Democratic legislators introduced a constitutional amendment Wednesday that would ask voters to change the state's two-thirds budget vote requirement, but only if lawmakers voted on the budget by June 15. The two-thirds requirement is blamed for annually delaying the budget's passage. One problem: To get on the ballot, the idea will take a two-thirds OK – from legislators.
THE STATE WORKER
With ominous rumblings about layoffs and furloughs as the state's economic picture darkens, the State Worker has the lowdown on the policies and procedures that have to be followed in the event layoffs go beyond the rumbling stage. Check it out at www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/the_state_worker
WORTH REPEATING
"I will not be walking the hallways of the Capitol in my bathrobe and slippers."
NEWLY ELECTED REP. TOM McCLINTOCK, explaining how he's looking for an apartment in Washington
