Governor Jerry Brown is imposing a hiring freeze on all state agencies. It's basically like the one Arnold imposed last year, but this time they're also prohibiting departmental transfers, meaning I can't transfer to a different Caltrans office. So basically, I'm stuck in Fresno & Merced for the foreseeable future, or at least until Gov Brown figures out how to overcome the budget deficit, which probably won't be any time soon. Freakin A, man........