Jun 25, 2011 10:35 PM GMT
No pay for lawmakers until they produce 'balanced' budget
June 21, 2011 | Matt Drange
California Controller John Chiang announced today that he will withhold legislators' salary and per diem pay until a "balanced" budget is presented to Gov. Jerry Brown, following through with his promise to voters earlier this month that he would enforce Proposition 25.
Known as the “On-Time Budget Act” and passed by California voters last year, Prop. 25 requires lawmakers to forfeit their pay for every day after June 15 that they fail to produce a balanced budget. In an analysis of the budget that Democratic legislators rushed to pass before last week's deadline, Chiang's office found the package included $1.85 billion in spending unmatched by revenues and, therefore, didn’t consider it balanced.
June 21, 2011 | Matt Drange
California Controller John Chiang announced today that he will withhold legislators' salary and per diem pay until a "balanced" budget is presented to Gov. Jerry Brown, following through with his promise to voters earlier this month that he would enforce Proposition 25.
Known as the “On-Time Budget Act” and passed by California voters last year, Prop. 25 requires lawmakers to forfeit their pay for every day after June 15 that they fail to produce a balanced budget. In an analysis of the budget that Democratic legislators rushed to pass before last week's deadline, Chiang's office found the package included $1.85 billion in spending unmatched by revenues and, therefore, didn’t consider it balanced.
