gallons of gas in November 2008 than in the prior year – a 2.8 percent decrease. Since this occurred during a limited amount of time, vehicle mileage improvements could not dramatically affect the numbers – especially since new, more fuel-efficient cars were not exactly flying off the lots.) (Source: The Sacramento Bee, March 16; Board of Equalization news release, February 26.)
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