From The San Fran Chronicle: California voters approved Governor Jerry Brown’s sales- and income-tax increases, handing the Democrat his biggest victory since he was elected two years ago and averting $5.5 billion of cuts to public schools.
Proposition 30 won by 54 percent to 46 percent, with 100 percent of precincts reporting, the Associated Press said.
Brown’s
successful referendum contrasts with the 1978 passage of tax limits
known as Proposition 13, which he opposed in his previous term as
governor. The measure capped local property taxes, led to cuts that
reduced per-student school spending to 29th nationally from seventh, and
pushed the state into budget gridlock. Without the ability to boost
local levies, three municipalities -- Stockton, San Bernardino and
Mammoth Lakes -- have filed for bankruptcy protection since June. http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloomberg/article/California-Votes-to-Raise-Taxes-for-Schools-in-4016785.php
If California thinks they are going to collect even a tiny fraction of the $5 billion, they are smoking both pot and crack. The rich are going to find a way to bring their residences and/or businesses to Nevada and other surrounding states to avoid paying the tax. Of course, we would welcome them, especially any businesses they bring along.
As far as the porn condoms are concerned, from Fox News: Los Angeles County voters chose safety Tuesday night when they
approved a requirement that all porn actors wear condoms -- a move that
adult film workers complain will put a massive dent into a booming
industry.With 100 percent of the county's precincts reporting, "Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act'' -- or Measure B -- passed 56 percent to 44 percent.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which sponsored the initiative, said the measure will help safeguard public health as well as porn workers' health.
"This is a major referendum on the subject of safer sex," AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein reportedly said in a statement.
Opponents, largely members of the porn film industry, which is based in Los Angeles, claim the business polices itself and no one has contracted HIV on a film set in the United States since 2004.
The industry says performers are already required to undergo monthly HIV tests.
Film producers also say the measure could prompt the $1 billion industry to leave Los Angeles, taking thousands of jobs with it.
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