More Voters Oppose Plan To Change State Budget Process
California voters by a 2-to-1 margin oppose a proposed constitutional amendment -- listed as Proposition 31 on the November ballot -- that would alter the state's budget process, according to the latest Field Poll on the measure. The amendment would implement a two-year, performance-based budgeting process and grant the governor greater power to reduce spending during a fiscal emergency.
- "Voters Aren't Keen on Changing California's Budget Process" (Yamamura, Sacramento Bee, 9/25).