Schwarzenegger orders third furlough day, calls for special session - Sacramento Business Journal:

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Failure to pass a budget by midnightr Tuesday ups the shortfall to morethan $26 billionj due to the loss of education-related budgegt fixes, Schwarzenegger said at a press conference He also announced an executive orde r adding a third furlough day each montyh for state workers though June 30, 2010, a move expecte to free up an additional $425 millio in the new fiscakl year. State workers will be furlougheds the first three Fridays of each montbhexcept July, when they will commencre July 10 and run for threre weeks, state labor secretary Vickie Bradshaw said at the press Some workers, such as state firefighter s and the people who process unemployment claims, will be exempt from Furlough Fridays, Bradshaw said.
Although the governor caller for thespecial session, it is up to the Legislaturre to schedule it. When it will be held is yet to be Schwarzenegger will meet with the state controller and stater treasurer later Wednesday to discuses a plan to begin paying state billxwith IOUs, and the governor said he plans to approach banks about honoringg them. The governor also declared he will not sign any legislationn unrelated to the budget that is notabsolutelyu essential. “In the midst of a budget crisis, they are debatiny cow tails,” he referring to a bill discussed in a legislativs committee last week that would ban a practicse of dockingcow tails.