Legislature adjourns with no budget; governor prepares to lay off 10,000 With lawmakers still unable to deliver a budget after three days of intense negotiations, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger prepared to lay off 10,000 government workers and his administration said it would halt the last 275 state-funded public works projects still in operation.
Stimulus would offer relief to California's jobless Tucked deep inside President Obama's $787-billion economic stimulus bill is a $2-billion lifeline for California's unemployed along with improvements to the state's bankrupt and broken system for paying benefits.
California lawmakers stymied for third day on budget Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg sent lawmakers home Monday after failing for the third consecutive day to muster an elusive final vote for the state budget package.
Day three ends without budget Lawmakers adjourned tonight until Tuesday after failing for the third consecutive day to muster an elusive final vote for the state budget package.
The Buzz Meg Whitman, the latest entrant in California's race to be the next governor, made an appearance last week on the "Today" show. Interviewer Matt Lauer pulled out a quote from The Bee's own Dan Walters, who suggested perhaps all of the gubernatorial hopefuls "should undergo mental evaluation for even thinking about governing California."
Highlights of plan to close Calif. budget deficit The Associated Press Here are key provisions of the proposal to close California's $42 billion budget deficit through June 2010:
Key votes for Calif. budget come with a price California's two-thirds requirement to pass budgets and tax increases makes every vote count.
Calif. lawmakers seek 1 vote to pass budget fix California lawmakers spent the President's Day holiday as they had Valentine's Day, locked in a frustrating search for one more vote to end the state's budget impasse.
Capitol Alert: Steinberg vows Tuesday lockdown Senate President Pro Darrell Steinberg announced on the Senate floor that the upper house will convene at 10 a.m. tomorrow to consider the tax-hike portion of the budget.
Capitol Alert: DeVore fails in push for Villines' ouster Rhe first GOP leadership challenge resulting from the budget negotiations came and went Saturday night as Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, R-Irvine, moved unsuccessfully to unseat Assembly GOP leader Mike Villines.
Capitol Alert: Maldonado's long wish list Sen. Abel Maldonado has become a popular guy around the Capitol as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders on Monday continued to court him as the potential 27th Senate vote for the state budget. Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg met with Maldonado once this afternoon to discuss his interest in providing the final vote.
Capitol Alert: Sacramento sheriff urges Cox to vote yes With the state Senate lacking one Republican vote to pass a budget deal, Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinness has called Sen. Dave Cox of Fair Oaks to urge him to end the deadlock.
Capitol Alert: The Steinberg speech Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, had just a few words for Sen. Sam Aanestad, R-Penn Valley, last night as the marathon budget session drew to an unsuccessful close. Watch the video here.
Laying off teachers is not inevitable Anyone with a pulse knows that the California jobs picture looks grim: 1.7 million Californians out of work, a 9.3 percent unemployment rate (which may soon climb to double digits), daily announcements of layoffs.
Meg Whitman's first hurdle - state's male GOP Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is Republican, and proud of it, but as she seeks center stage in her party's nomination for the 2010 governor's race, there is a potentially deadly problem lurking in the wings.
Any OKd budget plan faces battle at ballot box Regardless of when a new budget deal gets passed, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger still is going to need help from California's voters to close the state's $42 billion budget gap, and that help may not be easy to come by.
Obama adviser is a seasoned California voice Californian Nancy Sutley expects to have the ear of President Obama as his chief environmental adviser, reviving a White House office that lay virtually dormant during the Bush years.
State's remaining public works projects at risk California's top finance official warned state lawmakers Monday that without a budget agreement to fend off the state's cash crisis, he will begin halting the remaining 276 public works projects that had been allowed to continue despite the state's dwindling cash supply.
GOP risks branding itself as 'Party of No' Not only is the Republican Party at risk of branding itself as the "Party of No," it could take the blame for forcing the state off the economic cliff if GOP legislators remain unmoved by the state's fiscal crisis, observers say.
State colleges bear down on transfer shortage State education leaders are trying to overcome failures to improve the pathway from community colleges to public universities.
Must find a way to bridge the partisan divide IF EVER THE state and nation needed a reminder that we must climb out of the hole of partisanship and find common ground, look no further than the fight in Sacramento over the state budget and the battle in Washington over the stimulus package.
Other states lure Californians, businesses Government should ease, not increase the burdens on businesses and workers.California has a deserved anti-business reputation. Taxes, regulations and constant uncertainty about more of the same have undermined the loyalty of businesses and workers.
State allows disparity in maternity health coverage In California, many women who are planning families pay higher premiums with larger deductibles to secure optional maternity coverage.
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