Pretend for a moment you are Ahnold, or Cruz, or etc., etc., etc.
So you just won the governorship of CA! WHOO! What will you do Ahnold/Cruz/(etc. x 132)........?

No matter who you are, Prop 13 is what it is. It limits your revenue. Other Props force your hand at spending. To top it off, you need a 2/3 majority to change the revenue/spending rules. TWO-THIRDS! That just does not happen in evenly split legilatures. It doesn't matter how many movie tickets you sold. It does not matter who you are - CA is going to be a mess for a while.

As long as the $38 billion deficit (over 2 budget years) is the target for candidates, they are all f****d, as Ozzie put it. Espcially if you take Ahnold's approach - blathering about the wonder of CA and the politicians who failed the people. He would cut taxes of all sorts, apparently. That may be great for the long-term, but short-term that pushes deficits up. Warren Buffet already said PROP 13 would have to go, but Ahnold saw the political light and quickly disagreed. No wonder Karl Rove wishes Davis could stay.....

Its like Iraq, you take it........YOU own it.

(You really want it?)