This is the archive area for July 1998.
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Volume 1, Number 52: July 6, 1998
For years, California's far-flung prison
system has been the object of periodic scrutiny by the news media,
largely stemming from inmates' allegations -- some justified -- of
brutality by correctional officers.
Volume 2, Number 1: July 13, 1998
The textbooks say California's annual budget
is written by the Legislature and signed into law by the governor.
But the reality is far more complex, and this year's struggle over
the overdue $75 billion spending plan is a case in point: Politics,
not policy, rules the roost.
Volume 2, Number 2: July 20, 1998
Although unobserved by the public, a profound
tension grips the state Capitol as the end of a decade approaches.
Tempers flare, plots are crafted, deals are cut and the fight for
survival intensifies.
Volume 2, Number 3: July 27, 1998
California's budget, the state's official
spending blueprint for the 1998-99 fiscal year, is nearly a month late
and nobody seems to care much.
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