In the of CA we now have an Budgets. I will get right to the email.
CDCAN DISABILITY RIGHTS REPORT
#186-2010 – OCTOBER 8, 2010 – EARLY FRIDAY AM
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California Budget Crisis:
STATE SENATE PASSES BUDGET BILL - HEADS NEXT TO GOVERNOR
Action Follows Assembly Approval of the Bill Earlier This Evening – Senate Still In Session To Finish Action On Several Budget Related Bills – Assembly Adjourned Earlier
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 10/08/2010 07:14 AM (Pacific Time)] – After an all night session that began Thursday morning and went through the night and the early morning hours of Friday, the State Senate finally mustered enough votes to pass SB 870 , the bill that contains the long delayed 2010-2011 State Budget. The final vote, which was taken early Friday morning at 7:13 AM by a vote of 27 to 9.
As previously reported, the Assembly passed the budget bill over 12 hours earlier, late Thursday afternoon by a vote of 54 to 1.
Budget Bill Heads To Governor – Could Sign Later Today or Saturday
The main budget bill now heads to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger who could sign the bill as early sometime today or Saturday that will end the over three month budget delay and crisis. However another crisis looms as the State will face enormous budget deficits in the coming months when the new governor taking office in January will have to submit a new budget for 2011-2012.
The Governor will sign the other budget related bills – about 15 to 20 other bills, probably in the next week, once the State Senate has finished today giving those bills final approval. Those bills include changes in state law to implement various cuts and other policy changes ,
Assembly Adjourns Session After Passing Budget Related Bills
The Assembly adjourned at 6:18 AM, Friday morning, after it completed voting on all budget related bills that the State Senate was able to pass Thursday evening and in the early morning hours of Friday.
The Assembly approved several other budget related bills that still requires the State Senate to pass. The Assembly is not expected to return in session until the first week of December, when newly elected members take office.
Senate Still In Session To Finish Up Work on Other Budget Related Bills
The State Senate remains in session to finish up taking final votes on several key budget related bills – which the Assembly already passed. Those bills – referred to as “budget trailer bills” because they follow or trail the main budget bill (in this case, SB 870), make the necessary changes in existing State law in order to implement the cuts or other policy changes in the main budget bill.
Still awaiting final action are several budget trailer bills dealing with health, including regional centers and developmental centers, Medi-Cal and mental health, is still “on call” in the State Senate.
State Senate Democrats Had Harder Time Rounding Up Needed Votes
As reported earlier, complicating things for Senate Democrats was the absence of Sen. Jenny Oropeza (Democrat – Long Beach) and Sen. Patricia Wiggins (Democrat – Santa Rosa) who were not able to attend the floor session due to health reasons, which meant that Democrats needed two more votes from Senate Republicans to pass the budget.
In addition, one lone Senate Democrat, Sen. Leland Yee (Democrat – San Francisco), refused to support the budget and also voted against nearly all of the other budget trailer bills.
CDCAN VOTE RECORD ON SB 870
Senate Floor Vote 10/08/10: Passed
VOTING YES – 27 TOTAL
Democrats (22): Alquist, Ron Calderon, Cedillo, Corbett, Correa, DeSaulnier, Ducheny, Florez, Hancock, Kehoe, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal, Negrete-McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Romero, Simitian, Steinberg (Senate President Pro Tem), Wolk, and Wright
Republicans (5): Ashburn, Dutton, Emmerson, Harman, Hollingsworth (Senate Republican Leader)
VOTING NO – 09 TOTAL
Democrats (1): Yee
Republicans (8): Blakeslee, Cogdill, Denham, Huff, Runner, Tony Strickland, Walters, and Wyland.
ABSENT OR NOT VOTING – 3 TOTAL
Democrats (2): Oropeza and Wiggins
Republicans (1): Aanestad
One vacancy
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