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  1. 3. Second version of Governor’s budget
  2. 6. Adjective for households paying more than 30% of their income toward housing
  3. 8. 2013 legislation that changed how K-12 schools are funded (abbr.)
  4. 10. “The state budget is a reflection of our state’s ____ and priorities.”
  5. 11. California's version of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
  6. 12. Moniker for the Budget Stabilization Account
  7. 13. Governor’s authority to reject a bill or reduce or eliminate specific items of appropriation
  8. 14. State fund for revenues that are not designated for a specific purpose.
  9. 15. Coveted spot for press announcements
  10. 16. A ballot proposition that determines K-12 funding levels in the state budget
  11. 20. Follow-up budget legislation
  12. 21. California health coverage program for residents with low incomes
  13. 24. California’s longest-serving Governor
  14. 27. 1978 ballot proposition limiting property taxes
  15. 29. _______ Determinants of Health: The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age
  16. 30. State entity providing fiscal and policy advice to the Legislature (abbr.)
  17. 31. Giving everyone what they need to be successful (not to be confused with a similar word that means treating everyone the same)
  18. 32. California's need-based financial aid program
  19. 33. Act passed as Proposition 63 in 2004, which provides funding to support county mental health programs (abbr.)
  20. 35. Compensated time off to care for a new child or sick family member (abbr.)
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  1. 1. Colloquial name for a gift from Gov. Schwarzenegger in Capitol (that might make one ill)
  2. 2. _____ charts made popular during Gov. Jerry Brown’s state budget press conferences - OR - comic character that kills Superman
  3. 4. Budget Center’s free, year-round speaker series
  4. 5. Department responsible for putting together the state budget (abbr.)
  5. 7. California’s state-run retirement savings program
  6. 9. California tax credit for working families (abbr.)
  7. 17. Vote requirement for the legislature to increase taxes in California
  8. 18. Budget Center analysis released three times annually
  9. 19. The transfer of responsibility for a program from the state to the counties
  10. 22. Website for the state's health care exchange (with .com)
  11. 23. Drastic difference in net worth between households of different races/ethnicities
  12. 25. A sweet caffeinated beverage - OR - an adjustment to benefit amounts to account for inflation (abbr.)
  13. 26. First woman and the first openly LGBTQ+ person to lead the California State Senate
  14. 28. Show-stealer at Gov. Newsom’s inauguration – OR – a certain European nationality
  15. 34. Alternative to the official poverty measure (abbr.)