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Tuesday, December 7, 2010 – Daily News – 7A Obituary By The Associated Press Here are details of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal for closing the $6 billion shortfall in the fiscal year that ends June 30: SAVINGS: Schwarzenegger’s deficit proposals — Cut $7.4 billion in spending, largely from health and human services, through 2012. — Make $2.5 billion in funding changes, shifts and other revenue. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: — Eliminate vision coverage to save $13.6 million, increase monthly premiums to save $31.2 million and raise emer- gency room copays to save $6.8 million in Healthy Families, a program that provides health coverage for children of low-income families. — Cut nearly $984 million in Medi-Cal spending by limiting services and increasing sharing costs for recipients of HENRIETTA MARIE FOSTER in her Corning family home. Mrs. Foster was born Sep- tember 30, 1934 in California. Mrs. Foster has been living in Corning for the last 34 years. Mrs. Foster is a college graduate with a AA and BA degree. Mrs. Foster was the owner and operator of the Foster Bookkeeping of Corn- ing. Mrs. Foster was a longtime member of the Immacu- late Catholic Church of Corning, and helped the church with their book. She also was a member of the Womens Auxiliary. Her church and her God were a main part of her life. Mrs. Foster also loved animals and her pet dogs and horse. The real love of her life was her family. Mrs. Foster was a loving, warm, kind and understanding wife, mother, and grandmother, and will be kept in our hearts forever. Mrs. Foster is pre deceased by her husband, Dorth Fos- ter, who died February 11, 2001 in Red Bluff. Mrs. Foster is survived by daughter Terresa Foster of Alaska, son Troy Foster of Rio Linda, son Jim Foster of Vacaville, son Ran- dy Foster of California, daughter Sandy Foster of Califor- nia, Son Barry Foster, who died in Eugene, Oregon, but still lived in the heart of his Mother, brother Walter Cambra, five granddaughters, nine grandsons, and two great grandsons. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, De- cember 8, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. at the Immaculate Concep- tion Catholic Church in Corning. Burial and Graveside services will follow at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Corning. Officiating will be Father Juan Manuel Ponce, Pastor of the Church. Visitation will be from 9:00 A.M., to the time of service in the Hall Brothers Chapel . All arrangements are through the Hall Brothers Corning Mortuary. Death Notices Jack H. Wilcox Jack H. Wilcox died Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, in Red Bluff. He was 79. Hoyt-Cole Chapel of the Flowers is handling the arrangements. Published Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010, in the Daily News, Red Bluff, Calif. FUND Continued from page 1A necessary courses to qualify for admission to the Califor- nia State University system. The Corning Community Foundation will be benefit from $46,300 to be used for the exterior front restoration of the Rodger’s Theatre. The project would start as soon as possible, weather permitting, Community Foundation member Tony Cardenas said. The foundation is in the process of putting up a new roof and installing the venti- lation system. Another esti- mated $350,000 is needed to I-5 Continued from page 1A Riverside Avenue, he said. Stephens was in the fast lane, driving about 70 mph and approaching a garbage truck driven by Jesus Romo, 34, of Gerber in the slow lane, who was going about 55 mph. As Stephens neared Romo she pulled into the slow lane behind Romo, but failed to slow down, rear- TERM Continued from page 1A Assemblyman Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) was reinstated for a second term as the rep- resentative of the Second District. “I am honored and hum- bled to be given the opportu- nity to represent the people of the Second District for another term,” Nielsen said. Nielsen’s district includes Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama and Yolo counties. After the new members were sworn in, the Legisla- ture went into an emergency budget session. LaMalfa said, “The first order of business facing the Legislature is to end Sacra- mento’s reckless spending while ensuring that the safe- ty of the public remains the state’s top priority. Califor- nia’s voters sent a decisive message against higher taxes and fees during the most recent election, and I intend to bring that message to the bureaucrats who continue to complete the total restoration project, Cardenas said. For the Ide Adobe Inter- pretive Association, the $20,000 will be used for cos- tumes to support the inter- pretive program for schools and the public. Other grant awards in Tehama County include $5,500 to Alterna- tives to Violence for comput- ers, $15,700 for the Red Bluff Community Band for instruments, lighted music stands and acquisition tag system and $8,518 to Tehama County Police Activities League for equip- ment