A survey by the Public Policy Institute of California found that, overwhelmingly, Californians want themselves — not the governor or the Legislature — to be in charge of big budget matters.
It also found that, even more overwhelmingly, Californians haven’t a clue where the state gets its money or how it spends it — basic essentials for people who want to run the show. This is, of course, after years of headlines and hand-wringing about California’s fiscal crisis, budget cutbacks, IOUs and the potential for one of the world’s biggest economies to go belly up.
Read more here: Ignorance bites California in the wallet