Schwarzenegger cuts state worker jobs, moves to cut pay
By Kevin Yamamura – kyamamura@sacbee.com
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order today eliminating jobs for an estimated 10,300 temporary state employees and reducing pay for about 200,000 state workers to the federal minimum wage of $6.55 per hour, portraying it as a stopgap measure to ensure the state can pay its bills without a state budget.