Governor to give his fifth State of the State tonight

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is poised to give his fifth State of the State tonight at the Capitol.  In excerpts released earlier this morning, the Sacramento Bee reports that the Governor will blame the State's formulaic budgeting system for the estimated $14 billion deficit the State is facing.  Moreover, the Governor will call for across-the-board cuts in favor of raising taxes.

CALSAGA will be closely watching how much money is allocated to the Bureau of Security & Investigative Services (BSIS).  As many of you know, CALSAGA applauded the Governor for increasing the BSIS budget in 2007-2008 by $1.4 million, which has been instrumental in BSIS' effort to hire enforcement agents to crack down on unlicensed activity.

Stay tuned....