California budget: Proposed program reductions

Major program reductions in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal for closing the state’s estimated $19.1-billion budget gap:

$1.6 billion — Eliminate the CalWorks welfare program

$1.2 billion — Eliminate day care for 142,000 low-income children

$1.2 billion — Borrow funds earmarked for transportation

$523 million — Cut Medi-Cal healthcare program for the poor

$445.7 million — Impose mandatory day off for state workers each month

$637 million — Reductions in home care for elderly and disabled

$602 million — Eliminate most state funding for county mental health services

$248 million — Put some state prisoners and juvenile parolees under county supervision

Source: State Department of Finance