Commission members said their lawyer said the reductions would be impossible to implement during this calendar year. That’s how serious and urgent this state budget crunch really is.
Translation: They need time to figure out how to get past this bump in the road..perhaps “bonuses” for jobs well done?
They can afford to keep paying legislators at 100% but they have to issue IOU’s for tax refunds?
Let’s see - if they don’t have it already, add a per diem for expenses, free car, free gas - I’m sure these guys won’t take much of a hit.
Personally, I would have like to see Proposition 1F go even farther than “no pay raise in deficit years” for lawmakers. I would have liked a “no salary after budget deadline and until a budget is passed” and no, Assemblyman Sparky, you don’t get the withheld money back after you pass the budget.