SACRAMENTO
-- The state Legislature on Sunday night approved a record $108 billion
budget that has some new spending aimed at helping California's most
vulnerable but also reflects Gov. Jerry Brown's insistence on fiscal
prudence.
The main budget bill cleared the Assembly 55-24 and
passed the Senate 25-11, with only one Republican in the
Democratic-controlled Legislature voting in favor of it. Lawmakers
worked on Father's Day because they had to meet a constitutional
deadline to send a balanced budget to the governor -- or risk not
getting paid.Read more at the San Jose Mercury News
