California taxpayers have already been brutalized with big hikes in income, car and sales taxes in the budget deal approved last month. Now, even before these increases kick in on April 1, along comes word that the budget is still $8 billion in the red over the next 16 months – and a whole new round of economy-killing tax hikes is in the works. A San Francisco Chronicle report detailed pending bills to raise taxes yet again on income, cigarettes, alcohol, oil production and more. One bill would even allow cities and counties to assess their own income taxes and...