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In reply to the discussion: The World's Largest Solar Plant Started Creating Electricity Today [View all]Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)In the California state legislature, as a result of the 2012 elections, has hefty Democratic majorities in both houses. In the Assembly, the Democrats have 55 votes to the Republicans 25; in the Senate, the Democrats hold 28 seats, the Republicans 11 with one vacancy. As I said above " T)he GOP doesn't hold enough seats in either house the state legislature to sustain a gubernatorial veto by themselves," that is to say, less than a third in each house.
This does not mean that there are no corporate whores in the state legislature, or even that they are confined to the Republican delegation. Democrats have certainly been known to be corrupt. In the present regime of dark money, the people must do more to educate themselves where their representatives get their campaign donations.
With Republicans in the state legislature too weak to do what the Republicans in Washington do routinely, California has crawled out of the hole energy deregulation put it in and balanced the state budget.
The subject of this thread shows the benefits of weakening the party of choice of oil interests.