(From the AP) The decisions California voters are likely to face this fall came into sharper focus Wednesday as Gov. Jerry Brown, legislative leaders and a coalition with which he had been at odds announced a deal for a proposed ballot measure to temporarily raise the state’s sales and income taxes.
The budding compromise is a fallout from California’s ongoing budget deficits and a result of the governor’s failure last year to get Republican support in the Legislature for an extension of tax hikes that have since expired.
If passed by voters in November, the tax hikes would raise anywhere from $7.1 billion to $9 billion a year at their height, according to the state Department of Finance.
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