California voters apparently don’t want to make it more difficult to raise taxes, but they also aren’t inclined to make it any easier. That’s one of the key findings of a poll rel…
California voters apparently don’t want to make it more difficult to raise taxes, but they also aren’t inclined to make it any easier.released last week by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California.
The measure would require a two-thirds majority for local taxes, along with many fees that now can be approved without a public vote. Many local tax increases for a specific purpose proposed by local governments currently require two-thirds voter approval. General tax increases proposed by government are passed with a simple majority.
Voters surveyed by PPIC appear cool to the proposal, with 53 percent opposed and 45 percent in support. In the race for U.S. Senate, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, holds a commanding lead over Republican former Los Angeles and San Diego baseball star Steve Garvey, 62 percent to 37 percent. That’s almost identical to voter preferences in an April PPIC poll.
Meanwhile, 42 percent of California adults said that the state’s budget situation is a “big problem,” while 54 percent approve of the governor’sreleased last month to address a gaping deficit. However, residents surveyed had more mixed reviews for specific proposals of spending cuts and use of the rainy-day fund reserve.
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