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| Lawmakers back from recess, must act fast |
| By sfgate.com |
| Published: 08/17/2009 |
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The California Legislature reconvenes today, after a three-week break following a bruising budget battle, to face some of the state's thorniest issues: water, prisons and spending. In addition to the hundreds of bills, lawmakers will have to figure out what to do about the state's water crisis and how to trim $1.2 billion from prisons. Lawmakers approved cutting prison funds last month but put off identifying the cuts until this month. Legislators will have only a short time to do this. The deadline for passing bills is Sept. 11, less than a month away. While that might seem ambitious, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, D-Baldwin Vista (Los Angeles County), said lawmakers have already been working on some of these issues. "Sometimes the perception with the budget is that every person is involved," said Bass, referring to last month's budget battle that ended with the adoption of a plan to eliminate a $24 billion deficit. "There are 120 legislators, and people are working on other areas." Read More. |
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