No one is interested in gutting 13 for the benefit of the illegals. Even talking about it will cause voter backlash. If that is the proposed alternative to a defeated bond issue, then Arnold & Co. will have to retreat.
The previous governor demonstrated his mendacity by ignoring the will of the voters. The sooner that Mr. S comes to the conclusion that upholding the will of the voters is the surest way to their hearts the sooner he will guarantee his reelection. Some of us might even vote for the guy if he does that. So far, he appears to be doing the right things. Now he just has to make that giant leap: it doesn't matter what I think, it's what the voters passed.
After that epiphany, he will find the golden path to Nirvana.
There is no doubt that illegal immigration and it's consequences are the primary causal factor for today's economic turmoil in California. Not the dot.com bust, not the downturn in the economy, not the runaway legislature but illegal immigration and it's consequences.
Restore the tech sector in California and our economic woes will still continue. Improve California's business climate and the new revenues will soon be gobbled up by these immigrants and three genrations of their progeny. Elect a conservative legislature and the existing, minimum, essential saftey nets (education, health care, the legal system and the infrastructure) will still be overwhelmed by the geometrically increasing, illegal immigrant derived population.