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# California legislators expected to vote on budget today
- URL: https://ivn.us/california-legislators-expected-vote-budget-today/
- Published: 2008-11-25T19:52:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:12:43.000Z
- Author: Indy
- Tags: News

As we approach December, it was "only" [two months ago](http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/09/schwarzenegger.html?ref=ivn.us) that the Governator was threatening to veto the budget even after a 78 day stalemate in the legislature. Now, after California's voters have passed a measure to spend nearly $10 Billion dollars on a high speed train, legislators are still trying to close this year's budget gap by a variety of measures from raising taxes on pets and car registration to cutting mediacare programs funding for education.

Today, the Sacremento Bee has given us a good snapshot of California's budget efficiency and debate:

*State lawmakers plan to vote today in a last-minute attempt by the lame-duck Legislature to bridge a growing state budget shortfall.*

*Legislative leaders met Monday with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the Capitol to negotiate a package of spending cuts and tax increases to close the latest budget gap.*

*Both houses have called lawmakers back for rare November floor sessions this afternoon.*

*But the leaders did not strike a compromise Monday and agreed to continue negotiating today, according to Jim Evans, spokesman for Senate President Pro Tem-elect Darrell Steinberg.*

*Senate Republican leader Dave Cogdill said "there certainly aren't any ironclad agreements at this point in time."*

*Aides to Democratic Assembly Speaker Karen Bass said their house would vote on a $17 billion package divided between cuts and taxes. They didn't specify details.*

*"I'm confident Assembly Democrats will once again step up to the plate and show real leadership by accepting cuts we don't like, as we already have," Bass said in a statement. "California needs our Republican colleagues to finally do the same regarding revenues. We are running out of time."*

Read the Full Article [Here](http://www.sacbee.com/capitolandcalifornia/story/1425378.html?ref=ivn.us)