True but it will help. California’s answer to their deficit was always “somebody besides us needs to pay this”. The Democrats are firmly in charge of California and they won’t even pass a tax increase because they can’t figure out a way to blame Republicans for it
No it won’t. The revenues from these measures will be less than expected, and the economy’s going to slow anyway, causing lower revenues overall. Plus Sacramento will spend more. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a huge earthquake hit us too, adding billions more in spending to recover.