State Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Temecula, center, talks with Senators Mark Wyland, R-Solana Beach, left, and Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, during the debate over the state budget at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Thursday, July 23, 2009. Lawmakers worked late into the night voting on a package of bills worked out between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Legislative leaders to resolve the state's $26.3 billion budget deficit. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

State Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Temecula, center, talks with Senators Mark Wyland, R-Solana Beach, left, and Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, during the debate over the state budget at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. , Thursday, July 23, 2009. Lawmakers worked late into the night voting on a package of bills worked out between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Legislative leaders to resolve the state's $26.3 billion budget deficit.

More Photos of Mark Wyland

View as Grid »

Explore Photos of Related Topics

  1. FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2009 file photo, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, flanked by lawmakers and water activists, gives a news conference at the capitol in Sacramento, Calif. on the legislature's passage of a package of water measures. In the foreground are Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Temecula, left, Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, second from left, Assemblywoman Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, third from left, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, second from right, and Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo, right.
  2. Flanked by lawmakers and water activists, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger answers a reporters question concerning the Legislature's passage of a package of water measure's, at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The $11 billion plan provides funding for new dams, groundwater cleanup, conservation and habitat restoration. Also seen are Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Temecula, left, Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, second from left, Assemblywoman Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, third from left, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, second from right, and Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo, right.
  3. State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, second from left, shrugs as Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Temecula, left, said he had doubts about the passage of a package of bills to revamp the state's antiquated water system during a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The Legislature approved a comprehensive package of water bills and a bond measure to provide funding for new dams, groundwater cleanup, conservation and habitat restoration. Also seen are Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, second from left, and Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo.
  4. Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakslee, R-San Luis Obispo, left, waits as Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Temecula, second from left, talks with reporters before entering the governor's office in Sacramento, Calif. on Monday, Oct. 26, 2009. The two were to meet with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic Legislative leaders to work on California's aging water system.
  5. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger answers a reporter's question regarding the Legislature's passage of a package of water measure's, at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The $11 billion plan provides funding for new dams, groundwater cleanup, conservation and habitat restoration. Also seen are Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, left Assemblywoman Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, second from left, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, second from right, and Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo, right.
  6. FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2009 file photo, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, flanked by lawmakers and water activists, gives a news conference at the capitol in Sacramento, Calif. on the legislature's passage of a package of water measures. In the foreground are Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Temecula, left, Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, second from left, Assemblywoman Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, third from left, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, second from right, and Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo, right.
  7. Flanked by lawmakers and water activists, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger answers a reporters question concerning the Legislature's passage of a package of water measure's, at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The $11 billion plan provides funding for new dams, groundwater cleanup, conservation and habitat restoration. Also seen are Senate Minority Leader Dennis Hollingsworth, R-Temecula, left, Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, second from left, Assemblywoman Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, third from left, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, second from right, and Assembly Minority Leader Sam Blakeslee, R-San Luis Obispo, right.
  8. State Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, center, laughs along with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, second from right, Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, right, and Assemblywoman Anna Caballaro, D-Salinas, left, and others as he discusses the Legislature's passage of a package of water measure's, at a Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The $11 billion plan provides funding for new dams, groundwater cleanup, conservation and habitat restoration.
  9. State Sen. President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, left, talks with State Sen. Dave Cogdill, R-Modesto, right, about his water bond measure before the Legislature at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Nov. 2 2009. Lawmakers are expected to vote on Legislation, Monday, to provide long-term solutions to California's water challenges.

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. A farmer trims a tree near a 32 metre (105feet) high statue of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong in his youth in Changsha, Hunan province November 22, 2009. The statue will be unveiled to the public on Mao's birthday anniversary which falls on December 26, local media said. Picture taken November 22, 2009.
  2. Palestinian women leave the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City after a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails November 23, 2009. Speculation has been mounting that a deal to free captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners might be concluded by the end of this month. But sources on both sides have said there was no certainty of finalising a deal by then.
  3. A Palestinian boy attends a protest in Gaza City calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails November 23, 2009. Speculation has been mounting that a deal to free captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners might be concluded by the end of this month. But sources on both sides have said there was no certainty of finalising a deal by then.
  4. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 22: Actors Margaret Hoffman and Adrienne Warren join producer John Breglio, actress Maya Angela, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Apollo Theater Foundation Jonelle Procope and actress Syesha Mercado attend the opening night after party for 'Dreamgirls' at Riverside Church on November 22, 2009 in New York City.
  5. A customer looks at gold rings on display at Beijing's biggest gold store November 23, 2009. Gold defied a rebound in the dollar on Monday and powered to a record on safe-haven buying, driven by growing worries about inflation and a drop in U.S. stocks that stirred doubt about the economic outlook. Bullion, which has gained around 32 percent so far in 2009, struck a succession of lifetime highs in November as sentiment turned extremely bullish after India acquired 200 metric tons of the precious metal from the International Monetary Fund.
  6. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 22: Natalie Portman, director Jim Sheridan and Tobey Maguire attend the after party for The Cinema Society, Details and DKNY screening of 'Brothers' at Abe & Arthur's on November 22, 2009 in New York City.
  7. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 22: Natalie Portman, director Jim Sheridan and Tobey Maguire attend the after party for The Cinema Society, Details and DKNY screening of 'Brothers' at Abe & Arthur's on November 22, 2009 in New York City.
  8. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 22: Natalie Portman, director Jim Sheridan and Tobey Maguire attend the after party for The Cinema Society, Details and DKNY screening of 'Brothers' at Abe & Arthur's on November 22, 2009 in New York City.
  9. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 22: Actors Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire attend the after party for The Cinema Society, Details and DKNY screening of 'Brothers' at Abe & Arthur's on November 22, 2009 in New York City.
  10. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 22: Actors Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire attend the after party for The Cinema Society, Details and DKNY screening of 'Brothers' at Abe & Arthur's on November 22, 2009 in New York City.
  11. Poland's Bartosz Kurek spikes the ball against Egypt during their match in the men's volleyball World Grand Champions Cup in Nagoya, central Japan, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.
  12. Poland's Jakub Jarosz spikes the ball against Egypt during their match in the men's volleyball World Grand Champions Cup in Nagoya, central Japan, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.
  13. Ahmed Abdelhay spikes the ball against Poland during their match in the men's volleyball World Grand Champions Cup in Nagoya, central Japan, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.
  14. Residents help lift an unconscious relative after she finds out her family died in a ferry sinking at Sekupang port in Batam, Indonesia, Monday Nov. 23, 2009. Rescuers returned to choppy waters off Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday to search for passengers still missing after a ferry sank in a storm Sunday.
  15. Cuban players block the ball from Iran during their match in the men's volleyball World Grand Champions Cup in Nagoya, central Japan, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009.
  16. A relative of victims of a sunken ferry speaks on the phone Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 while waiting for news at Sekupang port in Batam, Indonesia. Rescuers returned to choppy waters off Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday to search for passengers still missing after a ferry sank in a storm on Sunday.