"It really is about finding the balance," Ross said. "Yes, in the long term we need to address the debt, but in the short term we need to make sure the recovery moves forward and that families can make ends meet." San Francisco Chronicle, January 22, 2012

But today, according to the California Budget Project, we rank 46th in the nation in terms of per-student funding and 47th in education-spending as a percentage of personal income. San Jose Mercury News, January 22, 2012

With the program already having sustained more than $3.5 billion in cuts since 2008-2009, according to the nonprofit, nonpartisan California Budget Project, Brown is proposing a $946.2 million reduction next year. Eureka Times-Standard, January 22, 2012

"The best message that the governor put forward really is that we are at the point where we need to tackle our problems head on." Capital Public Radio, January 18, 2012

CBP Executive Director Jean Ross writes, "While proponents of lower taxes argue that strict limits on taxing authority lead to fiscal responsibility and accountability, California�s experience over the past several decades suggest that the opposite may be true." Public Policy Institue of California, January 5, 2012

"You always want your public policies to reflect what's going on in the economy," said Jean Ross, executive director of the California Budget Project, a think tank that advocates for low-income families. "The governor's proposals totally fly in the face of the economic realities for Californians right now." Los Angeles Times, January 7, 2012

Another outfit, the California Budget Project, recently published a report called "A Generation of Widening Inequality" that detailed the yawning gap between rich and poor. Los Angeles Times, December 18, 2011

The main problem for the state is that the rules requiring a two-thirds majority for a tax increase was hobbling the governor's efforts, said Jean Ross, the executive director of the California Budget Project, a watchdog group. New York Times, December 13, 2011

Executive Director Jean Ross and Deputy Director Alissa Anderson write, "We are living in an era of widening inequality, with income gains concentrated at the top, and most families in the state are falling behind." Los Angeles Times, November 23, 2011

In 2006, the California Budget Project determined that corporations claimed, on average, 14.5 percent of enterprise zone tax credits through amended returns from 1999-2003. Sacramento Bee, November 16, 2011

The Golden State's wealthiest took in more than one-third of the total income gains in the past two decades. Almost everyone else - 80 percent - have seen their real incomes decline, according to a new report from the California Budget Project. San Francisco Chronicle, November 8, 2011

Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the inestimable California Budget Project weighs in with a terrific new study detailing the full measure of the economic domination of California's wealthiest 1%. CalBuzz, November 2, 2011

According to the California Budget Project, "the incomes of the wealthiest sliver of the population skyrocketed to such an extent over the past two decades that even the worst recession in the post-World War II era failed to fully erase their gains." UCLA/IDEA, October 21, 2011

They discussed the new California Budget Project report ranking the state 46th in both per-pupil spending and the number of students per administrator (301), and worst in the U.S. in the number of students per teacher (20.5) and per school librarian (5,489). Sacramento Press, October 19, 2011

Budget shortfalls have pushed California's spending on public schools to a historic low, relative to the rest of the United States, according to a new analysis by the California Budget Project. California Watch, October 17, 2011

"It's had a profound impact on multiple levels," said Jean Ross, executive director of the California Budget Project, a nonpartisan research group in Sacramento. "The one that's underestimated is the shift in decision-making from the local level to the state. All of our public systems have been affected by our seemingly perpetual budget crises." Bloomberg BusinessWeek, October 17, 2011