Brown offers $164.7-billion budget plan - latimes

Taking advantage of a growing economy, Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a $164.7-billion budget Friday that would boost funding for schools, community colleges, courts and home care for the elderly and disabled.

He did not include money that University of California leaders say is necessary to avoid a tuition increase, continuing the standoff over the cost of attending the state's most prestigious institutions of higher learning.  Read More on Gov. Jerry Brown 
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