Schwarzenegger wants to trim Calif.'s 14 holidays

Schwarzenegger wants to trim Calif.'s 14 holidays

SACRAMENTO - California's generous offering of holidays for state workers - the equivalent of nearly three work weeks - is among the items Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is looking to trim to help counter a mounting budget deficit.

Lincoln's Birthday and Columbus Day would get the ax under a proposal the governor's administration estimates will save $114 million during this fiscal year and the next one starting in July.

"We think it's not so painful to give up a couple of holidays," said Mike Genest, Schwarzenegger's finance director.
Union leaders are resisting the move, but California isn't the only state looking to save money by cutting back on paid days off.

New Jersey passed a benefit-cutting bill in September that included eliminating Lincoln's Birthday as a state paid holiday amid a budget deficit projected to reach $1.2 billion in the current fiscal year. Gov. Jon Corzine also stopped the tradition of giving employees the day after Thanksgiving as a paid day off.



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