By ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) â Frustrated by years of partisan bickering that often delayed the state budget, California voters in 2010 made a big change to the state s Constitution: Lawmakers must pass a state spending plan by June 15 or else they forfeit their six-figure salaries.
Since that change â along with another one allowing lawmakers to pass spending plans with fewer votes â California s budgets have been on time.
But this week, for the second year in a row, the Democratic-dominated Legislature has reached the June 15 deadline without an agreement with Gov. Gavin Newsom. The result is lawmakers on Monday passed a state budget that likely won t become law in its current form. Instead, it lets lawmakers keep getting paid while giving Democratic leaders more time to negotiate with Newsom ahead of the actual budget deadline: June 30, or the end of the state s fiscal year.
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