PolitiCal Roundup: Stalemate in Sacramento, grim statistics on state funds

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Showdown in Sacramento: Republican lawmakers are saying it’s over -- they can’t reach a compromise with Gov. Jerry Brown on the budget.

Arresting statistics from Times columnist George Skelton: Even if California stopped cutting paychecks from the general fund to every state worker the governor controls -- and stopped contributing to pensions and retirement healthcare benefits too -- there would still be at least a $12 billion deficit.

John and Ken, anti-tax AM radio hosts, are a mighty influence in Sacramento.

And more notes from the front lines of the pension wars: In San Diego, politicians draft ballot measures to relegate many public-sector workers to 401(k)-style retirement plans. There is also a move to freeze city workers’ pay.