10:45 pm: The Assembly has called it a night, after a more than four hour delay, which followed the failed vote for the Democratic budget proposal.

And in true Capitol fashion, even that vote was surprising, as all Democrats removed their votes from the bills once the quorum call was lifted this evening. Which means we end the day where we began it.

[11:30 am Wednesday: My brief coverage of yesterday's saga can be heard below in this morning's edition of The California Report (it's the first story).]

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