[Amerigomag]

That's no fair.

There's got to be some mystery remaining in politics and a little hard work helps the memory.

If I could find it*, they could find it. This forum is not populated by the HTML challenged.

Thanks for the due diligence and, as always, excellent work product.

*From the link provided type in the text, search string "budget" and look around for Laird's name or the title: "Budget Act of 2006" (the first subtle clue). After the redirect, look for "Votes - Assembly Floor - 06/27/2006" (the second subtle clue).

[calcowgirl]

LOL. I often use the same method you describe in searching for legislation. You get some real interesting results if you type in things like "Mexico" or "Trade".

In this case, I just wandered on over to Speaker Fabian's website and voila! A bill number! It made searching much easier (but possibly less satisfying, lol).

http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a46/press/a462006100.htm

[calcowgirl]

BTW, I didn't try to figure out what the 12 trailer bills were. Perhaps someone else will give that a shot (or not). ;-)

From CaliforniaProgressReport.com:

Much of the action on the budget is hidden from public view—or at least obscured—and we will not know parts of it for a few days, as curious members of the public, the media, bloggers, and even the legislators themselves read what they have passed. The main piece of legislation, AB 1801, the budget conference report, which was passed by a vote of 54 to 22 in the Assembly and 30 to 10 in the Senate, is only part of this complex package. There were 12 “trailer bills,” some of them quite complex and byzantine, which also needed to pass with support from two-thirds of both houses for this to become a final product.