Perhaps the most enduring political debate in California — right up there with water — is whether the state’s periodic plunges into economic recession are caused by circumstances beyond its control or a self- inflicted malady. The business community picked up on that phrase and in recent years has been issuing an annual list of “job killers” – bills sponsored by environmental, consumer, labor and legal groups they say are needed but critics say exacerbate California’s economic woes. The California Chamber of Commerce issued its most recent “job killer” list just days before the Milken report appeared. Read More. (Dan Walters in The Sacramento Bee 06/28/09)