California Democrat Steinberg says he will try to restore Schwarzenegger's budget cuts

Reporting from Sacramento —

State Senate leader Darrell Steinberg said Wednesday that his first priority once a new governor is sworn in next year will be to reverse some of the nearly $1 billion in "unconscionable" cuts that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made to the state budget Friday.

Flanked by program advocates and parents affected by the service cuts, Steinberg (D-Sacramento) said the vetoes would cause more than 700 child-abuse investigators to be laid off or not have their positions filled. Day care for more than 60,000 families with working parents would be eliminated by the governor's reductions, Steinberg said, along with some mental health services for children with special needs.

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"The governor's vetoes were misguided, cruel, unnecessary and preventable," Steinberg said on the playground at a Sacramento day-care center.

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