Despite the governor's best efforts to sell Proposition 76 as the cure for what ails our state's budget process, it isn't. Instead, it's a direct assault on our democratic system of checks and balances. It would deliver a crushing blow to our public schools and could devastate state funding for local health care, transportation and public safety. Proposition 76 makes major changes in California's constitution, dramatically expanding the governor's power over the state budget and giving him the authority to cut spending for schools, public safety, health care, transportation and other programs "of the governor's choosing," without voter approval or...