CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGET HOLD-UP ENDS: ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EXAMINED California Progress Report, CA

Excerpt:
"As you probably know, the State Legislature finally passed a budget. Fifty-two days after the start of the fiscal year, two Senate Republicans finally added their "aye" votes to the votes of all the Senate Democrats, thus achieving the two-thirds vote required.

What was the pound of flesh extracted for this vote? Republican leaders in the Senate were asking for two things: (1) $700 million more in cuts, and (2) an amendment of California's premier environmental law – the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) - to eliminate consideration of global warming impacts during the normal environmental review process. The Governor promised to deliver on the first matter weeks ago."

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2007/08/california_stat_14.html