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Government

Mar. 15, 2013

Senate committee hearing bodes ill for courthouse project funding

A senate subcommittee hearing Thursday on judicial branch funding revealed little evidence the legislature intends to pay for an expensive courthouse project in Long Beach that has led to the suspension of four other projects.


By Paul Jones


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A state Senate budget subcommittee hearing Thursday didn't bode well for the judicial branch's continued effort to get the Legislature to help pay for a widely criticized courthouse project in Long Beach that would cost $2.3 billion over 35 years.


Committee Chair Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, indicated that the judicial branch's wish to see money from the state's general fund finance th...

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