Facing a growing state budget deficit, that could reach nearly $24 billion, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he will seek an additional $5.5 billion in cuts, while speaking at the California Small Business Day 2009 in Sacramento, Calif. , Tuesday, May 26, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 8 months ago

Facing a growing state budget deficit, that could reach nearly $24 billion, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he will seek an additional $5.5 billion in cuts, while speaking at the California Small Business Day 2009 in Sacramento, Calif. , Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

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  1. Prince Frederic Von Anhalt speaks to news media in Santa Monica, California in this February 15, 2007 file photo. Von Anhalt, husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor and a German-born socialite with no previous political experience, announced on January 25, 2010 his own independent campaign to succeed Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor.
  2. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa talks with reporters as California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, and other public officials received a briefing from local, state and federal officials on the situation in California following a series of storms that have dropped large amounts of rain, hail, snow, sometimes accompanied by near gale-force winds and tornadoes, in Los Angeles Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.
  3. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is joined by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, left, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich, right, as they talk with reporters following a briefing from local, state and federal officials on the situation in California following a series of storms that have dropped large amounts of rain, hail, snow, sometimes accompanied by near gale-force winds and tornadoes, in Los Angeles Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.
  4. Seated at center right, back to front, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky join other officials in a briefing from local, state and federal officials on the situation in California following a series of storms that have dropped large amounts of rain, hail, snow, sometimes accompanied by near gale-force winds and tornadoes, in Los Angeles Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.
  5. From left, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are briefed by local, state and federal officials on the situation in California following a series of storms that have dropped large amounts of rain, hail, snow, sometimes accompanied by near gale-force winds and tornadoes, in Los Angeles Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.
  6. Sculptor Alexander Chernoshchyokov works on the bust of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at his studio in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Jan. 15, 2010. A bust of Russia's prime minister, Vladimir Putin, is being cast in bronze as a gift for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
  7. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger enters the Capitol Hill Club in Washington, Jan. 20, 2010, to meet with Republican House members.
  8. Prisoners at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California are seen housed in the dayroom of the prison due to overcrowding in the California prison system in this September 14, 2009 picture. The U.S. Supreme Court on January 19, 2010 dismissed appeals by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Republican legislators of a federal court order to reduce the state's overcrowded prison population by some 40,000 inmates within two years. Picture taken September 14, 2009.
  9. LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 12: Planned Parenthood patients, volunteers and supporters rally outside the office of Assembly Speaker-elect John Perez to oppose cuts to family planning funds by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on January 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. The Republican governor continues slash the state budget and is calling for an additional $8.5 billion in cuts. He is also asking for $6.9 billion in federal funds warning that state health and welfare programs will be threatened without the emergency funds.
  10. Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, shakes hands with a volunteer Willie Wills, left, at the Alameda County Community Food Bank during a tour in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 to promote a statewide campaign to provide one million meals to families in need this holiday season.
  11. Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, center, helps bag donated food with Nicole Taylor, right, of the East Bay Community Foundation at the Alameda County Community Food Bank during a tour in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 to promote a statewide campaign to provide one million meals to families in need this holiday season.
  12. Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, and Calif. State Sen. Abel Maldonado, right, looks at assembly line for oranges at the Alameda County Community Food Bank during a tour in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 to promote a statewide campaign to provide one million meals to families in need this holiday season.
  13. Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, gets a tour of the East Bay County Food Bank by executive director Suzan Walkup Bateson in Oakland, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 to promote a statewide campaign to provide one million meals to families in need this holiday season.
  14. MOJAVE, CA - DECEMBER 7: Sir Richard Branson (L) watches New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) perform the christening as Virgin Galactic unveils its new SpaceShipTwo spacecraft at the Mojave Spaceport on December 7, 2009 near Mojave, California. The eight-person VSS Enterprise, named after the Star Trek ship of the same name, is the first of a series of space-planes for customers of Virgin Galactic who have paid around $200,000 for a suborbital flight into space. British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is financing the spacecraft and aerospace designer Burt Rutan is building it through The Spaceship Company, a joint venture of Scaled Composites and Virgin Group.
  15. MOJAVE, CA - DECEMBER 7: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) and Sir Richard Branson stand next to a model as Virgin Galactic unveils its new SpaceShipTwo spacecraft at the Mojave Spaceport on December 7, 2009 near Mojave, California. The eight-person VSS Enterprise, named after the Star Trek ship of the same name, is the first of a series of space-planes for customers of Virgin Galactic who have paid around $200,000 for a suborbital flight into space. British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is financing the spacecraft and aerospace designer Burt Rutan is building it through The Spaceship Company, a joint venture of Scaled Composites and Virgin Group.
  16. SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 02: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger points out the Bay Area shoreline that is in danger during a press conference where he released California's Climate Adaptation Strategy final report on December 2, 2009 on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California. The report is a multi-secotor analysis that will enhance the state's management of climate impacts from sea level rise, increased temperatures, shifting precipitation and extreme natural events.

