California State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) talks in his office about the state's budget impasse in San Francisco, California July 3, 2009. State officials have begun issuing billions of dollars in "IOUs" to avoid a cash crisis, after lawmakers failed to balance the budget by the start of the state's new fiscal year on Wednesday, leaving a $26.3 billion deficit. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

California State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco) talks in his office about the state's budget impasse in San Francisco, California July 3, 2009. State officials have begun issuing billions of dollars in "IOUs" to avoid a cash crisis, after lawmakers failed to balance the budget by the start of the state's new fiscal year on Wednesday, leaving a $26.3 billion deficit.

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