Week Ahead
Gov. Schwarzenegger is expected to propose a plan that will include provisions to extend coverage to all California children in a speech highlighting his health care plan for 2007. The speech is expected to include more detail on the governor's health care reform plans than previously has been available and will be broadcast live online.
A judge in San Francisco will convene a hearing to consider whether capping the state prison population is necessary to improve health care services for inmates.
Schwarzenegger will give his annual State of the State address.
The governor will unveil his state budget proposal for fiscal year 2007-2008. Some Republican votes are needed to reach the two-thirds majority for approval, and some Republican legislators have voiced opposition to health reform proposals that would require state funds.
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