by Calculated Risk on 1/16/2009 04:24:00 PM

From the LA Times: California controller to suspend tax refunds, welfare checks (hat tips Thomas and Circle the Drain)

State Controller John Chiang announced today that his office would suspend tax refunds, welfare checks, student grants and other payments owed to Californians starting Feb. 1 ... The payments to be frozen include nearly $2 billion in tax refunds; $300 million in cash grants for needy families and the aged, blind and disabled; and $13 million in grants for college students.