[NormsRevenge]

"New revenue needs to be put into paying down debt, not new programs," Plescia said. "We're still paying off Gov. Gray Davis' deficits."

[NormsRevenge]

CA: "We're Not Gonna Get There" (20th straight year state budget may not pass by deadline)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1649606/posts

[Third Order]

shut er down! Considering the amount of taxes this state collects, there shouldn't be any problem covering legit expenses.

[calcowgirl]

What happened to Prop 58?

Proposition 58

The California Balanced Budget Act.

• Requires enactment of a balanced budget where General Fund expenditures do not exceed estimated General Fund revenues.

(snip)

(f) For the 2004—05 fiscal year, or any subsequent fiscal year, the Legislature may not send to the Governor for consideration, nor may the Governor sign into law, a budget bill that would appropriate from the General Fund, for that fiscal year, a total amount that, when combined with all appropriations from the General Fund for that fiscal year made as of the date of the budget bill's passage, and the amount of any General Fund moneys transferred to the Budget Stabilization Account for that fiscal year pursuant to Section 20 of Article XVI, exceeds General Fund revenues for that fiscal year estimated as of the date of the budget bill's passage. That estimate of General Fund revenues shall be set forth in the budget bill passed by the Legislature.

Isn't the proposed deficit spending a direct violation of the Constitution?