We have been cursed by debt-trail Republican Governors, but one of the worst was Governor Grey Davis ,who promised us that if we deregulated home gas and electric prices the market would make the prices go down. Of course, the prices skyrocketed!! He lied. He got immediately fired as Governor of California, the first and probably not the last time in the states history.
And now Governor Arnold S. can not seem to balance the state budget either, with his promise "not to raise taxes". So the state of California is in terrible terrible economic and state government shape. Most people have little or no respect anymore for the state legislature in Sacramento, that is constantly late in its annual budget.
And there is no hope in sight,,,None, not one, of the current candidates has a announced and reasonable plan to budget us out of this mismanagement mess.