Video: Gov. Schwarzenegger Warns of “Financial Armageddon”, Wants To Lock Legislature In Capitol

Gov. Schwarzenegger called a press conference today and warned of “Financial Armageddon” unless the legislature came up with a solution soon. The Governor also broke the news that the short-term deficit is no-longer $11.2 billion, it’s now $14 billion. Things are so bad that the  Governor also called for a “Big Five” Meeting, which he [...]

Three Former Governors Honestly Explain California’s Government and Budget Problems

In this morning’s email, we found this video of UCLA- sponsored 2005 panel discussion between former Governors Jerry Brown, George Dukemajian, and Gray Davis.   The topic is “How Can California Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century.” If you ever want to understand California’s budget problems, why the government is so dysfunctional, and how it [...]

Budget Crisis: Gov. Schwarzenegger Declares Fiscal Emergency

Gov. Schwarzenegger took 2004′s Proposition 58 out for test drive by declaring a fiscal emergency and ordering the whole mess ‘o’ lawmakers into a session to figure out how to come up with $11.2 billion by February — because as of now, the state is gonna run out of cash in February.  Yes,we’ve heard this [...]

New Legislators Sworn In, Bizarre Phil Spector Trial Strategy, Paperless Traffic Tickets, Newsom Speech-A-Thon, Free Neil Young MP3s

The California legislature class of ’09-’10 takes their oaths of office today as the new legislative session begins.  It’s likely the only thing they’ll accomplish during their term. Read all about the new crew. [Capitol Alert] But according to these “patriots”, elected officials in California are not legally holding office since nobody takes some goofy [...]

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