California's finances are a wreck. The state's credit rating is in the toilet. The budget approved last summer by the Legislature is probably the most irresponsible in the state's history, using $17.2 billion worth of fund shifts and borrowing to cover lawmakers' failure to balance income and outgo.
And so it begins, the last best chance to restore the California Republic is at hand.
All we need now is a true spirit of reform in the hearts and minds of our elected officals and a determination to see that it is done well and soon.
Now, just how will easier tax and spend restore an economy already stifled by burdensome regulations and business costs and bloated state service rolls loaded with illegals?