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Government

Mar. 5, 2010

State Forced to Defend Furlough Days

An effort by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to ease California's budget woes by sending state employees home without pay three days a month is actually draining the state's finances as the administration fights 26 lawsuits challenging the furlough order.

By Dhyana Levey

Daily Journal Staff Writer

An effort by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to ease California's budget woes by sending state employees home without pay three days a month is actually draining the state's finances as the administration fights 26 lawsuits challenging the furlough order.

In an attempt to save at least some of that cash, state attorneys asked the California Supreme Court on Tuesday to consolidate an...

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