California Legislature Finally Passes Budget

After much posturing and negotiating between Democrats and Republicans, the California Legislature finally passed a $103 billion budget this afternoon.  The agreement comes as great relief after nearly two months of stalemate between both parties. 

As you may recall, the State Assembly agreed on a budget on July 20, but the Senate Democrats had been unable to get two Republicans to break party and vote, as a 2/3 majority is needed in both houses to pass the budget.

Now that the budget has passed, legislators can now focus on legislative bills that have been essentially in a holding pattern since the budget negotiations began.  This includes CALSAGA sponsored legislation SB 666, which will mandate proprietary security officers to complete training requirements similar to that of contract security officers. 

The budget will now head to the Governor, which he is expected to sign later this week.  To read more about the budget, click here for an article recently posted in the Sacramento Bee.