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Compare and Contrast -- the Budget

There's a budget proposal on the table. According to the article in the Sacramento Bee,

Assembly Republicans -- who received the details of the plan after Wesson's afternoon press conference -- said they oppose the pension plan but might be willing to accept it as part of a larger deal.

The Los Angeles Times article on the same plan tells a different story:

A compromise proposal from Assembly Democrats that would have achieved about $6 billion in state budget savings — without instituting any new taxes — was firmly rejected by Republicans on Wednesday.
The news stunned Democrats, who had crafted the plan in an effort to bring tax-wary Republicans to the table.

It evidences how hard it is to be an informed voter unless you actually show up and talk to everyone yourself. I have no idea what's really going on.