The Colors of Schwarzenegger's Special Session(s)

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called another special session last week (it was officially gaveled in on Monday), the Legislature was forced to print another "Daily File," the daily listing of hearings and committees that occur in that session.
 
These Daily Files are now in a rainbow of colors -- traditional newsprint for the regular session plus green for the extraordinary session on water, pink for health care, and now magenta for the latest fiscal emergency special session.
 
According to E. Dotson Wilson, the Assembly Clerk, prior to the early 1990's, there wasn't an issue with the color of the paper. All bills and publications in an extraordinary session were printed on white paper, and the color of the ink was changed to correspond to the special session.

In the early 1990's it was argued that it is more economical to use black ink on different colored paper, which is the current system.

Given the Governor's penchant for special sessions, if he calls more, #4 will be brown/tan and #5 will be yellow.