Brown's budget gets low marks

Reviews from local officials began filtering in Tuesday about Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to balance the state budget over the next 18 months - and they were far from positive. Daily News.

Los Angeles officials - from Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to the City Council and county supervisors - each criticized the proposed $84.6 billion spending plan and Brown's call to end community redevelopment agencies and enterprise zones.

Villaraigosa said he has ordered his staff to thoroughly review the budget, although he's already made up his mind on two main points.