From this:

The man who helped launch the recall drive that made Arnold Schwarzenegger governor of California began a campaign on Wednesday to send the state's legislators home for most of the year.

Conservative populist Ted Costa said he was introducing an initiative to make California's Democratic-dominated year-round Legislature a part-time body working just 90 days a year...

UPDATE: I was so excited I forgot the read the fine print:

But strictly speaking, Costa's proposal wouldn't create a part-time Legislature so much as it would limit the time they could spend in Sacramento. If the 90 days didn't include weekends, lawmakers would still be meeting 18 weeks per year, or about four and a half months. The rest of the time, they would be in their districts or holding interim committee hearings (which might also carry a per-diem reimbursement stipend).

For that reason, and especially if the pay were not cut substantially, I doubt the change would have much effect — good or ill -- on the people who run and serve and the product of the body. They would still, as they do now, vote out most of the legislation in the final weeks of the session. They'd just have less time to fuss around with it before getting to that point.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Ted Costa says he's going to change the language to make it 90 days every 2 years:

Now Costa says that the initiative will limit their sessions to 90 days every two years. That's a true, part-time Legislature that would fundamentally change the culture in the Capitol, which would probably lead to a pay cut and a different breed of politician running for these offices. Costa says he plans to file the change Friday with the attorney general's office. Stay tuned.

I can't wait. The attempts by the Democrats to fight this should be funny.