A freshman lawmaker wants to make the California Legislature part-time and cut legislators' salaries from $95,000 to $1,500 a month.

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A FRESHMAN LAWMAKER WANTS TO MAKE THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE part-time and cut legislators' salaries from $95,000 to $1,500 a month. Assemblywoman Shannon Grove (R) is one of the organizers of a proposed constitutional amendment to limit sessions to 30 days each January and 60 days beginning each May and to slash salaries. Sessions would be devoted to budget issues in odd numbered years. Supporters got approval to circulate petitions to qualify for the ballot in late February and have 150 days to collect 807, 615 signatures. "Since switching to a full-time body in the 1960s, the Legislature has steadily deteriorated, infiltrated by professional politicians, beholden to special interests, and has sunk to a 'whatever it takes'...