Citizens in Charge

Proposed ballot initiatives to allow California’s state budget to be passed by a simple majority of the Legislature and to allow the state Senate and Assembly once again to draw their own district boundaries have drawn opposition from the California Chamber of Commerce. Both initiatives have been cleared to gather voter signatures but have not yet qualified for the ballot. The “Passing the Budget on Time Act” would reduce the current two-thirds vote requirement for passage of a budget and would require lawmakers to forfeit pay if they failed to pass a budget on time.