President Bush's proposed 2008 budget calls for sizeable reductions in domestic discretionary programs - programs that are funded through annual federal appropriations, excluding defense and international affairs programs. A new California Budget Project analysis, "What Would the President's Proposed Budget Mean for California?" shows that these cuts would affect programs that support a broad array of public services including education, environmental protection, child care, and food assistance programs for infants and pregnant women.

The reductions would begin October 1, 2008, when discretionary programs as a whole would be funded below the 2007 funding level, adjusted for inflation. By 2012, the proposed cuts would total $114 billion below the 2008 funding level, adjusted for inflation.

This analysis is available at www.cbp.org.

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