Individual counties could vote to raise vehicle fees under a bill that earned Senate approval today. "This gives counties a tool they currently don't have in a time of crisis," said bill author Mark Leno, D-San Francisco. In 2003, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped the rate of what essentially is an annual tax on a vehicle's present value. The rate change from 2 percent to 0.65 percent took away a chunk of revenues counties relied on to pay for public safety and social services. A temporary increase to 1.15 percent went into effect in May 2009 and expires at the end...