to support its youth programs. In all, Shasta Regional Community Foun- dation awarded $252,924 to 22 organizations. ending Romo’s vehicle, Mackintosh said. No one was injured, but Stephens vehicle received moderate damage and Romo’s vehicle had minor damage. Charges of hit and run were not filed in the first accident since Stephens had made contact with Maxfield, Mackintosh said. Mackin- tosh said he did not believe CHP officers had made con- tact with Stephens at the first accident scene. spend more than the state takes in.” The budget was on Nielsen’s mind as well dur- ing the swearing in ceremo- ny. “California faces severe challenges over the next 2 years,” Nielsen said. “We have a $25 billion deficit, which will force this Legisla- ture to make some painful cuts and difficult choices. We must continue to slash spending and end the horrif- ic regulations that are forcing more and more businesses to leave our state. No more pro- crastination and smoke and mirrors. The time for action is now.” Mrs. Foster, age 76, died Wednesday, December 1, 2010 the state’s health care program for the poor. They include capping payment on hearing aids and other medical equip- ment; limiting prescriptions to six per month except lifesaving drugs; capping doctor’s visits at 10 per year. — Other proposals include adopting co-payments on doctor’s visits, emergency room visits and hospital stays. In addition, the Schwarzenegger administration would eliminate Medi-Cal coverage for newly qualified immigrants and eliminate optional adult day health care benefits. — Save $756.4 million by reducing CalWORKS grants by 15.7 percent starting in April. Cut another $1.4 billion by eliminating the welfare-to-work program. — Save $221 million by reducing monthly Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment grants for seniors and the disabled. CHILD CARE: — Cut $200 million under Proposition 98 funding for subsidized child care programs. CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION: — Save $761.5 million by moving non-sex offenders, non-serious and nonviolent convicts with a felony sentence of three years or less to local jails. $2.5 BILLION IN REVENUE AND FUNDING SHIFTS: — Raise $900 million through an automated speed enforcement program; implement a 4.8 percent surcharge on res- idential and commercial property insurance for an emergency response initiative; extend a hospital fee. — Shift $1.6 billion in transportation weight fee revenue from the state highway account to the general fund. — Propose legislation to authorize advertising on changeable message signs for a fee. ——— Source: Department of Finance. CUTS Continued from page 1A Legislative Analyst’s Office, had warned the spending plan would not hold. Although California’s $1.9 trillion economy is seeing some signs of recov- ery with recent retail sales and export figures rising, the governor said the state’s tax system remains broken and the level of spending unsustainable. Schwarzenegger said his proposal would save the state $9.9 billion over the next two fiscal years and make it easier for the next governor to tackle the state’s fiscal problems. ‘‘He will no doubt inherit the deficit just like I did the first day when I came into office,’’ Schwarzenegger said. ‘‘I’m very happy that we responded very quickly when I came into office and we were very fortunate that the economy increased and revenues increased very quickly and jobs increased. But of course we were hit by another recession, the biggest recession since the Great Depression. It rocked our state with such force that the fault lines in our budget system became craters.’’ In recent years, the state has been forced to cut billions of dollars of the budget and rolled back education and social spending. Schwarzenegger said his latest proposals are harsh because ‘‘we know there are no low-hanging fruit.’’ Along with the spending cuts, he also is proposing more than $2 billion in fund shifts and other revenue, includ- ing a 4.8 percent surcharge on property insurance to fund firefighting and other emergency services. His previous efforts to pass the surcharge have failed. Republican lawmakers urged Democrats to begin tackling the short- state government reforms and a revived housing market along the coast could put California’s economy on a strong footing when it finishes its long, slow slog through a sluggish recovery, according to an economic forecast released Tuesday. November’s successful ballot mea- sure allowing budgets to be passed with a simple majority and other changes could make the state more attractive to businesses and improve its borrowing costs, according to the quarterly Anderson Forecast from the University of California, Los Angeles. Meanwhile, pent-up demand among home buyers could explode in the state’s coastal communities where inventory has been limited, resulting in rebounding home prices and renewed construction in those areas, the study said. ‘‘There are changes that are occur- ring in some fundamental problem areas such as residential construction and state government