A Resolution Calling for A Majority Rule Initiative
Reducing the Threshold for Passing A State Budget
WHEREAS the State of California has adopted a budget that neither fulfills the needs of the people of California nor reflects the values of a majority of the people and their representatives in the state legislature and,
WHEREAS the approval of the state budget was inexcusably delayed in the State Senate for more than seven months by a few members who chose loyalty to ideology over a commitment to common sense, the good of the State, and the needs of their constituents, and
WHEREAS this inexcusable travesty was due solely to the current state constitutional requirement that two-thirds of the members of the state legislature are required to approve a budget,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Northern Solano Democratic Club supports lowering the threshold for passing the state budget to 50-percent-plus-one, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Northern Solano Democratic Club calls upon all members of the California Democratic Party, especially our elected officials, to campaign actively for the adoption of the 50-percent-plus-one threshold for budget passage.
March 9, 2009