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  1. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa talks with reporters as California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, and other public officials received a briefing from local, state and federal officials on the situation in California following a series of storms that have dropped large amounts of rain, hail, snow, sometimes accompanied by near gale-force winds and tornadoes, in Los Angeles Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.
  2. LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 12: Planned Parenthood patients, volunteers and supporters rally outside the office of Assembly Speaker-elect John Perez to oppose cuts to family planning funds by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on January 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. The Republican governor continues slash the state budget and is calling for an additional $8.5 billion in cuts. He is also asking for $6.9 billion in federal funds warning that state health and welfare programs will be threatened without the emergency funds.
  3. MOJAVE, CA - DECEMBER 7: Sir Richard Branson (L) watches New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) perform the christening as Virgin Galactic unveils its new SpaceShipTwo spacecraft at the Mojave Spaceport on December 7, 2009 near Mojave, California. The eight-person VSS Enterprise, named after the Star Trek ship of the same name, is the first of a series of space-planes for customers of Virgin Galactic who have paid around $200,000 for a suborbital flight into space. British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is financing the spacecraft and aerospace designer Burt Rutan is building it through The Spaceship Company, a joint venture of Scaled Composites and Virgin Group.
  4. MOJAVE, CA - DECEMBER 7: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (L) and Sir Richard Branson stand next to a model as Virgin Galactic unveils its new SpaceShipTwo spacecraft at the Mojave Spaceport on December 7, 2009 near Mojave, California. The eight-person VSS Enterprise, named after the Star Trek ship of the same name, is the first of a series of space-planes for customers of Virgin Galactic who have paid around $200,000 for a suborbital flight into space. British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is financing the spacecraft and aerospace designer Burt Rutan is building it through The Spaceship Company, a joint venture of Scaled Composites and Virgin Group.
  5. MOJAVE, CA - DECEMBER 7: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks as Virgin Galactic unveils its new SpaceShipTwo spacecraft at the Mojave Spaceport on December 7, 2009 near Mojave, California. The eight-person VSS Enterprise, named after the Star Trek ship of the same name, is the first of a series of space-planes for customers of Virgin Galactic who have paid around $200,000 for a suborbital flight into space. British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is financing the spacecraft and aerospace designer Burt Rutan is building it through The Spaceship Company, a joint venture of Scaled Composites and Virgin Group.
  6. MOJAVE, CA - DECEMBER 7: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks in front of a replica craft as Virgin Galactic unveils its new SpaceShipTwo spacecraft at the Mojave Spaceport on December 7, 2009 near Mojave, California. The eight-person VSS Enterprise, named after the Star Trek ship of the same name, is the first of a series of space-planes for customers of Virgin Galactic who have paid around $200,000 for a suborbital flight into space. British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is financing the spacecraft and aerospace designer Burt Rutan is building it through The Spaceship Company, a joint venture of Scaled Composites and Virgin Group.
  7. SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 02: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger listens to other speakers at a press conference where he released California's Climate Adaptation Strategy final report on December 2, 2009 on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California. The report is a multi-secotor analysis that will enhance the state's management of climate impacts from sea level rise, increased temperatures, shifting precipitation and extreme natural events.
  8. SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 02: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger points out the Bay Area shoreline that is in danger during a press conference where he released California's Climate Adaptation Strategy final report on December 2, 2009 on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California. The report is a multi-secotor analysis that will enhance the state's management of climate impacts from sea level rise, increased temperatures, shifting precipitation and extreme natural events.
  9. SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 02: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger smiles at a press conference where he released California's Climate Adaptation Strategy final report on December 2, 2009 on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California. The report is a multi-secotor analysis that will enhance the state's management of climate impacts from sea level rise, increased temperatures, shifting precipitation and extreme natural events.
  10. SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 02: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Google, Inc. at a press conference where Schwarzenegger released California's Climate Adaptation Strategy final report on December 2, 2009 on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California. The report is a multi-secotor analysis that will enhance the state's management of climate impacts from sea level rise, increased temperatures, shifting precipitation and extreme natural events.
  11. SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 02: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at a press conference where he released California's Climate Adaptation Strategy final report on December 2, 2009 on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California. The report is a multi-sector analysis that will enhance the state's management of climate impacts from sea level rise, increased temperatures, shifting precipitation and extreme natural events.
  12. SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 02: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at a press conference where he released California's Climate Adaptation Strategy final report on December 2, 2009 on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California. The report is a multi-secotor analysis that will enhance the state's management of climate impacts from sea level rise, increased temperatures, shifting precipitation and extreme natural events.
  13. SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 02: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger listens to other speakers at a press conference where he released California's Climate Adaptation Strategy final report on December 2, 2009 on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California. The report is a multi-secotor analysis that will enhance the state's management of climate impacts from sea level rise, increased temperatures, shifting precipitation and extreme natural events.
  14. SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 02: Eric Schmidt, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Google, Inc. spreaks a press conference where California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger released California's Climate Adaptation Strategy final report on December 2, 2009 on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California. The report is a multi-secotor analysis that will enhance the state's management of climate impacts from sea level rise, increased temperatures, shifting precipitation and extreme natural events.
  15. SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 02: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at a press conference where he released California's Climate Adaptation Strategy final report on December 2, 2009 on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California. The report is a multi-sector analysis that will enhance the state's management of climate impacts from sea level rise, increased temperatures, shifting precipitation and extreme natural events.
  16. SAN FRANCISCO - DECEMBER 02: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger arrives at a press conference where he released California's Climate Adaptation Strategy final report on December 2, 2009 on Treasure Island in San Francisco, California. The report is a multi-secotor analysis that will enhance the state's management of climate impacts from sea level rise, increased temperatures, shifting precipitation and extreme natural events.

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