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Dec 18
2008
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Democrats' budget billsPosted by: Bruce Robinson on Dec 18, 2008 Tagged in: transportation , politics , legislation , government , finances , environment , education , economy , business , budget
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| Democrats in the California state legislature have pushed through an $18 billion budget package aimed at slowing the state's growing deficit. But its not clear that the bills will become law--or that they were legally adopted. } | |
Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) chairs the Assembly Budget Committee, and believes the budget actions taken Thursday were at least technically legal. But because they employed a never-before-used strategem, that's open to debate. Sacramento Bee political columnist Dan Walters explains the issues here .



