As lawmakers in California wrangle over the state's budget, redevelopment agencies appear to be days away from being killed.
Bill Fulton offers an analysis of the future facing redevelopment as lawmakers meet this week to iron out the budget. He says two possibilities exist:
"Either the Republicans and Democrats strike a budget deal and there's an overwhelming vote to kill redevelopment, or the Democrats bring the idea back in a way that allows a simple-majority vote and kill it separate from the overall budget deal. Either way it looks dead. "
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