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Beaches at Lake Natoma and Folsom Lake will go without lifeguards. Drivers could wait longer for licenses at the Department of Motor Vehicles. State cutbacks add to Sacramento area's jobless woes Read the governor's executive order Spreadsheet from State Controller's Office shows potential layoffs Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger passes through a Capitol corridor en route to signing his executive order for 10,300 layoffs and pay cuts. The governor said the moves would not be necessary if the Legislature would approve a budget that fixes an estimated $15.2 billion deficit. Adrienne Suffin, an employee of the Employment Development Department, protests cuts. Forecasts expected 22,000 layoffs. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signs his executive order to cut state temporary workers. He said he wants to be sure there is enough cash to pay the state's obligations without a state budget in place. Administrators will establish exemptions for critical jobs. Celeste Knox, office assistant, California State Approving Agency for Veterans Education Single mother Celeste Knox put in her last day Wednesday as an office assistant making $15.98 an hour at the California State Approving Agency for Veterans Education. "I have two children I need to take care of. I just closed on a house, and I can no longer make the first payment on Sept. 1 because I don't have a job," she said. "This was my survival." Knox, 39, said she expects to receive her last paycheck today for her job at the state office that certifies veteran education and training programs. After that, she will not be able to make her $1,300 monthly mortgage on her new home in Antelope. "We're the small people, but we make the wheels turn," Knox said. Josh Patterson, press operator assistant, Office of State Publishing Josh Patterson, a 24-year-old press operator assistant at the Office of State Publishing, said he's the breadwinner for his wife and 3-year-old son. Among other state documents, the office prints the budget lawmakers are now debating. "The legislators depend on us. Even Arnold depends on us to get things out on time," the Citrus Heights resident said. Patterson stood outside the Capitol with other affected workers Thursday as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his executive order. He said he can endure three weeks without working before he has to find another job. "Hopefully, it doesn't go that long," he said. Doug Rischbieter, staff environmental scientist As the lone fisheries biologist in the state parks system, Doug Rischbieter monitors the fish population at various bodies of water. Rischbieter, a part-time employee at both the Department of Parks and Recreation and the Department of Water Resources, hadn't been told Thursday whether he'll be exempt from layoffs. The 46-year-old father of two from Arnold said his annual gross from both jobs is in the low $60,000 range. "Maybe it's ironic, but I took that second job in 1990 during the budget crisis of that time because there was the promise of more secure funding," he said. ? Judy Lin, Bee Capitol Bureau