Today's Fresh Meat

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

Governor Schwarzenegger, along with officials from 17 other states, has signed a pledge urging Congress to quickly adopt legislation on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, reports the San Jose Mercury News. Together, California, Arizona,Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Maine,Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,Oregon, Virginia and Washington represent more than half the populationof the US.

The Governor’s toughness on climate change is always applauded, but histoughness on other issues is a different story. As this short piece inthe Merc notes, his proposed budget cuts for education would reduce spending to $5.6 billion below the state requirement for education spending.

California’s unemployment rate has spiked to 6.2% , the thirdhighest in the nation, reports the LA Times. The downturn inconstruction, however, could receive a boost from the $40 billioninfrastructure bonds that are starting to come online.