Brown Vetos Calif. Budget
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Jerry Brown, California governor, told state lawmakers to try again to come up with a new budget plan. Today, Brown vetoed the budget that lawmakers passed just yesterday, and in doing so leaves many questions about the ability of California to pay its bills this summer.
John Myers, a member station KQED covers the statehouse in Sacramento and joined us today. Hi, John.
John Myers: Hello, Robert.
SIEGEL: Jerry Brown is a Democrat, the state legislature is controlled by Democrats, and it was a Democratic budget that he vetoed. What happened?
MYERS: You think everything was fine. I mean, in short, was a budget that Brown believes a broken central promise of his campaign for governor last year, which is not more stuff.
You know, Jerry Brown spent all of five months in office trying to send a parcel tax ballot for Californians to vote up or down. That's about 11 billion of revenue, sales and vehicle taxes that are set to expire on July 1 if it does not happen. But he could never get Republicans to go along, and it takes a lot to place on the bipartisan vote.
While Democrats gave yesterday on that. They removed the fees for its budget and put some other creative corrections in it and sent him.And today, in a video that we've all seen on YouTube, Jerry Brown has made quite clear that this plan, in his words, only delayed the day of reckoning.
(Soundbite of YouTube video)
Governor Jerry Brown (Democrat, California): California faces a budget crisis, and medicine must be taken very strong. So I veto today because I do not want to see billions of borrowing, which are questionable legal maneuvers and a budget that will not be the test of time.


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