By Dan Whitcomb and Ciara Linnane
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – California’s controller said on Wednesday that he would have to issue IOUs in a week if lawmakers can’t quickly solve a $24 billion budget deficit, and the state’s treasurer plans to tap a reserve fund to meet debt service costs.
The measures came as a budget crisis deepened in the most populous U.S. state and the gridlocked legislature failed to pass a proposed $11 billion in cuts.
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by Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. 06-22-09
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Washington and Wall Street seem to be treating California as if it were a sideshow in the financial circus of these turbulent times.
It’s not.
California is home to the largest manufacturing belt in the United States and to Silicon Valley, the nation’s largest high-tech center.
California is America’s most populous state with 38 million people. Its GDP of $1.8 trillion is the largest in the U.S. Its economy is bigger than those of Russia, Brazil, Canada, or India.
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This is an amazing map of joblessness……pay attention to the arrow and click it to watch…
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From Sacramento — Jean called the other day from her desert condo near Palm Springs. She’d been notified that the state was cutting back again on aid for the disabled and she was worried.
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Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
It’s just after 7 on a Thursday in April. Janean, her husband, Stace, and three of their sons have been at the Ayres Suites in Mission Viejo for 16 nights and 17 days.
Despite her efforts, the room is cluttered — a computer, small television, skateboards, school projects. These are the things that remain.
In the chaos of eviction, Janean became increasingly frantic and they lost nearly everything. At a rushed garage sale, she told buyers to pay what they thought best, believing God would make it fair. She gave most of it away.
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U.S. Food Pantries Struggle to Stay Stocked as More People Frequent
Saturday, May 30, 2009 
ANDERSON, Ind. — In a long, narrow room lined on both sides with metal and plywood shelving, a few dozen jars of peanut butter and cans of green beans dot the mostly vacant spaces in the Salvation Army food pantry.
“We are a little bit empty right now,” said Rodney Morin, director of the pantry.
Over the past year, feeding the hungry in Madison County has become a greater challenge because of an influx of people who are in need of assistance.
Food pantries in the area have served 30 percent to 40 percent more people this year, said Tim Kean, associate director of Second Harvest Food Bank of East Central Indiana. The food bank supplies more than 100 programs and agencies in eight counties, including Madison County.
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