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Bipartisanship in Sacramento in an Election Year?

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California has a Republican Governor and Democrats controlling both the Assembly and Senate.  For the last two years, that's meant a sort of continuing gridlock, but this year is different. The state budget was passed before the new fiscal year, which hasn't happened since 2000. A massive public works program was approved for November’s ballot--on a bipartisan basis.  In the next four weeks, it appears at least possible that the legislature will pass--and the Governor will sign--proposals on global warming, the minimum wage and lowering the prices of prescription drugs. So what about Schwarzenegger's opponent in this year's re-election campaign.  If bipartisanship is the rule in Sacramento, can Phil Angelides get a foothold?  We hear from a major player and some political pros.

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California has a Republican Governor and Democrats controlling both the Assembly and Senate.  For the last two years, that's meant a sort of continuing gridlock, but this year is different. The state budget was passed before the new fiscal year, which hasn't happened since 2000. A massive public works program was approved for November's ballot--on a bipartisan basis.  In the next four weeks, it appears at least possible that the legislature will pass--and the Governor will sign--proposals on global warming, the minimum wage and lowering the prices of prescription drugs. So what about Schwarzenegger's opponent in this year's re-election campaign.  If bipartisanship is the rule in Sacramento, can Phil Angelides get a foothold?  We hear from a major player and some political pros.

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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.

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