Why Jerry Brown’s California state hiring freeze likely means nothing

Davis The recalled governor pushed a hiring freeze on the state in 2001, but made some exceptions for certain departments. Those departments hired 6,500 more people in just six months. Oops.
Ah-nold During his time in office, he also enforced a hiring freeze, but allowed exceptions for state workers approved by the governor’s office – around 10,000 of them in his final year of office.
Brown Now, Jerry Brown plans to do the same thing – with the same loophole as Schwarzenegger. Stop us if you think you’ve heard this one before. Actually, we’ll just stop ourselves. source

» One thing Brown won’t be doing, though: The California governor quietly killed a lawsuit put in by Schwarzenegger that would have cut state worker pay to minimum wage during unresolved budget crises. Brown’s office, however, didn’t make a big deal about this. It’s also worth noting that the hiring freeze contains no specifics in terms of how much it’ll actually save.

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22% Gray Davis’ approval rating at the time that Arnold Schwartzenegger was elected in a recall
27% Arnold Schwartzenegger’s current approval rating; he’s nearing Planet Hollywood in popularity source

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Nobody seems to understand that the economy is like the tide. When you’re in high tide no one thinks low tide is coming. Sometimes a crisis requires people to rethink how we got in this mess. That’s a healthy process.
Gray Davis • Who was recalled loudly and publicly in 2003 due to what were seen as some faulty economic policies. Now, seeing things from the outside in a much scarier situation, he’s glad that he’s not in the middle of this storm and stands behind his policies, but isn’t in the mood for vindication. “Every governor is faced with an economic challenge if they serve long enough,” he said. • source

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16 Feb 2011 10:33