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If you listen to the union-financed advertising campaigns, you would think that corporate interests control California’s capital and are bulldozing the interests of “working-class” taxpayers to promote conservative causes. In the minds of union activists, billionaires are conspiring to turn deep-blue California into a red zone.
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California voters approved Proposition 13 to rein in property taxes that had doubled in 10 years. More than three decades later, that rebellion has mortgaged the state’s future, saddling it with the nation’s highest debt and lowest credit rating.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger swore after his first month as California governor that he’d rip up the state’s credit cards. Instead, the Republican former action- movie hero pushed through at least $52 billion of borrowing.
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California Governor Jerry Brown reached agreement with the state’s second-largest teachers’ union leaving only one rival plan to his proposed ballot measure for higher taxes.
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Californians, including a majority of Republicans, favor Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal to raise taxes to help close a $9.2 billion deficit, a new poll shows.
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Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proposed dismantling California’s Proposition 13, which helped begin a nationwide anti-tax movement, in favor of a “grand bargain” that would boost levies on business property.
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California Governor Jerry Brown’s plan to erase the largest state deficit in the U.S. may not be what he had in mind when he returned to office 16 months ago.
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California lawmakers must forfeit their pay for failing to send a balanced budget to Governor Jerry Brown, the controller said.
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California’s Legislature passed a Democrat-written budget that papers over a $10 billion deficit without extending higher taxes blocked by Republicans, as lawmakers beat a midnight deadline to pass a plan or lose pay.
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California Governor Jerry Brown has drafted a plan to pass a budget through the Legislature that sidesteps Republicans who blocked a previous effort, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.
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