Well, Jerry Brown’s original plan to let the people vote on tax extensions has apparently been scuttled by the Republican minority, and the Governor is going back to the drawing board. It is not pretty:<\/p>\n
Gov. Jerry Brown told Democratic lawmakers Tuesday that he was preparing an alternative to his budget proposal and would present it to Democratic leaders as early as Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Brown’s statements were confirmed by multiple lawmakers who attended closed-door meetings with the governor and his senior aides Tuesday. Brown spokesman Gil Duran said the administration had no immediate comment.<\/p>\n
Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, described Brown as “fairly circumspect” about this alternative proposal, which is expected to include deeper cuts to state programs in place of the higher vehicle, sales and income taxes Brown originally proposed. (LA Times<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The breadth and depth of these cuts is still unclear. Also unclear is whether there will be private attempts to get some sort of revenue into the system. Of course, the legislature and Governor would have to call a special election to get anything done before next year’s primaries, but that only requires a majority vote.<\/p>\n
I’m not sure how we manage this exactly. Perhaps the cuts will be of such a public and visible nature that we can win a revenue measure next year? At any rate, it is hard to argue in any way that a cuts only budget is in any way a good solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Well, Jerry Brown’s original plan to let the people vote on tax extensions has apparently been scuttled by the Republican minority, and the Governor is going back to the drawing board. It is not pretty:<\/p>\n
Gov. Jerry Brown told Democratic lawmakers Tuesday that he was preparing an alternative to his budget proposal and would present it to Democratic leaders as early as Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Brown’s statements were confirmed by multiple lawmakers who attended closed-door meetings with the governor and his senior aides Tuesday. Brown spokesman Gil Duran said the administration had no immediate comment.<\/p>\n