California Lawmakers Approve Budget Plan, Republicans Oppose

It’s believed that the war for California's budget plan is not going to end soon. Though California lawmakers’ nod to the main bills of the budget plan on Wednesday, to cut out $9.6 billion deficit, it won’t be easy for the Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown to get an approval from the Republicans.

Though a handful of Republicans opposed the new plan produced by Mr. Brown, two-third majority for opposing the bill, as per a constitutional change approved by voters last November, could not be achieved.

Following which, Democratic lawmakers managed to get a green signal and passed the bill, but Mr. Brown expressed his willingness to keep the doors for negotiation open for the Republicans.

As per reports, the newly drafted bill has been made considering parameters such as directing local economic-development agencies to push $1.7 billion to schools and fire and transit districts along with making a local-tax change to save $900 million for the state.

Though Robert Stern, President of the Nonpartisan Center for Governmental Studies in Los Angeles, openly turned down the budget plan, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, a Democrat claimed, “The governor has pushed for a better plan, and we support his plan. Maybe and hopefully it will still get done”.