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Poli 103A, California PoliticsBargaining with Governors
- No office hours on Tuesday for me.
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Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown, Governor 1975-1983
Bargaining with Governors
Formal Powers of Governors
Informal Powers of Governors
The Legislature vs. the Governor•Budget Bargaining
•Everyday Oversight
The Formal Powers a Governor Does Have
Propose a budget•Gov’s budget due in early January
•Constitutional deadline June 15
The Formal Powers a Governor Does Have
Thousands of Appointments•Cabinet members, agency officials
•Judges, board members But California has a plural executive,
which means that the executive branch is split into many (8) elected offices. The Lt. Governor, Treasurer, Controller, etc. do not serve the Gov.
The Formal Powers a Governor Does Have
Executive Orders – car tax Veto powers
•The governor can veto any bill passed by the legislature, and it takes a 2/3 vote to override the veto.
•The governor can pocket veto a bill by failing to act on it.
•The governor can line item veto some portion of a bill, striking a clause or, more often, a dollar figure.
The Formal Powers a Governor Does Not Have
Propose legislation. The governor cannot author a bill.
Put an initiative on the ballot. Can’t do it.
Enact a budget without reaching an agreement with the Legislature. Nope.
Increase funding through a line item veto. Not happening.
Informal Powers of Governors
The Power of Initiation. (Alan Rosenthal, Governors and Legislatures: Contending Powers)•Inaugural address and State of the State
allow governors to argue for change.
•Executive orders can get part of a proposal done.
•Governors can call special sessions for particular purposes
Informal Powers of Governors
The Power of Provision.•“Any legislator who says he needs
nothing from the Governor’s office is either lying or stupid.”
•Appointments are legislators’ patronage as well as governors’.
•Roads and other state projects.
•Social events.
Informal Powers of Governors
The Power of Publicity•Governors are
almost always more popular than the Legislature
•This gets them on TV, etc.
•Ever-elusive “political capital”
The Legislature vs. the Governor:
Budget Bargaining
After the governor proposes a budget, the Legislature does whatever it wants.
•Senate and Assembly both hold subcommittee hearings, Budget Committee hearings, and pass bills.
•Then the real bargaining begins.
•The budget needs to pass with a 2/3 majority, giving minority party a voice.
The Legislature vs. the Governor:
Budget Bargaining
“The Big Five” often negotiate the real budget deal:•The Governor: Arnold Schwarzenegger
•Assembly Speaker: Fabian Nunez
•Assembly Minority Leader: Kevin McCarthy
•Senate President Pro Tempore: John Burton
•Senate Minority Leader: Jim Brulte
The Legislature vs. the Governor:
Budget BargainingDeclines in the Changes Made to the Governor’s Budget.
8.4%6.8%
14.4%
19.5%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
DemocraticGovernor,1980-81
DemocraticGovernor,2000-01
RepublicanGovernor,1987-88
RepublicanGovernor,1997-98
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Before TermLimits
After TermLimits
“% Changes” represents the ratio of the total line-by-line changes made by the Legislature to the total final appropriation levels in health care, higher education, and business services.
The Legislature vs. the Governor:
Everyday Oversight
Types of Oversight Activity:•Oversight hearings in the interim
between sessions.
•Audits performed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee and the Bureau of State Audits.
•Senate approval of appointments.
•Informal communication between legislative and executive staff.
The Legislature vs. the Governor:
Everyday OversightFrequency and Scope of Supplemental Budget Requests.
0
50
100
150
200
250
300Number ofSupplementalBudget ReportRequests
Number ofAgenciesCovered
Data for this figure collected by Ann Bordetsky from Legislative Analyst’s Office records.