Jan 15, 2009 11:07 am US/Pacific
Schwarzenegger: Calif. Is In A State Of Emergency
SACRAMENTO
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says the financial situation is too grim for him to talk about education, infrastructure, water or health care reform.
AP
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is bypassing his chance to lay out a vision for California in his annual State of the State address.
In remarks prepared ahead of his speech Thursday, the governor says California is in a state of emergency. He says the financial situation is too grim for him to talk about education, infrastructure, water or health care reform.
California faces a $42 billion budget deficit over the next year-and-a-half. So far, Schwarzenegger has been unable to broker a deal with Democrats and Republicans over how to solve it.
He's also calling on lawmakers and the governor to go without pay for every day they fail to pass a budget past the June 15 constitutional deadline.
Lawmakers blew that deadline by a record-long 85 days last year.
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