that are laying the groundwork for more rapid growth in the medium term,’’ said the fore- cast’s author, Jerry Nickelsburg. The report noted that the state will still be in for some pain before it real- izes these longer-term gains. Employment was forecast to grow at a rate of 1.6 percent in 2011, keep- ing joblessness at 11.4 percent through the year. The state was unlikely to gen- erate enough jobs to tug unemploy- ment down to the single digits until the FUND Continued from page 1A year-old boy. The victim then parked near Elmore’s Pharmacy and as he walked by the entrance and was approached by the 17-year- old driver and Garcia, one of whom held him in a head lock as the other stabbed him multiple times, the release said. Red Bluff Simple Cremations & Burial Service Family owned & Operated Honor and Dignity 527-1732 722 Oak Street, Red Bluff, FD Lic. 1931 end of 2012. The state’s most recent tally put unemployment at 12.4 percent in October, down from a modern record of 12.6 percent reached in March. The national rate is 9.8 percent. Real personal income was forecast to grow at 1.6 percent in 2011 and 3.6 percent in 2012. The economic growth that does occur will be driven by education, health care, exports and technology — all sectors that are most prevalent along the coast, where the expansion will arrive fastest and be most pro- nounced. In inland parts of the state, little growth will occur until that region’s housing market rebounds, which will not occur in the near term because of the massive overbuilding that occurred during the previous years’ homebuild- ing frenzy. Nickelsburg said it could be years until those who worked in that region’s once-booming construction sector find new jobs in other industries. But construction could be a driver of growth in coastal parts of the state, which saw less construction during the boom. The report cited state and federal data showing increases in household sizes since 2007, when the downturn took hold, implying that cash-strapped twentysomethings were moving in with their parents instead of buying homes for themselves, and that older people were moving in with their adult After being interviewed, both Garcia and the boy were arrested for attempted homicide. Garcia was taken to Tehama County Jail. Bail fall. ‘‘One thing is clear: The status quo strategy of slash-and-burn cuts will not fix California,’’ said Sen. Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo. ‘‘We are long overdue for a serious re-evaluation of the role and operation of California government.’’ Brown, a Democrat, is expected to hold the first in a series of budget forums later this week. Brown will be sworn in Jan. 3. ‘‘I’m hoping people will get out of their comfort zone and cooperate, because the state is facing a fiscal crisis, and so is the nation,’’ Brown told The Associated Press after meeting sepa- rately with Republican and Democratic lawmakers Monday. ‘‘I’m hopeful the leaders in California will approach the budget with a real sense of discipline and fairness. People are friendly and chatty today, but there’s no telling what that means, what it portends.’’ Calif. economic study: Gains after near-term pain LOS ANGELES (AP) — New children. When the general economic expan- sion gives a boost to employment, job security and salaries, demand will quickly outstrip supply along the coast, resulting in a quickly rebound- ing construction industry there. ‘‘In terms of housing stock, it turns out we’re about a year behind if the potential demand turns into effective demand, which it ultimately will,’’ Nickelsburg said. Nickelsburg said he was also encouraged by the state-level reforms that allow budgets to be passed by the legislature with a simple majority, rather than the previous two-thirds majority that has been blamed for leg- islative gridlock. The state’s economy may also ben- efit from a reform that places the draw- ing of legislative and congressional districts in the hands of a bipartisan cit- izens commission, rather than law- makers. The new system could make legis- lators more apt to quickly approve budgets so as not to incur voters’ anger in what will become more competitive districts, Nickelsburg said. The resulting budgetary stability could make California businesses more willing to expand and could make out-of-state businesses more likely to move here, he said. It would also improve the state’s bond rating so it could borrow money at lower interest rates, Nickelsburg said. was set at $100,000. The boy was taken to Tehama County Juvenile Hall where he was released to staff. ——— Julie Zeeb can be reached at 527-2153, extension 115 or jzeeb@redbluffdailynews.com. You’re invited to the 11th Annual TRAX Tour of Corning Christmas Lights Friday, December 10th, 2010 Call TRAX today at 385-BUSS (2877) for reservations and information Seating is limited! RSVP by Wednesday, December 8th The TRAX Lighted Tour Is FREE Pickup Locations: Red Bluff Bus & Ride: 6:15 Los Molinos Senior Center: 6:00 • Tehama Museum 6:05 TRAX will depart at 7:00 from Corning Transportation Center TRAX