For the new fiscal year California just started, the governor's budget proposal - and a similar one Democrats are proposing - would increase general fund spending 13 percent in fiscal 2005-06 over what was passed last year for fiscal 2004-05. That's close to the 15 percent budget increases Gov. Davis splurged on during the height of his spending folly.
The new spending increase will be paid for in part by $6 billion in borrowing.
During the last two summer budget crises with Davis, there were warnings of paying all state workers the minimum wage until a budget was passed. IIRC, there was even a lawsuit won by one of the taxpayer organizations to require the state not to pay more than minimum wage until a budget was enacted. But, despite the budget being late every year, it seems the wage cuts never happened.
If there's no budget, how are we paying so many state employees so much money?