If Sac Bee is accurate, then why Dems need GOP to pass law putting the issue up for referendum. They have the votes to do it, why need GOP political cover???
Even here in la la land, despite having a majority of voters registered as Dems, it is risky to raise taxes. The Dems MUST have political cover if they want to raise taxes. It takes the heat away from them when they can claim bipartisanship. Remember, to the Dems, the people are not important, but elections ARE.
The ballot measure needs approval by two-thirds. They need two Republican votes in each house.
Hopefully, they will not get them and will have to deal with pension reform versus continuing a tax increase - the continuation (started in 2009): voters would be asked to retain a 0.25 percentage-point increase in personal income-tax rates; a 1 percentage-point boost in the retail-sales tax rate, to 8.25 percent; an increase in the rate for auto-registration fees of 0.5 percentage point, to 1.15 percent of a vehicle’s value; and a reduction of the state’s child tax credit to $99 from $309.