{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Times of San Diego","provider_url":"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com","author_name":"cabrillo","author_url":"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/author\/cabrillo\/","title":"Opinion: California's Broken Constitution and Powerful Lobbies Make a Balanced Budget Impossible","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bnCftoBmlT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/opinion\/2024\/05\/25\/californias-broken-constitution-and-powerful-lobbies-make-a-balanced-budget-impossible\/\">Opinion: California&#8217;s Broken Constitution and Powerful Lobbies Make a Balanced Budget Impossible<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/opinion\/2024\/05\/25\/californias-broken-constitution-and-powerful-lobbies-make-a-balanced-budget-impossible\/embed\/#?secret=bnCftoBmlT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Opinion: California&#8217;s Broken Constitution and Powerful Lobbies Make a Balanced Budget Impossible&#8221; &#8212; Times of San Diego\" data-secret=\"bnCftoBmlT\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Newsom-Budget.jpg","thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_height":720,"description":"Politicians and lobbies know very well that the California constitution is broken. They have long had the power to give the state the new constitution it needs \u2014 without all the fiscal ratchets that drive up spending and limit revenues."}