I have to agree with part of the criticism. What's the point of a one-time cut in spending and then place the spending obligation off the table for the State Legislature to manage? It seems to be you'll be right back where you started. The key to starving California's government beast is to institute BOTH a real spending cap AND eliminate various non-federally mandated spending obligations and allow the State Legislature to decide how best to allocate the state's share of the monies. If the public doesn't like the decisions made with regard to spending, it can vote their legislators out of office. Straitjacketing spending levels into the state Constitution is a bad idea.