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  • CA: Governor gets hydrogen plan

    07/08/2005 8:16:55 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 8 replies · 417+ views
    OC Register ^ | 7/8/05 | Hanh Kim Quach and John Gittelsohn
    SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plans to put money into "hydrogen highways" caused a hiccup in the otherwise smooth passage of the new $117.5 billion state budget Thursday. Lawmakers raised questions about one spending item– $6.5 million for leasing 12 hydrogen-powered vehicles for the state fleet, three hydrogen fueling stations and hydrogen technology research – at a time when other programs are being cut. "Even as an environmentalist, it's really hard to put $6.5 million into anything when you haven't got any money," said Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg, D-Los Angeles, who ultimately voted for the legislation. --snip-- After that, the state...
  • Speech by Senator McClintock Regarding SB 77 (Budget)

    06/16/2005 2:38:50 AM PDT · by GOPXtreme20 · 23 replies · 388+ views
    Tom McClintock for Lt. Governor ^ | May 26th. 2005 | State Senator Tom McClintock
    Speech by Senator McClintock Regarding SB 77 (Budget) May 26, 2005May I ask that we take a step back and consider what is going on – not as Republicans and Democrats – but as Californians. Today we’re taking up the shell of a budget bill. The Senate Budget committee has not completed its work. There has been no Senate debate on the budget. There is no Senate version of the budget. And yet, we’re taking up an empty bill. And that empty budget bill will be filled – not through the careful, public and thorough deliberation of the legislature –...