URL: https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/1302
Collection Structure Commonwealth Club of California records >  Sound recordings of club programs >  The Hard Decisions: Living within the State Budget
Item Title The Hard Decisions: Living within the State Budget
Collection Title Commonwealth Club of California records
Speaker Hamm, William G.
Date Created July 25, 1980
Description Hamm outlines California's budgetary conflicts. He describes the imbalance between state expenditures and state revenues. The deficit is getting larger, which will force the legislature to choose which state or local programs to sustain. Revenues in the transportation sector are decreasing. Federal funding does not last forever; therefore, the California legislature will need to decide if the state budget can afford to cover individual programs, such as the ones that cover local residents' college tuition or operating cost of correctional facilities. In conclusion, Hamm states that Californians should focus more on good results rather than goals when deciding how to spend their tax dollars on programs. Following the program, the tail end of the July 22, 1980 talk by Leonard Woodcock is briefly heard. The audio is like this on the source tape. It is highly likely the Hamm program was recorded over a tape originally having the Woodcock program.
Subject(s) Program budgeting Transportation Budget deficits California Taxation Law and legislation Budget
Language(s) English
Country of Origin United States
Place Recorded San Francisco, California, United States
Format Sound Recording
Medium speeches (documents)
Hoover ID 2003c87_a_1000991
Record Number 2003C87.991
Collection Guide https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3g5032c1
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