CBP Senior Fellow Barbara Baran and Senior Policy Analyst Vicky Lovell write, "Strengthening basic skills is essential not only for individuals' economic security but for the state's economic strength and competitiveness." San Francisco Chronicle, July 1, 2009

As Jean Ross of the California Budget Project has suggested, they could increase the federal contribution to Medi-Cal and the Healthy Families program that the governor is so eager to ax. Los Angeles Times, June 24, 2009

As lawmakers consider closing state parks, eliminating health coverage for more than a million children and making severe cuts to education - indeed, as the state considers sacrificing services for its children to balance its budget - these tax cuts represent misguided priorities and carry a price tag California can't afford. Sacramento Bee, June 22, 2009

Executive Director Jean Ross discusses California's current budget crisis on the New York Times blog, Room for Debate: "California needs to use this crisis as an opportunity to once and for all address its dysfunctions - its outdated tax system, which doesn't bring in enough revenue to support state services, and the gridlock-producing two-thirds vote requirement needed to pass a budget and the tax increases to finance it." New York Times, June 21, 2009

"These massive, permanent tax cuts will exacerbate California's persistent budget troubles, requiring deeper cuts in public services or potentially larger tax revenues from California's families," said a report of the California Budget Project, a liberal think tank in Sacramento. San Diego Union-Tribune, June 21, 2009

Jean Ross, director of the California Budget Project, said Democrats should have considered raising tax rates on high-income earners and rescinding more tax cuts and loopholes such as Enterprise Zone credits - which the Public Policy Institute of California said was a failure in a study released last week. San Jose Mercury News, June 21, 2009

"These tax cuts were slipped into budget deals at the last minute, with no public input, during the worst budget crisis in the state's history," said Jean Ross, executive director of the California Budget Project, a nonprofit think tank that advocates for low- and moderate-income taxpayers. Ventura County Star, June 21, 2009

Faulk and Lee agreed that with a Capitol press corps that is seemingly shrinking by the day, the importance of nonprofit watchdog agencies like the California Budget Project only grows. Eureka Times-Standard, June 11, 2009

In an op-ed, Jean Ross, executive director of the California Budget Project, writes, "In the same way that the federal government has deemed Chrysler, General Motors and the nation's largest banks and financial corporations too big to fail, California - the world's eighth largest economy - is too big and too important to the nation for failure to be an option."San Diego Union-Tribune, June 5, 2009

A newly released analysis by the California Budget Project details the corporate tax breaks that were tucked into budget deals reached in September and February by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature.San Francisco Chronicle, June 5, 2009

Medi-Cal cuts also are contemplated, with as many as 1.9 million Californians of all ages losing health care coverage over the next three years, according to the non-partisan California Budget Project. Palo Alto Daily News, June 2, 2009

Listen as Executive Director Jean Ross discusses California's current budget situation during the second half-hour of KPFA's Morning Show. KPFA Radio, June 1, 2009

"At this point, these are extraordinarily deep reductions in services that in some cases literally mean life or death for Californians," said Jean Ross, executive director of the nonprofit California Budget Project. San Francisco Chronicle, May 31, 2009

With the cuts to Medicaid, the state would probably increase its number of uninsured people by nearly 2 million, the California Budget Project says. New York Times, May 30, 2009

Alissa Anderson de la organizacion California Budget Project informo el Noticiero Latino, "El gobernador hizo un proposito de eliminar el programa de Healthy Families, que proviene seguro de salud a miles de ninos en California que no tienen otra forma de seguranza. Esto significa que miles de ninos no van a poder ir al medico cuando se enferman." Noticiero Latino, May 29, 2009

The California Budget Project estimates that 1.9 million Californians stand to lose health care benefits and insurance. ABC 30, Fresno May 28, 2009

"Changing the two-thirds vote requirements for passing state budgets and tax increases is a necessary first step that would go far toward restoring accountability and allowing California to respond to the needs of a growing, changing population and an ever-more competitive economy," said Jean Ross, executive director of the California Budget Project. Sacramento Bee, May 25, 2009

"This is something that will touch everyone across California," said Jean Ross, executive director of the California Budget Project, a nonprofit research organization. Stockton Record, May 21, 2009

Jean Ross, executive director of the nonprofit California Budget Project and an opponent of Proposition 1A, says Nevada and Arizona have spending caps on the books, yet their financial condition is as bad as, or worse than, California's right now. American Public Radio, May 6, 2009

Listen as CBP Executive Director Jean Ross discusses California's budget challenges on Marketplace. American Public Radio, May 6, 2009

Jean Ross, executive director of the California Budget Project, provides educational insight on the state's current budget crisis and the measures on the May 19th ballot. The California Endowment, May 1, 2009