Combined measure raises hope for a progressive victory<\/i><\/p>\n
by Brian Leubitz<\/p>\n
Governor Brown for a long time has known, and publicly stated, that he wanted to eliminate the other competing revenue measures. When he wasn’t able to do it by sheer publicity, apparently he found it necessary to strike a deal:<\/p>\n
After weeks of battling in public and negotiating behind the scenes, Gov. Jerry Brown and the California Federation of Teachers have reached a tentative compromise on a November tax initiative, sources close to the deal said.<\/p>\n
As currently structured, the deal would result in a smaller sales tax hike and larger tax increase on the wealthy than the Democratic governor wanted. CFT had been circulating an initiative with no sales tax hike and a two-step increase on earners starting at $1 million.(SacBee<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Now, Molly Munger still has her revenue measure that would raise taxes on pretty much everybody. And considering she just dropped another $300K into the account, it doesn’t seem like she has any interest in backing away now. It certainly doesn’t seem like she’s posturing, but considering where her measure is polling, it is a long shot at best.<\/p>\n
CFT and the Courage Campaign worked quite hard on this more progressive Millionaire’s tax, and they both deserve a lot of credit for pushing the Governor on this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Combined measure raises hope for a progressive victory<\/i><\/p>\n
by Brian Leubitz<\/p>\n
Governor Brown for a long time has known, and publicly stated, that he wanted to eliminate the other competing revenue measures. When he wasn’t able to do it by sheer publicity, apparently he found it necessary to strike a deal:<\/p>\n
After weeks of battling in public and negotiating behind the scenes, Gov. Jerry Brown and the California Federation of Teachers have reached a tentative compromise on a November tax initiative, sources close to the deal said.<\/p>\n