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A few things he touched upon were the budget (Of course), and economic expansion. He also mentioned preserving the environment, cutting the budget, not raising taxes, downsizing the bureaucracy (Cutting unnecessary departments, combining them, etc), the energy crisis, and encouraging economic growth.(01-06) 18:11 PST SACRAMENTO (AP) --
In his first major address since taking office, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger focused on his plans to improve the state's business climate, reduce government waste and improve public education.
The speech, delivered to a worldwide television audience as well as a joint session of the California Legislature, sets the aggressive legislative agenda for the coming year for the new administration as well as a turning point in the transition of the Hollywood idol into the political leader of the nation's most populous state.
"I am optimistic about our state," Schwarzenegger said. "This good news is that the spending crisis forces us to bring badly needed reform to government."
Elected in California's historic recall election in October, Schwarzenegger takes over at a critical juncture. California has an existing deficit of close to $15 billion and although voters will be asked to borrow the money needed to pay off that debt -- Schwarzenegger also faces a new deficit of at least $14 billion next year.
Schwarzenegger didn't detail his budget proposal, to be released Friday, but he noted that cuts would be imposed at all levels of government. And he asked voters to approve the $15 billion bond on the March ballot.
"The alternative is economic chaos," he said.
©2004 Associated Press
When campaigning, he promised he wouldn't cut funding to education, but it seems like he's backpedaling now. However, he did try to compensate that by giving school districts more autonomy and talked about repealing some resolution that prohibited schools from contracting outside people to do work.
One big part he talked about was worker's compensation. He mentioned a specific date of March 1st for the legistlature to get a bill to him regarding that.
