Both the Assembly and Senate are scheduled to meet for floor sessions today, though little is on the agenda as leaders and governor negotiated through the weekend.
Next Sunday, Feb. 1, marks the first day that the state is not expected to be able to fully pay its bills.
The state auditor, meanwhile, holds the first of a series of public meetings today to discuss how to implement Proposition 11.
That is the redistricting measure approved by voters last fall that stripped the Legislature of the power to draw its own political boundaries and those of the Board of Equalization.
The auditor plays a key role is forming the 14-person panel that will be charged with drawing the new political lines for the 2012 elections.
From our The 2010 Primaries Are Only 498 Days Away file: Ex-Assemblyman Rick Keene, R-Chico, announced Friday that he's running for state Senate in 2010.
The race will pit him against his one-time colleague, former Assemblyman Doug LaMalfa, R-Oroville.
The two north state GOPers will be seeking the seat of termed-out Sen. Sam Aanestad, who has an open account to run for lieutenant governor (where he would face GOP Sen. Jeff Denham in the primary).
Susan Jordan, the director of the California Coastal Protection Network, has filed paperwork to run for state Assembly in AD 35 in 2010.
That happens to be the seat of Pedro Nava. Who happens to be her husband.
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