The car tax was set to increase threefold and Arnold passed a bill preventing that from happening. Please refrain from lying.
Arnold is passing a spending cap that prevents spending above revenues and requires 55% to override.
Arnold proposed cuts in the rate of spending. "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger presented his first budget on Friday, a $76 billion spending plan for the state of California that includes significant cuts in health care, public education and payments to local governments."
One day, I hope, you will stop emulating Clinton.
The VFL was established in 1935. In 1948 the rate was set at 2% of assessed valuation and has not changed. In 1998 Governor Pete Wilson began a program to subsidize payment of those taxes. Today any vehicle owner still pays the full 2% rate. One third of the tax due is paid directly to DMV during license renewal and the other two thirds are paid by the owner as part of his payment of sales and income taxes.
California's governors don't pass legislation. They sign it into law. While the Governor of California does have some constitutionally limited authority under the executive order to affect state spending it is temporary to his term in office. Neither the governor nor the legislature has "passed" or is in the process of "passing" any legislation which puts a statutory cap on the budget.
While Schwarzenegger has publicly professed a desire to reduce spending, the proposed budget he submitted today offers a very small increase in state spending over our current budget. The spending plan he proposed today is $99.144B, not $76B.
One more time I welcome you to the California topic but your lack of understanding of the issues is beginning to get stale and a bit irritating. In addition there is every indication that little effort is being made to understand these issues or worse yet, the pattern of Republican Party disruptor is emerging.