The governor calls lawmakers’ inaction on the budget ‘inexecusable’ and orders a special emergency session of the Legislature to deal with the deficit, which he says has now swelled to $26.3 billion.
By Shane Goldmacher and Michael Rothfeld
12:32 PM PDT, July 1, 2009
12:32 PM PDT, July 1, 2009
Reporting from Sacramento — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger this morning ordered state workers to take a third day off without pay each month after Republican lawmakers acting with his support blocked a Democratic proposal to ease the state’s deficit and allow the government to keep paying bills.
The Republican governor unveiled billions of dollars in additional proposed cuts to schools and public universities to deal with a deficit that he says is now $26.3 billion, an increase of $2 billion. He also announced an emergency special session of the Legislature that would allow lawmakers to act on them immediately.
