Governor Says There Will Be a State Budget Vote This Week But What That Means Is Uncertain

Gov. Brown released a video – see below – in which he says there will be a budget vote this week. As a prior post noted, June 15 (Wednesday) is the generally-neglected constitutional deadline for the legislature to pass a budget. Exactly what a budget vote might mean is uncertain.

Pieces of the budget have already been voted. More could be voted without an entire package being passed by June 15. In principle, legislators will not be paid after June 15, not even retroactively, for each day without a budget. But exactly how that will operate in practice is also uncertain.

Finally, the governor repeats support for pension “reform” and a state spending cap (definitions uncertain).

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UPDATE: Data from the Chronicle of Higher Ed show that California has a higher percent of college-educated legislators than any other state:

http://chronicle.com/section/Home/5

Ninety-six of the 120 state legislators went to a public college.

http://chronicle.com/article/Degrees-of-Leadership-/127818/

Note: Some legislators went to both public and private colleges so the numbers add to more than 120.