The California budget crisis continues. As of this writing, the Legislature is locked in at the Capitol. There are apparently the votes to pass the budget in the Assembly, but Senate Democrats need to convince either one or two Republicans to vote for the budget. Senator David Cox (R-Sacramento) was considered the most likely to vote for the budget but he has stated that he won’t. It’s also possible that Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) will vote against the budget; if that happens, yet another Republican will be needed to approve the budget.
Adding some humor to this is that Democratic leaders again literally locked the doors. Members of both houses of the state legislature can’t leave the building. The last time this happened (last year) the result backfired on the Democrats. We’ll see if locking the doors was a smart move or just more of the same.
As for the budget, if you read my previous piece on it you know I’m not a fan of it. I’ll let you know if it becomes the law of California.