When the state budget deadline is reached, but no new budget has been agreed upon, the previous year’s budget should continue. This creates a continuing appropriation, that prevents drastic cuts in services. Here are other states that have a provision for continuing appropriations such as I’m proposing for California: Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.

The above are statements on several public policy issues drafted by Tom Campbell, former US Congressman, former California State Senator, former Director of Finance for California, and currently Interim Chairman of the Common Sense Party. They are meant to initiate consideration of several important issues; they are not the official views of the Common Sense Party. Please feel free to submit your own thoughts on these issues on the Open Policy Discussion Page.