I would also ask you to take a look at the fact that, even with that supermajority vote, California has perpetually run a deficit because it could not bring into balance the revenues and the outlays because the outlays were required by the reality of the economy, by the reality of the people. This is a very, very important vote, and I bring to this House my experience of what a supermajority vote has meant to the State of California.
John Garamendi: “I would also ask you to take a look at the fact that, even with that supermajority vote, California has perpetually run…”
On the recordNovember 18, 2011
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