Politics

Assembly approves most of budget

Oil drilling off Santa Barbara and borrowing of transportation funds from local governments are dropped. Mayor Villaraigosa tweets that it's a big victory for cities, plans 4:15 news conference. "This is the most painful political experience I've had in my life," Speaker Bass tells KQED's Capital Notes.


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