Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg is moving the budget to the floor tomorrow afternoon.

“The Senate will convene tomorrow at 1:00 pm to vote on the budget,” said Senator Steinberg. “As approved by the budget conference committee, the Governor’s proposed budget is the only plan on the table that responsibly and honestly promises to put California’s fiscal crisis behind us once and for all. It’s also a plan that allows Californians to vote on the future of our state. There is no time to waste. Let’s vote.”

So, while it seems unlikely that there are the extra two votes to make this happen, at least there will be some sort of show.

UPDATE: The Assembly will also hold a vote at 1pm tomorrow.

UPDATE 2: After losing his chairmanship over saying that he didn’t have to help with the budget, Sen. Tom Berryhill is indicating that he would support an election because the result without an election would be too dire to consider:

“If this thing fails in June, you are going to see catastrophic spending cutbacks that are going to hurt every single city and town in this state. A lot of bad stuff is going to happen,” he said. “There is urgency on our part to fix this thing before it all goes to heck in a hand basket.”

The Republican leadership in the Legislature has dismissed Brown’s proposal out of hand, saying it includes tax increases that voters have rejected in the past.

Berryhill’s endorsement of a June election was cautious, however. Before he agrees to giving voters a chance to extend billions of dollars in income, sales and vehicle taxes, Brown must first cede ground on issues such as pensions and future state spending, he said. Berryhill said union opposition to such a compromise was the main obstacle to reaching a bipartisan deal.(LA Times)