GOOD news! CA Senate President Darrell Steinberg recently announced he is tabling, until next year, his efforts to push SB x1 23 (formerly SB 653), an insane bill to expand the types of taxes CA cities, counties and local school districts can levy – including local income taxes.
Sadly, the proposal isn’t completely dead.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/07/local-tax-measure-shelved.html
Part of me hopes this certified legislative idiot and his cabal bring it back for the ballot in 2012. I’m confident we can kill it big-time.
Such a nutty idea (doubtless backed by the usual suspects) would further damage the credibility of the Democratic Party.
If that’s possible.