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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger drew sharp criticism on Tuesday for using his authority to make line-item vetoes in the State budget. The governor cut even more state-run social programs to save an additional $656 million, including $80 million from the county run Child Welfare Services Program. The CWSP is a service that responds to reports of child abuse and neglect across the state. Schwarzenegger described the package as containing “the good, the bad and the ugly,” the ugly referring to his additional cuts to adult day health care, health care for the poor and AIDS prevention efforts. About 100 of the state\u2019s 279 parks also face closure, some as early as Labor Day. Michael Weinstein, president of AIDS Healthcare Foundation said, “the governor’s heartless act is not only deadly, but guaranteed to cost California taxpayers millions more in the future.\u201d Democratic negotiators have questioned whether the governor had the authority for many of his vetoes, arguing that he can only reduce new appropriations, not revisions handed down by the legislature. Even with the revised budget deal, California will need to borrow 8 to 10 billion dollars to cover its cash needs this year. The state faces another deficit of 7 to 8 billion dollars next year.<\/p>\n