Jerry Brown, long out of office but still working against the citizens of California.
Posted on 02/17/2024 4:53:22 PM PST by Rummyfan
California’s Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act requires voter approval for all new taxes passed by the legislature and two-thirds voter approval for all new special tax increases. The Act also demands clear definitions of what is a tax or a fee, along with truthful descriptions of new tax proposals. Before any tax or fee is enacted, politicians must clearly outline how the revenues would be spent, and so on. The measure has qualified for the November 5 ballot but Gov. Gavin Newsom and former governor Jerry Brown want the state supreme court to take the Act off the ballot.
Gov. Newsom contends that measure would “effectively block the state’s ability to quickly respond to major challenges.” Brown’s amicus brief argues that the measure is a constitutional revision, rather than an amendment, basically a distinction without a difference. Surprisingly, the former governor mentions the 1978 Proposition 13, the People’s Initiative to Limit Property Taxation, which limited property tax increases and required a two-thirds vote of the legislature to increase non-property taxes. As Brown’s brief contends:
Proposition 13, the court concluded back in 1978, perhaps with undue optimism, “was both modest and does not change our basic governmental plan.” The same cannot be said of the Measure, which turns our basic governmental plan inside out.
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Jerry Brown, long out of office but still working against the citizens of California.
I guess “If it’s brown, flush it down” meant something else.
Incredible. The Dems say “We can’t get our way, so we’ll have our Supreme Court take it off the ballot.”
Whoever would have dreamed we would come to this? This is more serious than the Intolerable Acts that cause some unpleasantness a while back.
I saw the title and immediately thought Biden lost his diaper....
Democracy: Anything that helps the DemonicRats. Everything else must be banned or removed from the ballot.
bttt
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