Gov. Jerry Brown takes case for Medi-Cal cuts to Washington

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-jerry-brown-20120225,0,7718254.story

The governor wants the federal government to let him make more cuts in the Medi-Cal program that serves low-income Californians and to exempt state schools from new sanctions that could cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

Brown said he raised the issues in a White House meeting with President Obama and 11 other Democratic governors Friday morning and in a private meeting with Education Secretary Arne Duncan on Thursday.