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California Ballot Fight Pits Lance Armstrong Against Big Tobacco

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 05.24.2012

SAN FRANCISCO -- Cycling icon Lance Armstrong has, at various points in his life, played the parts of both David and Goliath. In his most recent fight...

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The Golden State Gone Broke

Anthony Gregory | Posted 05.18.2012

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Jerry Brown recognizes that something must give, and that cutting spending is unavoidable. This is, in some ways, marks an improvement over his fiscally reckless predecessor.

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Mayor's Proposed SF Tax Change Pits Silicon Valley Against Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 04.30.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee has made no secret about the growth of San Francisco's booming technology sector being his administration'...

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Jerry Brown Cuts A Compromise

Carly Schwartz | Posted 03.19.2012

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If there's one thing Governor Jerry Brown has learned during his five decades in the business, it's how to make a deal. The old-school politician h...

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Is High-Speed Rail Losing Supporters?

| Posted 05.08.2012

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This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch. By Will Evans With most Californians worried about the state budget and opposed to trigge...

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Republicans Lose Big on Redistricting Gamble, Brown Moves Forward

William Bradley | Posted 03.31.2012

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The California Republican Party put most of its remaining marbles on a desperate bid to derail the Citizens Redistricting Commission. That effort ended in abject failure on Friday.

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The Wall Street Journal Missed the Forest for the Trees on the Millionaires Tax of 2012

Rick Jacobs | Posted 03.10.2012

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I hope Mr. Arends will step back and look at what the Millionaires Tax of 2012 is all about, not just try to defend a tax code that helps the uber rich while punishing the very middle class he says he advises.

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'If Taxes Don't Pass, There Will Be A Hole That Will Trigger Further Cuts'

AP | Posted 02.08.2012

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By JUDY LIN, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday warned of additional automatic cuts if voters reject his tax ...

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Anti-Tax Groups Fight Back Against Jerry Brown's Proposal

AP | Posted 02.05.2012

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By JUDY LIN, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Just a day after California Gov. Jerry Brown released his tax initiative proposal, anti-t...

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Will You Approve Jerry's Tax Plan?

AP | By JUDY LIN | Posted 02.04.2012

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Jerry Brown says he is filing a ballot initiative to ask California voters to increase taxes on themselves to generate more...

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Where Does Gov. Jerry Brown Stand On Occupy Wall Street?

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 12.02.2011

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In mid-November, a group of demonstrators aligned with the Occupy movement held a rally outside a Sacramento loft building in an attempt to capture th...

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Jerry Brown Wants To Tax The One Percent

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 01.31.2012

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Facing another budget deficit and the prospect of deep cuts to education, Gov. Jerry Brown plans to file a ballot initiativ...

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Brown Seeks To End 'Toxic' Tax Breaks

AP | Posted 11.06.2011

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By ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) -- California Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday that he was optimistic that lawmakers will agree this...

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Amazon Wants Voters To Decide On California Tax Law

AP | RACHEL METZ | Posted 09.10.2011

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SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com Inc. wants California voters to decide whether to overturn a new law that forces online retailers to collect sales ta...

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Group Funded By Philip Morris Protests Cigarette Tax Measure

| Christina Jewett | Posted 07.18.2011

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Story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Christina Jewett Supporters of a proposed $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes argue lives and billions of...

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Jerry Brown Not Giving Up On Tax Hikes To Balance Budget

latimes.com | Shane Goldmacher, Los Angeles Times | Posted 07.16.2011

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Reporting from Sacramento-- Gov. Jerry Brown, facing mounting pressure to walk away from his stalled budget plan, is refusing to yield and will seek t...

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California Budget: Tax First, Vote Later?

Los Angeles Times | Posted 06.12.2011

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Assembly Speaker John A. Perez signaled a shifting strategy for Democrats in the state budget stalemate Tuesday, dismissing talk of a spending plan ba...

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Poll Finds Voters Support Extending California Taxes For Schools

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A majority of California voters agree with Gov. Jerry Brown's approach to closing the state's $25.4 billion budget deficit over...

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Tax Cuts From '70s Confront Brown Again In California

nytimes.com | ADAM NAGOURNEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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The last time Jerry Brown was governor of California, voters passed Proposition 13, drastically slashing local property taxes and constraining lawmake...

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Despite Tea Party Rhetoric, Many Cities Are Embracing Tax Hikes

AP | ROBIN HINDERY | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Forget all the talk about voters being fed up with high taxes: In hundreds of cities and counties across the country, they are ...

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Details Emerge On No-Tax California Budget Pact

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a record-long impasse, California legislators are set to vote this week on a no-new-taxes budget that relies on a com...

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Brown v. Democracy

George Lakoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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California Attorney General Jerry Brown ought not to be acting against the overwhelming yearning for democracy on the part of voters across the political spectrum, as well as their deep desire to end the state's budget crisis.

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California Democrats Propose New Taxes In Response To Proposed Cuts

AP | JUDY LIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Democrats in the state Senate on Monday countered Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed budget cuts with a plan to raise ta...

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Schwarzenegger: Let Me 'Live In Denial'

AP | JULIET WILLIAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger acknowledges that more pain lies ahead for California as it confronts another massive budget def...

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Dionne Warwick, Sinbad Make List Of California Tax Evaders

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California's budget deficit would shrink by nearly $5 million if singer Dionne Warwick and comedian Sinbad Adkins would pay...

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