Government
Oct. 21, 2011
Committee considers cutting courthouse construction projects
Local officials traveled from across the state Wednesday to ask court leaders to spare their courthouse construction projects from state budget cuts.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Local officials traveled from across the state Wednesday to ask court leaders to spare their courthouse construction projects from state budget cuts.
The Legislature created a $5 billion construction program in 2008 to upgrade or build new courthouses using money collected from court fees.
But lawmakers grabbed $310 million from the fund this summer to help close a budget shor...
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