president pro-tem steinberg announced the plans before meeting with the governor and assembly speaker john perez. brown wants to close the state's $26.6 billion deficit by cutting $12.2 billion in spending. he also wants to extend temporary tax increases for another 5 years. no republicans have signed onto the plan and some are needed in order for this to pass. more details are expected out of the state capitol later today. >>> today is the deadline for california school districts to send out teacher layoff notices and thousands are expected to be handed out. rallies and picketts are held by parents and educators to call attention to those layoffs and proposed education budget cuts. the numbers vary and the layoffs affect just about every school district. oakland is expected to send out 500 layoff notices while 180 could go to teachers in a cash- trapped mount diablo district in the east bay and as many as 60 teacher jobs could be on the line in union city. >> it's very difficult to get a pink slip this year because we are expecting our first baby and i'm face with added stress -- [ clears throa

john perez was elected to the california state assembly in 2008 representing parts of downtown l.a. and eastern ally. prior to the election, he spent 10 years has had the leader of the labor federation. since his election, he has hit the ground running focusing on job creation, expanding health care, support workers' rights, and oversight and accountability in our government. in 2010, speaker progress was elected by his peers by the california state assembly. as someone who works for the legislature, it has been a thrill watching you rise to your leadership that i know our state needs right now. i asked phil to describe his college friend using three words. he said passionate, committed, just gets it done. that is more than three words. i do not know about you, but those are three solid words i am happy to hear describing one of the most powerful leaders in our state. i am proud to introduce the speaker of the assembly john paris. >> thank you. this week the governor unveiled a difficult budget with $28 billion worth of solution we need to find and somehow you are surprised that i w

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