Governor Schwarzenegger Orders State Hiring Freeze 11/20/03 SACRAMENTO Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced today that he has issued an executive order prohibiting new hires to state government. "It is vital to the economic health and prosperity of California that state government be conducted in the most business-like and economical manner, and that the people of this State be assured that their tax dollars be spent wisely," Governor Schwarzenegger states in the Executive Order. "The State General Fund is facing a significant imbalance between revenues and expenditures, and additional action must be taken to assure that the State lives within its...