California: Budget Battle Raging in Party (Democrats face showdown with Davis)

Los Angeles Times ^ | Jan 25, 2003

[John Jorsett]

• With the governor and Republicans allied, his fellow Democrats in the Legislature force a showdown over what is cut and what is spared.

SACRAMENTO -- Democrats in the Legislature are set up for a showdown with Gov. Gray Davis next week as they prepare to pass budget measures the governor warned against: a hike in the car tax, cuts in prison spending and deferral of education spending.

Davis is finding that the biggest obstacle to his budget plan so far is not the opposition Republicans, but members of his own party who complain that the cuts in his plan are too deep in some areas and not deep enough in others.

One of the most notable disagreements involves prisons. Under a plan scheduled for a vote next week in both the Assembly and Senate, the Legislature would cut the one budget area that Davis urged be spared: the state prison system.

[John Jorsett]

Ping

[expatpat]

He'll put up a fight over the prisons for a while, to avoid p*ssing off his big donors, and then give in gracefully: "I tried, but those guys forced me to cut your budget".

[uncbob]

cuts in prison spending

End the insane WOD and this helps alleviate this problem

[NonValueAdded]

From the full article: "Democrats are seeking to save about $188 million by releasing nonviolent prisoners due for parole a month early, delaying construction of a prison at Delano and softening the penalty for shoplifting."

Winona alert! RATs pandering for some more Hollywood contributions, I'll bet!

[I_Love_My_Husband]

I love it when the RATS fight. This will be interesting.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

WoHo! Gonna get interesting!

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