California: Petition for budget approval process change losing momentum
Another effort to mend the state’s political dysfunction, this one advanced by two former Santa Cruz lawmakers, is on the brink of unravelling. Santa Cruz County Treasurer Fred Keeley, a onetime assemblyman, said Tuesday that unless California Forward raises hundreds of thousands more dollars by the end of the week, the reform group will be forced to put off a November ballot measure that seeks to make passing a state budget easier.