Key moments in the governorship of Arnold Schwarzenegger
Created by StevePro on Dec 27, 2010
Last updated: 12/27/10 at 12:31 PM
Schwarzenegger holds a "Wrap Party," paid for by wealthy individuals and business interests, to celebrate his seven years in office.
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Schwarzenegger calls lawmakers into a special session to address the shortfall. Lawmakers meet but defer decisions until after Schwarzenegger's successor, Jerry Brown, is sworn in.
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The Legislative Analyst's Office says the budget Schwarzenegger signed just weeks before is $6 billion out of balance.
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Voters defeat Proposition 23, an initiative backed by out-of-state petroleum companies that would have suspended AB32. The result is a victory for Schwarzenegger, who lobbied heavily against it.
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soSchwarzenegger signs the latest state budget after a record 100-day impasse in the Legislature. He persuades the Legislature to put a measure establishing a stronger rainy day fund on the 2012 ballot.
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Voters approve an open primary system championed by Schwarzenegger, who says it will help elect moderate politicians.
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Schwarzenegger and lawmakers reach a deal on an $11 billion water bond to fund conservation measures and help restoration in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The bond was to go before voters on the November 2010 ballot but was later removed as the recession deepened. It was delayed until 2012.
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A tax commission established by Schwarzenegger and the Democratic leader of the state Assembly turns in its plan to overhaul California's tax system, but the recommendations go nowhere.
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As negotiations over a state budget stall, California begins paying some of its bills with IOUs.
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Voters reject a package of measures from Schwarzenegger and lawmakers that would extend the temporary tax increases, impose a state spending cap and set up a rainy day fund. They pass a measure that prevents elected officials from getting pay raises when the state runs a deficit.
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Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers agree to a midyear budget correction to close a deficit estimated at $42 billion over the next 17 months. They cut $15.1 billion, borrow $11.4 billion and raise $12.8 billion by temporarily increasing the state sales and income taxes and vehicle license fee.
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Schwarzenegger orders state workers to take two unpaid days off each month to help ease the state's budget woes. The furloughs are later extended to three-a-month.
Voters narrowly approve Schwarzenegger's ballot measure to change how state legislative districts are drawn, giving the job to an independent citizens' commission.
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Voters reject Proposition 93, a redistricting measure backed by Schwarzenegger that would have given dozens of current lawmakers a chance to extend their terms in Sacramento.
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After months of negotiations with Democrats and interest groups, a Senate committee kills Schwarzenegger's sweeping health care reform package after a report by the nonpartisan legislative analyst said it will cost taxpayers billions of dollars a year.
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Schwarzenegger vetoes a second bill to legalize same-sex marriage, saying voters and the state Supreme Court should decide the issue.
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Schwarzenegger signs a $7.8 billion prison-reform plan to add more than 50,000 beds to an overcrowded system.
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Schwarzenegger is sworn in to his second term—his first full, four-year term after winning the recall election in 2003.
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Schwarzenegger fractures his right femur while skiing with his family in Sun Valley, Idaho.
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Schwarzenegger and lawmakers persuade voters to pass propositions 1B-1E, securing $37.2 billion in bonds for road projects, affordable housing, levees and schools.
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Schwarzenegger coasts to re-election over state Treasurer Phil Angelides, campaigning on a pledge to cooperate with Democrats and govern from the center.
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Schwarzenegger signs groundbreaking legislation to combat global warming. The law, known as AB32, makes California the first in the nation to force its major industries to reduce carbon emissions.
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Schwarzenegger denies a clemency request for convicted murderer Stanley "Tookie" Williams, who is then executed at San Quentin State Prison. When death penalty opponents in his hometown of Graz, Austria, protest, he asks them to remove his name from a sports stadium and stop using his name to promote the city.
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Schwarzenegger checks into the University of California, Davis Medical Center because of a rapid heartbeat that was later attributed to the stomach flu.
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Schwarzenegger replaces most of his inner circle and appoints a Democrat, Susan Kennedy, as his chief of staff.
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Voters resoundingly reject four initiatives Schwarzenegger placed on the ballot. Only one of them, Proposition 76 to control state spending, dealt with budget issues.
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Schwarzenegger vetoes a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, leaving the issue up to voters or the courts.
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Schwarzenegger promotes a plan to cut spending before a giant faucet spewing red-colored water, intended to symbolize red ink.
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Schwarzenegger submits his California Performance Review offering ways to eliminate waste and streamline state government; he drops the plan to eliminate or consolidate dozens of boards and commissions in the face of opposition
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In his State of the State speech, Schwarzenegger outlines his "year of reform" proposals and threatens to call a special election if the Legislature does not act on his ideas.
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Speaking at the California Governor's Conference on Women and Children, an event headed by first lady Maria Shriver, Schwarzenegger incensed the California Nurses Association. He was giving his opening speech when he was interrupted by nurses protesting his order weakening nurse-to-patient ratios in state hospitals.
"Pay no attention to those voices over there," the governor said of the nurses. "They are the special interests. Special interests don't like me in Sacramento because I kick their butt."
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During a budget rally in the Southern California city of Ontario, Schwarzenegger calls Democratic legislators "girlie men" because he believes they are led by special interests. The term was lifted from a long-running "Saturday Night Live" skit in which two pompous, Schwarzenegger-worshipping weightlifters repeatedly use it to mock those who don't meet their standards of physical perfection. Democrats called the remark sexist and homophobic.
Schwarzenegger wins voter approval of Proposition 57, allowing the state to borrow $15 billion to close its budget deficit, and Proposition 58, allowing the governor to declare a fiscal emergency if a deficit emerges in the middle of a fiscal year.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_57_(2004)
On his first day in office, Schwarzenegger rolls back an increase in the vehicle license fee, fulfilling a campaign promise, costing the state $4 billion in revenue that year.
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Gray Davis is recalled as governor. Schwarzenegger is elected with nearly 49 percent of the vote.
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Schwarzenegger announces on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" that he will run for governor.
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