Well, we knew this was coming, but now it’s happened.  Democrats have just passed a series of massive, and heartbreaking, cuts:

Gov. Jerry Brown today signed bills making billions of cuts in California’s budget, raising community college fees and slicing support for the developmentally disabled and mentally ill.

The package raises community college fees from $26 per unit to $36 per unit and defers $2.1 billion in payments to K-12 schools to 2012-13.(SacBee)

The package cuts a bit over $8 billion, so there is still a long way to go before the budget is in order.  But, hooray, now we have cut from education and the social safety net. I’m sure Grover Norquist is happy.