The Legislature's all-nighter failsThe state Legislature wrapped up its session around 7 a.m. Saturday, after officially stopping the clock on the midnight deadline and pretending it wasn’t the next day yet until 120 elected officials endured a sleepless night and a lot of critical work didn’t get done. The really bad all-nighters in college were the ones when you felt like hell the next day and didn’t finish the term paper anyway.
There’s a pretty good roundup here and hereon a couple of the bills.
It’s remarkable: Governor Schwarzenegger is going to veto the very bill he initially proposed. He’s going to sign a prison reform bill that doesn’t even come close to doing what he agrees has to be done to cut prison costs. And unless he calls a special session of the Legislature to deal with water issues, there will be nothing to stave off the near-collapse of the Bay/Delta estuary.
Meanwhile, of course, the Republicans refused to back down and approve a tiny $16 million allocation to save domestic violence sheters (which literally save lives).
At least the Senate refused to exempt a bizarre sports stadium plan in Southern California from CEQA; it looked for a while there as if the legislators were going to cut a huge hole in the state’s landmark environmental law just to please a billionaire.
Hell of a session. Can't wait for the fall.
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Comments (7)
Schwarzenegger is good news.
Posted by Miguel | September 14, 2009 03:57 PM
Schwarzenegger is bad news.
Posted by EarlRichards | September 14, 2009 04:03 PM
Schwarzenegger is bad news.
Posted by EarlRichards | September 14, 2009 04:06 PM
Schwarzenegger is bad news.
Posted by EarlRichards | September 14, 2009 04:07 PM
Schwarzenegger is bad news.
Posted by EarlRichards | September 14, 2009 04:10 PM
Well, I guess we've got that straight.
Posted by Tim Redmond | September 14, 2009 04:27 PM
Schwarzenegger and the Republican state senators are bad news. It is the government's duty to protect citizens and to ensure their well-being. Schwarzenegger and the Republican state senators are not doing this. The funding priority for battered women's shelters(BWS)should be the same as for prisons, because human life is at risk. Prisons keep the criminals and the murderers in, and BWS's keep the good people in, and the criminals and the murderers out. The Governor's illegal budget cuts, with the backing of big oil(Chevron Corp. of San Ramon) are very dangerous for women and children, who are victims of domestic violence, and it is sub-human. During a recession, with its higher unemployment, government funding for BWS's should be increased, not eliminated. Obviously, this budget picks-on the most vulnerable, and it endangers children. If a battered wife is murdered in front of a closed-down BWS,then, Schwarzenegger, his oil industry tyrants and the Republican state senators should be charged with first-degree murder.
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Posted by EarlRichards | September 14, 2009 05:06 PM