reason.org For Immediate Release: August 21, 2003 SAN FRANCISCO – In his “no apology” speech on Tuesday, California Governor Gray Davis said that he “takes responsibility” for the “difficult time” California is experiencing. But he failed to mention that California’s budget crisis could have been averted if he had continued the assessment of the state’s core governing functions started by former governor Pete Wilson, thereby limiting spending to essential government services.In 1995, Governor Wilson requested that all agencies examine their missions and determine their core responsibilities. The Governor’s Council on Information Technology reported in 1995: “Just as California’s families focus...