Ventura County Reporter 

As California legislators, in the coming week, wrap up a special session that was called to discuss the governor’s budget proposal, the state’s poorest may be given the least consideration as programs geared toward their survival and stability seem headed for the chopping block. While it is commonplace to look at services that do not directly generate revenue, the long-term effects and socioeconomic impacts of such cuts do not appear to be seen as issues to be concerned about. As Ventura Councilman Neal Andrews said, “It is axiomatic in politics that those who have the least get the least.” Given that too many politicians listen mainly to those who can help fund their next campaigns, the poor just don’t seem to stand much of a chance of having someone fight for them.
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