June 15, 2011
Legislature passes state budget
The California Legislature today passed the central piece of a budget plan pushed by Democrats to close a $9.6 billion deficit budget.
The Senate voted 23-15 to pass the plan and the Assembly approved it on a 51-26 party line vote.
Today is the constitutional deadline for the Legislature to pass a balanced budget, and it is rare for lawmakers to actually meet the deadline.
However, legislators faced permanently losing pay for each day the budget was late...
LINK - SFGate.com
