Earlier today, Governor Brown signed the 2014-15 State Budget into law, as well as a number of Budget trailer bills that make most of the spending plan functional. The only component of the State Budget Package awaiting his consideration is the trailer bill to reform the State Teachers’ Retirement System.
As part of the signing process, the Governor exercised his line-item veto authority (known as blue penciling) to eliminate/reduce a number of expenditures in the State Budget. Due to extensive pre-passage negotiations between the Legislature and the Administration, the list of line-item vetoes for this State Budget Package is relatively minimal, with mostly technical changes and few policy or funding changes.
Additional details on the 2014-15 State Budget, including line-item vetoes, can be accessed here.