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A $1 Billion Rose By Any Other Name

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 | Enterprise Zones, Tax News

 

As reported today by Californians for Jobs and Safe Communities, Assemblyman Cameron Smyth has called the Governor’s proposal to eliminate the Enterprise Zones exactly what it is – a $1b tax increase.   While the Governor has been trying to claim the high road, he’s skirting the real issues, i.e. that he is raising taxes on businesses and not taking it to the voters.

At the February 7, Assembly hearing, someone asked the LAO representatives why the Governor refuses to take his $1 billion tax increase to the voters.  The response was that because the tax increase doesn’t affect all the voters and it therefore doesn’t need to go to the voters.  Without commenting on the wisdom (or legality) of that response, I suggest that the reason why Brown doesn’t want voters to decide on whether the EZ program continues is because of what Max Shenker reported about the public’s opinion on EZs:

Asked if they favored or opposed continuation of this program, 66 percent of survey respondents indicated they favored continuation while only 26 percent opposed, with the remaining eight percent saying “don’t know” or “not sure.” A look at the demographics shows broad support that runs across gender, party and ideology lines, and irrespective of geography and ethnicity.

With less support in the public, perhaps Brown felt he had a better chance by letting the unions try to convince legislators to eliminate the EZ.  So far, his plan is not working with many legislators publicly lining up behind the program.  Brown needs a two third majority to prevail, which from what I’ve heard at the Capital, he isn’t anywhere near.

Assemblyman Juan Arambula re-registers as an independent

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 | Tax News

California assemblyman Juan Arambula split with the democratic party [some language from article about his history as being moderate]. Assemblyman Arambula has authored legislation dictating strict reporting requirements for California’s Enterprise Zone. His legislation was widely seen as positive in that it required the Enterprise Zone to keep better record so the tremendous benefits of the Enterprise Zone tax credit program can be more fully understood and documented. This will go a long way to quieting detractors of the enterprise zones when the benefits will be fully reported.

 
 
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