Channel 1000 News: Mar. 16, 2011 - SEIU 1000- Lawmakers in both houses are meeting for the first floor vote on the proposal to close the state's $26 billion budget deficit. We'll tell you why an agreement likely won't come till at least next week.
- Local 1000 members spoke before the CalPERS board, trying to keep the committee from a change that could cost the state millions of dollars.
- And Local 1000 members testified at the state Capitol in an effort to slow down facility closures within the Department of Juvenile Justice.