<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Gray Davis has asked the committee scraping to fill a $23.6 billion budget hole to find $1 billion more -- with cuts or tax increases -- to boost emergency reserves and protect California's credit.</p>
<p>Now, after two full weeks of meetings, the Conference Committee on the Budget must decide how to come up with about $5.5 billion. That includes $1 billion reserve, about $1 billion in additions the panel has made to the budget and roughly $3.5 billion in car and cigarette tax increases proposed by Davis last month.</p>