Below is how the local votes went yesterday on the concurrent passage (California Assembly and Senate) of changes to Managed Care Organizations (MCOs), which some argue is a tax hike, others claim is tax neutral.
Tax hike or not, the bill required 2/3 of the votes for passage in both houses — which is required to increase taxes in the legislature.
Steven Greenhut provided a primer on the semantics behind the bill the other day, worth a read.
If legislation is so complex that the average person or even the average legislator can’t explain if it’s a tax increase or not… well, forget it.
Our local votes:
Ayes
Assembly
Toni Atkins (D)
Lorena Gonzalez (D)
Brian Jones (R)
Brian Maienschein (R)
Marie Waldron (R)
Shirley Weber (D)
Senate
Marty Block (D)
Ben Hueso (D)
Noes
Asm. Rocky Chavez (R)
Sen. Joel Anderson (R)
Sen. Pat Bates (R)