Schwarzenegger's first "State of the State" address

Описание: (7 Jan 2004)
1. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger taking podium for address
2. Wide shot of Schwarzenegger at podium
3. Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife, Maria Shriver clapping
4. Close up Schwarzenegger at podium
5. Wide of Schwarzenegger at podium
6. SOUNDBITE (English): Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California:
"I plan a total review of government, its performances, its practices, its costs."
7. Various of members of state legislature applauding
8. SOUNDBITE (English): Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California:
"We took the debt, that we inherited from the previous administration, the debt that threatened us with bankruptcy and we rolled it into a 15 billion (US) dollar recovery bond. Then we tore up the credit card, we passed a balanced budget amendment and we created a rainy day fund for future hard times and emergencies."
9. Various of members of state legislature applauding
10. Wide of Schwarzenegger at podium
11. SOUNDBITE (English): Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California:
"Never again will government be allowed to spend money it does not have. Never again will the state be allowed to borrow money to pay for operating expenses. And you in this room have done that for the people of California."
12. Various of members of state legislature applauding
13. SOUNDBITE (English): Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California:
"I am going to become California's 'job czar'. I am going to travel the nation and world to find those jobs. I am going to say, come to California, come and do business here, buy our fantastic products, visit our special attractions, and hire our workers who are the most productive in the world."
14. Wide of legislators clapping
15. Mid shot of Schwarzenegger shaking hands with another state official and moving to leave podium
STORYLINE:
In a turning point to mark his transition from Hollywood film star to California's leader, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Tuesday focused his first major address on a financial crisis he said would entail painful budget cuts.
His speech, delivered to a worldwide television audience as well as a joint session of the California Legislature, set an aggressive legislative agenda for the forthcoming year.
Elected in California's historic recall election in October 2003, Schwarzenegger took over at a critical juncture. California has a deficit of close to 15 billion (US) dollars. Although voters will be asked to borrow the money needed to pay off that debt, Schwarzenegger also faces a new deficit of at least 14 billion (US) dollars next year.
In his two months in office, Schwarzenegger has been busy cutting car taxes, forging agreements on borrowing billions of dollars and invoking emergency powers to make payments to cities and counties, but the biggest tests are still to come.
Schwarzenegger did not detail his budget proposal, to be released on Friday, but he noted that cuts would be imposed at all levels of government. And he asked voters to approve the 15 billion (US) dollars bond on the March ballot, saying "the alternative is economic chaos."
During his campaign, Schwarzenegger promised to find billions of dollars in waste. So far, he hasn't found any he's acknowledged publicly. On Tuesday he announced the creation of a commission to find where state government is duplicative and wasteful.
The big target of the cuts is expected to be public health and welfare programmes. The governor has already released a list of about 4 billion (US) dollars in spending reductions he wants, including changes to the state health insurance programme that costs taxpayers about 10 billion (US) dollars annually.

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