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Government

May 6, 2010

Funds Can Be Used for Schools

A Sacramento County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday that the state was justified when it took more than $2 billion from California's redevelopment agencies to offset education cuts during last summer's budget negotiations.

By Greg Kane

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - A Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday the state was justified in taking more than $2 billion from California's redevelopment agencies to offset education cuts during last summer's budget negotiations.

Redevelopment agencies sued the state in October after the Legislature approved Assembly Bill 26 that redirected $1.7 billion in tax increments for 2009-10 and $305 milli...

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