California Budget Faces Mounting Legal Challenges

At least three different groups recently have filed lawsuits challenging various aspects of the current California budget for fiscal year 2011-12.

• The League of California Cities has filed a suit challenging the constitutionality of the State's diversion of $130 million in vehicle license fees from cities and counties to pay certain State expenditures.
• A group headed by United Cerebral Palsy of San Diego filed a suit claiming the State failed to follow proper procedure when it cut funding for certain programs that benefit the disabled.
• The California School Boards Association, the Association of California School Administrators, and several school districts filed a suit claiming the State violated its minimum funding commitment to K-12 education by more than $2 billion in the current budget.