And the California ‘compromise’ budget fails:
A compromise budget intended to cover the state government’s record deficit and break a bitter political stalemate fell nine votes short early Tuesday on the Assembly floor.
The failure to pass the nearly $100 billion budget is at least a temporary setback for party leaders in both houses who had backed the budget plan that used a combination of spending cuts, borrowing and a variety of higher fees.
Andrew Lazarus
time for an update; the leaders are ramming it through