State Hiring Freeze by Governor's Order

Governor Schwarzenegger has issued an executive order imposing mid-year cuts to state agencies and departments.

State agencies and departments are ordered to reduce their 2007-08 budgets by 1.5%. This applies to "non-essential and non-mission-critical activities and shall not negatively impact public safety or public health activities." Within "non-essential and non-mission-critical General Fund activities," state agencies and departments are ordered to:

• freeze hiring
• reduce, cancel, or postpone equipment purchases or leases
• reduce, cancel, or postpone media and outreach campaigns
  
• cancel or postpone travel to conferences or training
• limit meetings to reduce travel costs for same

Links:

• Gov. Schwarzenegger Announces Executive Order Expected to Save California Additional $100 Million (Governor's Office press release)
• Schwarzenegger orders hiring freeze (Sacramento Bee)
• Gov. Schwarzenegger orders more cuts to reduce state's big deficit (San Francisco Chronicle)