Propositions 1A-F are Essential to Balancing the Budget

Authored by Senator Darrell Steinberg, President pro Tempore of the California State Senate

“About the only thing worse than passing them is not passing them.” That’s how the Los Angeles Times editorial page characterized several of the measures on the May 19 ballot - an apt summation.

California faced a gargantuan budget shortfall this year:  $42 billion, or roughly a third of the overall General Fund budget.  The Legislature and Governor acted in February to close the gap and stop the bleeding with a….