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California declares fiscal emergency

Published: 02 July, 2009, 05:30


Illustration by Chris Angrisani

As the U.S. has begun a new fiscal year, the state of California has failed to balance its budget, which now has a 26.3 billion dollar deficit. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a fiscal emergency.

 
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