First take: Budget carnage. Boycotting Arizona. Poizner’s business record

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Gov. Schwarzenegger’s revised budget plan is expected to propose dismantling many of the state’s health programs.

Don’t be surprised if talks of pension reform and changing the state’s governance structure also get folded into this year’s budget talks.

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to ban most official travel to Arizona to protest that state’s new immigration law.

Rich Connell reports on a lawsuit that accuses Steve Poizner of being a ‘technology thief.’

A federal judge has ordered a delay in the election to replace Abel Maldonado.

-- Anthony York

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