He was a man of the people, a true populist.

When he hit me that first time it made me realize what I was actually out there doing.

But we haven't come up with any measures to deal with the matter. The wage hike is impractical because we just don't have room for it in our budget.

We are aware that how critical the problem is,

We want great schools for our kids, safe neighborhoods and the very best in emergency services, ... Proposition 76 would make it harder for us to provide those services.

The governor personally came here, assigned a dozen staff members to work the hall like it was a political convention and it squeaked by with 11 votes. Unless they're going to assign a dozen staff to every voter in California, I don't think Prop. 76 is sailing very high right now.