(California) Legislature passes budget after all-nighter

[alp227]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

(10-08) 11:05 PDT Sacramento - --

One hundred days after the beginning of the fiscal year, the California Legislature has passed a budget to solve both a $19 billion deficit and the record-breaking impasse. It didn't come easy.

Lawmakers voted on the final piece of about 20 bills that make up the budget at around 8:25 a.m. today following an all-nighter in which several votes on the plan failed to reach the two-thirds majority mandated by law to approve the proposal. At some points through the night and early morning it appeared that the deal might fall apart.

Overall, the budget creates an $87.5 billion general fund spending plan, which is about a billion more dollars than the previous year's budget. It includes no new taxes and no severe cuts to state programs, although it does defer a $2 billion payment to public schools and community colleges to next year.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/08/BA0T1FQ6DV.DTL

[xchrom]

1. Oy - that was painful. Nt

[monmouth]

2. I would say, at least in this instance, the lawmakers truly earned their keep...n/t

[shanti]

3. yup, and then there's this:

http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2010/10/schwarzenegger-to-veto-about-1.html?commentSort=TimeStampAscending&pageNum=2&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container


it ain't over till it's over :( who's GAS going to screw next before his ass is out of her for good???!!

[yurbud]

4. pass prop 25 and take the power to jam up the works away from the Republicans

[Merlot]

6. I'm voting for it.

And 19.

Against 23.

those are the big ones. I don't think enough people understand what prop 25 is. A lot of scare campaign around it right now. I hope it passes. I'll take what ever poison pills are in it to get rid of this stupid 2/3 majority rule that is killing CA.

[yurbud]

7. the anti 25 ads are lying and saying it makes it easier to raise taxes too.

[Merlot]

5. "...failed to reach the two-thirds majority" says it all

right now, the minority is in charge, because they obstruct everything. None of this would be happening if we had a majority vote.