As indicated from my intel below, the State Senate met and did, in fact, pass out the state budget with 27 votes — the two GOPers being Senate Republican Leader Dick Ackerman and ersatz Republican Abel Maldonado.
First the CEQA reform I outlined below was voted on in the State Assembly, and then it came over to the State Senate where it, simultaneously to the budget, was passed on to the Governor.
Kudos to legislative Republicans for making a horrible budget slightly better. Californian’s need to elect more Republicans to the legislature if we want to see substantive structural reform of California state government.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:00 am
… yeah, and after the performance of the past month of the Senate Republicans, fat chance of that ever happening. Bring on McClintock/Denham 2010!
August 21st, 2007 at 12:00 am
But Steve, it was your boss who went on vacation to France before the budget was finalized. I can’t believe that the voters will blame the Republicans for that.