"California nears budget deal to meet deadline. Critics pan it as 'gimmicks.'"

Jessica Levinson is quoted in this article.

“It looks like Gov. Brown's middle name will not be ‘no gimmicks,’ " says Jessica Levinson... “While Brown has for months and months pledged to pass a gimmick-free budget, he appears to be peddling back that hard line as the constitutional deadline for a balanced budget approaches."

   “While [Prop. 25] punishes legislators – by not paying them – for failing to agree on a budget, does it also force them to hastily rush to compromise?” Ms. Levinson asks.