Even without any kind of context, this is an awesome photo. Assemblyman Warren Furutani being restrained on the California State Assembly floor? Badass. Seriously, he looks like he wants to kick somebody's ass. And indeed, there was reportedly some kind of skirmish that went down yesterday: Skirmish breaks out on Assembly floor during budget debate.
It apparently started when Assemblyman Don Wagner of Irvine likened a portion of the Democrats' budget plan, a plan to eliminate redevelopment agencies, to a "Tony Soprano" insurance scheme -- a remark that did not go over well with Assemblyman Anthony Portantino, who happens to be Italian American. Here's video of the exchange (at the 2:45 mark):
