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Controller Steve Westly warned Wednesday of the escalating
effects of a late state budget, saying the state will halt
payments to community colleges beginning in July and,
in a matter of months, most state workers' pay will be
chopped to minimum wage. /snip/

If there is no budget after Tuesday, Westly said:

* California will not make monthly payments
beginning in July that total more than $200
million for K-12 schools and $200 million for
community colleges.

* State employees face drastic pay cuts as soon
as late August.

* Vendors will not receive payments for services
rendered to the state after July 1.

* Westly will continue a tradition of withholding
pay from elected officials, including legislators
-- most of whom are due to receive monthly
paychecks at the end of July.

Westly said he is limited by a recent California
Supreme Court ruling that dictates most state
workers be paid the federal minimum wage --
$5.15 per hour -- when the state is running
without a budget. The high court ruled that the
state must repay workers' lost wages once a
budget is signed.

from:
http://www.sacbee.com/content/politics/ca/budget/story/6923930p-7873238c.html

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