SPECIAL ELECTION SPENDING ASSAILED.Byline: Steve Geissinger Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO - Frustrated by the cost of the November special election, two Democratic lawmakers said this week that they will seek constitutional amendments to restrict a governor's ability to take such action. ``If we had a law which required legislative approval to call a special election on initiatives, the November election would never have happened, and our state's schools would have $50 million more to spend on our kids,'' said Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. Johan Klehs Johan Klehs is a California state politician. He is a Democrat. He represented California's 14th Assembly District from 1982 until 1994. He served as a member of the State Board of Equalization from 1994 until 2002 when he was termed out and lost the Democratic primary for State , D-Hayward. Klehs said he will base his bill in part on results of a recent Public Policy Institute of California Public Policy Institute of California is an independent, nonpartisan, non-profit research institution. Based in San Francisco, California, United States, the institute was established in 1994 with a $70 million endowment from William Reddington Hewlett. poll that found that 54 percent of voters want legislative approval to be required before a governor can call a special election. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ] had pushed ahead with the November special election, despite widespread criticism, because he said the state's fiscal recovery demanded action on his reforms before the June 2006 regular election. Voters soundly rejected all of his reform measures. Assembly Majority Leader Dario Frommer Dario Frommer (born October 22, 1963 in Long Beach, California) was a member of the California State Assembly from 2000 until 2006. He served as Majority Leader from 2004 until 2006. Frommer also served as Chair of the Health Committee. , D-Glendale, said he plans to propose legislation that would permit a governor to call a special election only after declaring a state of emergency. Then only ballot initiatives linked to that emergency and approved by the Legislature could appear on the ballot. ``The special election should be reserved for special circumstances special circumstances n. in criminal cases, particularly homicides, actions of the accused or the situation under which the crime was committed for which state statutes allow or require imposition of a more severe punishment. or emergencies, not to advance a governor's narrow political agenda,'' Frommer said. Steve Geissinger, (916) 447-9302 sgeissinger(at)angnewspapers.com |
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