An On-time budget?<\/p>\n
With just 3 weeks or so until the budget deadline, it looks like there is a decent shot of getting it done:<\/p>\n
Brown, Steinberg, Assembly Speaker John A. P\u00e9rez and a handful of Republicans have been meeting multiple times a day to agree on details about pension changes, a spending cap and regulatory reform.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think there are significant sticking points in negotiations,” Steinberg said. “Now, it’s a matter of drafting, finishing negotiations and execution.”<\/p>\n
Steinberg hopes to bring a final budget package to a floor vote as early as June 8. He called the spending cap “a more robust rainy day fund” that would use extra revenues to pay off the state’s debt.<\/p>\n
On regulatory reform, which likely would include changes to the Environmental Quality Act and other legislation, Steinberg said the group was close to finishing complicated language.<\/p>\n
The pension issue, he said, has become easier to deal with because labor unions are concerned about potential ballot measures in Nov. 2012 that would “wipe out” defined-benefit plans. (SacBee<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The three big issues are a rainy day fund\/spending cap, regulatory\/CEQA reform, and pensions. Note that these aren’t really budget issues, but with the ? issues still outstanding, the Republicans know that this is their only remaining leverage point. Head on over to the SacBee’s page<\/a> for a short interview with Sen. Steinberg.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Gov. Brown thinks that he can steal away a few Republican votes for taxes from the GOP’s jealous lover, Grover Norquist<\/a>. They even had a little back and forth where Grover called Jerry “provincial” and compared him to the Southern governors in the 50s for saying that some guy from the Potomac can’t spook the GOP legislators.<\/p>\n
Ahh, good times in Sacramento, huh? With the June 15 deadline coming up, and Steinberg suggesting a June 8 vote, we won’t have to wait too long to see how this all finally plays out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An On-time budget?<\/p>\n
With just 3 weeks or so until the budget deadline, it looks like there is a decent shot of getting it done:<\/p>\n
Brown, Steinberg, Assembly Speaker John A. P\u00e9rez and a handful of Republicans have been meeting multiple times a day to agree on details about pension changes, a spending cap and regulatory reform.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think there are significant sticking points in negotiations,” Steinberg said. “Now, it’s a matter of drafting, finishing negotiations and execution.”<\/p>\n
Steinberg hopes to bring a final budget package to a floor vote as early as June 8. He called the spending cap “a more robust rainy day fund” that would use extra revenues to pay off the state’s debt.<\/p>\n
On regulatory reform, which likely would include changes to the Environmental Quality Act and other legislation, Steinberg said the group was close to finishing complicated language.<\/p>\n
The pension issue, he said, has become easier to deal with because labor unions are concerned about potential ballot measures in Nov. 2012 that would “wipe out” defined-benefit plans. (SacBee<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The three big issues are a rainy day fund\/spending cap, regulatory\/CEQA reform, and pensions. Note that these aren’t really budget issues, but with the ? issues still outstanding, the Republicans know that this is their only remaining leverage point. Head on over to the SacBee’s page<\/a> for a short interview with Sen. Steinberg.<\/p>\n