California State Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis) introduced an amendment to the state constitution which would make it easier for local governments to raise funds for public libraries. The amendment would reduce the percentage of votes needed to pass such a measure from the two-thirds supermajority currently needed to 55 percent, though still more than a simple majority.
CA State Senator Proposes Constitutional Amendment for Library Funding
By on December 21, 2012 5 Comments
California Librarians Say Brown’s Budget Proposal Undermines Core Principles
By on February 23, 2012
Brown Proposes Zero State Funding for California Public Libraries for Second Year in a Row
By on February 7, 2012
The New Normal: Annual Library Budgets Survey 2012
By on January 16, 2012
Library Journal’s annual budget survey reveals that many public libraries are, at best, furiously treading water.
The 388 libraries that responded to the survey projected a negligible overall decrease in their total 2012 operating budgets (0.7 percent). Materials budgets are down 1.2 percent. And personnel budgets are relatively flat, with an uptick of just 0.2 percent.
With Mid-Year Cut, California Reduces State Funding for Libraries to Zero
By on December 14, 2011
California Governor Jerry Brown announced Tuesday a mid-year, $16 million cut to state library funding, which essentially eliminates all remaining state funding for the California Library Services Act (CLSA), the California Library Literacy and English Acquisition Service, and the Public Library Foundation (PLF). Last year the programs received $30.4 million. The budget Brown first proposed [...]
California Updates Library Privacy Laws to Include Electronic Records
By on July 14, 2011
California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Tuesday a measure that will modernize the state’s library privacy laws. The bill, SB445 sponsored by Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), updates circulation of records laws in order to keep confidential electronic as well as written patron use information and borrowing records. The information cannot be disclosed by [...]
