Voter Resources
- Offical Voter Information Guide
Summary, analysis and arguments for and against the measures on the May 19 ballot.
(ca.gov) - Senate Bill 19
Text of the legislation calling for the statewide special election. [pdf]
(ca.gov) - California Budget FAQ
Answers to common questions about how the budget is created and managed
(ca.gov) - Register to Vote
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Capital Notes Blog & Podcast
KQED reporter John Myers provides the inside scoop on the policies and people in our state government.
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2009 California Special Election
Explaining the Propositions
Perspectives | Tue, May 26 2009, 7:37 AM
The Problem in the Mirror
Do you think the California Legislature should stop asking the electorate to do its job? Richard Friedlander suggests that maybe the electorate should stop voting to make that job nearly impossible.
The California Report | Fri, May 22 2009, 8:50 AM
Governor to Propose Additional Cuts
Governor Schwarzenegger says he will soon propose an additional $5 billion in cuts on top of the $9 billion he proposed last week to help balance the state's budget.
The California Report | Thu, May 21 2009, 8:50 AM
State Budget Aftermath
Now that voters have said 'no' to the last plan to tackle the state budget deficit, Sacramento is buzzing with high-level budget meetings. The deficit is now estimated to be on the order of $21 billion, and politicians say they believe voters have made it quite clear what they expect to happen next.
Blogging the Special Election
Jun 16, 2009
The Election That Tanked
There hasn't been much of a post-mortem among politicos about the May 19 election -- partially because the state's fiscal crisis hasn't allowed time for pondering, but also because it's seemed pretty darn clear: the voters thought the budget deficit measures stunk. Nonetheless, a couple of interesting points have come up in the past 24 hours... [...]
Read More...May 22, 2009
Podcast: What Part of 'No'??
An election night that everyone got to turn in early, and one of the worst (if not the record) lowest voter turnout in California history. Quite the special election, eh? In this week's Capital Notes Podcast, we examine the results and the messages of the voters rejecting all of the budget-balancing proposals on Tuesday. [...]
Read More...May 21, 2009
Gonna Budget Like It's 1999
Party over, oops, out of time! So tonight we're gonna party like it's 1999. -- Prince Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger suggested dusting off the script of a movie he wasn't in today, Back To The Future, in telling reporters that the state budget should match its anemic revenues -- now about where they were a decade [...]
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