Dems: Dump the two-thirds requirement

Democrats' fond hope is to change California's constitution so as to remove the requirement that tax increases and budgets be approved by two-thirds of legislators instead of a mere majority. It's the Holy Grail and LAT columnist George Skelton does his best again this morning to help them get it. The delay in approving this year's budget may have been part of a Democratic plan to call attention to the two-thirds requirement in order to eliminate it.