California'ss list of crisis areas is growing longer: education, infrastructure, health care, prisons, water. A new budget crisis begins as soon as the last year'ss ended. Many Californians believe enough is enough. Everyone agrees that our state government is brokenthe overriding question seems to be, how do we fix it
San Diego News Room covers in-depth political and governmental issues. Within hours of the failure of the May 19 special election budget measures, political pundits across the state were
calling for a constitutional convention, joining others who have been working towards a convention since last August. Those familiar with California'ss constitution, the state'ss overused
initiative process, and the almost-predictable Legislative gridlock that occurs every budget cycle assert that something needs to change, and fast. San Diego News Room asked legal experts
and legislators for their perspectives on what'ss broken in the state government, and how Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature should go about fixing it.
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