Heading into a meeting with local government officials Tuesday morning, Brown said implementation of the property-tax limits that Californians hold dear has contributed to the state's financial mess. The new governor said his budget proposal next week would include plans to return to cities and counties many government functions that Sacramento took over after Proposition 13 passed.
The measure "started the centralization of power," Brown told reporters before entering the closed-door meeting. Afterward, he expanded on that idea, saying Proposition 13 "took away the power of counties to tax, for the most part; it sent the decisions up to Sacramento. So we want to redistribute all that."
In an interview Tuesday, Brown said he did not support an increase in property taxes. But he said that much of the fallout from the measure should be undone and that he planned to propose a "complex reordering" of government that would address some of the problems the measure created.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Jerry Brown looking at ways to get around Prop 13.
You idiots in California voted in a tax and spend liberal, so get ready to pay more.
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In other news, Crackhead Mike said his employers policy of only giving 3-5% raises annually is responsible for his financial mess. The cocaine-aficionado said his new budget will include moving under a bridge.
ReplyDeleteCrackhead Mike did not discuss reducing his cocaine habit.