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Governor Schwarzenegger's well-delivered State of the State speech last week won accolades from observers worldwide. The Los Angeles Times went so far as to call it "masterful." But despite the media hordes and the expected references to the governor's illustrious film career, the stage is far from set for a Hollywood ending when it comes to California's looming budget disaster. If the $15-billion bond measure the governor succeeded in putting on the March ballot is not passed by California voters, the state could face bankruptcy as early as June. Behind the scenes, the governor is advancing what he appears to...

<p>Will the Terminator Revolution continue through 2004? That's the big question for California in the coming year.</p> <p>We'll get some idea of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's goals for his first year in office on Tuesday, when he gives his State of the State address. It will be a relief not to again hear dour Gray Davis drone through a speech.</p>

OAKLAND -- Even with his own $15 billion budget bond on the March ballot, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to back the $12.3 billion school facilities bond on the same ballot. At least that's what state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell said the governor said. O'Connell eagerly announced the governor's support of Proposition 55 to a smattering of press assembled in Washington Elementary School's auditorium Tuesday afternoon. The superintendent said the governor gave him permission to spread the word, which he also did at an earlier press conference in San Diego on Tuesday. But Schwarzenegger apparently wasn't ready to...

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - California's March ballot will contain at least two propositions - a $12.3 billion school bond measure and an initiative that would make it easier for lawmakers to approve state budgets on time, state election officials said Monday.</p>