[unique]

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.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Sales tax in Orange County is 8 3/4% right now. It's over 9% in LA County. I assume the figure you posted did not include special tax districts and the like that are added on to the basic rate and are part of what you pay at the register.

[newzjunkey]

The ballot measure needs approval by two-thirds. They need two Republican votes in each house.

When this battle started, the GOP got legal opinions saying they are, in fact, not needed to put this on the ballot. Brown and the Dems reject that reading of the law because they want political cover.