Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger turns 63 today.
The governor and his staff celebrated with cake outside his smoking tent yesterday, candles and all. He has no planned public events today.
Will lawmakers give Schwarzenegger the gift of a completed budget deal?
He shouldn't hold his breath (or waste that wish when he blows out the candles).
It's Day 30 of the fiscal year, and there's still no deal to close the $19.1 billion shortfall. Leaders have continued to meet in negotiations this week. The Legislature, on unofficial summer "recess," reconvenes Monday.
Meanwhile, ballot measures will be all the buzz in San Francisco this weekend, with the launch of the 2010 Global Forum on Modern Direct Democracy. The five-day conference on direct democracy will feature speakers from all spots on the ideological spectrum.
The Citizens in Charge Foundation will also release a report on fraud in the initiative system during the conference, held at the University of California's Hastings College of Law.
Also in San Francisco this weekend: Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown and GOP Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, who is running for a full term as lieutenant governor, are scheduled to participate in a Faith Forum at the San Francisco Christian Center.
Don't expect the two to go head-to-head, as the event is being billed as a "conversation" with both candidates serving as guest speakers.
The free forum, sponsored by the California Foundation, is at 11:30 a.m.
PHOTO CREDIT: Schwarzenegger's Twitter feed.
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