ABC's KGO-TV featured David Lesher, director of New America's California Program, in a recent piece on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA).

Excerpts from the transcript appear below. For the complete article, and to watch the news clip, please visit the ABC News website.

KGO - State lawmakers got an earful today from Governor Schwarzenegger as he unveiled his plans for the new term. While new legislators are still learning their way around the capitol, the governor made it clear he thinks there should be more new members.

Governor Schwarzenegger unveiled today the first major proposal of his 2007 agenda - it's to have an independent citizen group redraw political district lines. He's unhappy that in the last three state elections, only four out of 459 congressional and legislative seats changed parties.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger: "That is evidence of a system that has become unresponsive and is stuck in a status quo. We must bring competition back to the political process."

The governor's anxiously-awaited plan to provide health coverage to California's more than 6,000,000 uninsured is still in the works though.

Just today, a think tank group called the New America Foundation held a forum on the importance of tackling the problem as soon as possible.

David Lesher, New America Foundation: "The cost of health insurance for those who are paying for it are paying for those who are uninsured -- so there's an unfairness in the costs..."