No matter how he might feel privately, Gov. Jerry Brown needs to embrace Molly Munger and her tax plan if he hopes to get his own tax increases approved by the voters come November. Yes, Munger's plan for raising income... full story ![]()
Gov. Jerry Brown wants to use Prop. 30 tax revenues to help poorer students. It's a laudable goal but shouldn't come at the expense of more prosperous school districts.SACRAMENTO — A revenue redistribution scheme probably was not what Californians had in mind when they passed Gov. Jerry Brown's tax increase to salvage public schools.
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Despite relatively robust income tax returns and a projection that the state will finish April billions of dollars ahead of estimates, Gov. Jerry Brown today dismissed a reporter's suggestion he…Click to Continue »
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A couple of years into Jerry Brown's first governorship Dow Chemical Co. abandoned plans to build a $500 million petrochemical plant, citing regulatory red tape.Click to Continue »
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Gov. Jerry Brown, dismissive of a surge in state tax revenue that stirred optimism at the Capitol, moved Tuesday to blunt appeals for increased spending, downgrading his budget proposal from…Click to Continue »
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Despite income tax revenue running about $4.5 billion ahead of expectations through April, Gov. Jerry Brown will include relatively low revenue figures in the revised budget he releases this morning,Click to Continue »
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In his revised budget, Gov. Brown proposes that 40 enterprise zones be replaced by a sales tax credit for firms that buy manufacturing or biotech R&D equipment.SACRAMENTO - Gov. Jerry Brown is taking another stab at largely eliminating a state $700-million tax break for "enterprise zones" aimed at creating jobs in economically strapped localities.
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Gov. Jerry Brown has renewed his push to eliminate the $700 million to $750 million a year business tax break known as enterprise zones, this time with the goal of…Click to Continue »
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Democrats who control the Legislature have proposed about 20 tax and fee measures affecting such things as soda, cigarettes, plastic bags and bullets.SACRAMENTO - Releasing his latest budget plan this week, Gov. Jerry Brown repeated his assurance that the tax hikes voters agreed to last fall were enough, that he won't ask them to dig deeper into their pockets any time soon.
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The talks could test the governor's ability to continue limiting spending as the state digs out of a long-term budget crisis.SACRAMENTO — When Gov. Jerry Brown needed help pushing his tax plan last year, public-worker unions rallied to his side with millions of dollars and thousands of campaign foot soldiers.
latimes.com (3 months and 5 days ago)
Ever since Gov. Jerry Brown failed in budget talks two years ago to soften Republican lawmakers' resistance to higher taxes - a shortcoming Brown overcame with a ballot initiative in…Click to Continue »
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