Thousands Protest Budget Cuts
In Los Angeles and Sacramento, thousands of teachers, nurses and other government employees packed the streets to protest Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget cuts and plans to hold a fall special election. Educators are particularly angry with Schwarzenegger over his proposal to withhold more than $2 billion that local schools say they are owed under voter-approved spending formulas.
See "Thousands Protest Budget Cuts", Evan Halper and Nicholas Shields, Los Angeles Times, May 25, 2005