Legislators pass funding bills for nonprofits and local government 10/15/09

The California State Senate passed measures Wednesday to restore funding to domestic violence shelters and help cities and counties borrow money to balance their budgets. Senators voted unanimously to approve a measure restoring $16 million cut from the budget for 94 nonprofit domestic violence shelters, forcing half a dozen shelters to close and others to reduce their services. The Senate vote also was unanimous on a measure to make it easier for cities and counties to borrow against future funding from the state to plug budget holes created when the state took $1.9 billion from local coffers this summer. Details: http://www.csac.counties.org/.