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Dan Walters: Our cities
can be governance leaders, but only with strong mayors
Sacramento Bee (10/14)
Peter Schrag: Something
for nothing: California's wily tempters
Sacramento Bee (09/20)
State's fiscal crisis likely
to hurt cities Lawmakers also fear schools, counties, and public safety
could be targets of cuts
Oakland Tribune (09/17)
The Legislature has a choice:
Let the sun shine or sanction secrecy
Sacramento Bee (08/25)
Prop. 51 gives voters budget
role
The Press-Democrat (08/18)
Tax sharing plan is DOA
Los Angeles Daily News (08/16)
Tax sharing plan gutted
Sacramento Bee (08/09)
Our Banana Republics
Washington Post (07/30)
States in Fiscal Crisis
Washington Post (06/03)
Plan Melds Schools, Neighborhoods
Fresno Bee (05/06)
Starting to Think Outside
the Big Box
Los Angeles Times Francisco (04/29)
Dueling for dollars
San Francisco Chronicle (04/16)
Initiative eyes major cuts
in property tax
San Diego Union-Tribune (04/02)
Radical tax plan to combat
sprawl
San Francisco Chronicle (03/04)
They Give, but They Also
Take: Voters Muddle States' Finances
The New York Times (03/04)
Dan Walters: The fight for
tax dollars gets more fierce as they grow more scarce
Sacramento Bee (02/04)
Dan Walters: Steinberg's
tax-sharing bill a power play that undercuts regionalism
Sacramento Bee (01/22)
Peter Schrag: AB 680: Can
we drain California's tax swamp?
Sacramento Bee (01/22)
A new enemy of tax sharing
Sacramento Bee (01/04)
Steinberg presses sales
tax sharing
Sacramento Bee (12/03)
Dan Walters: 23 years later,
Prop. 13 still altering California's political landscape
Sacramento Bee (11/14)
Senator takes aim at untaxed
Internet sales
San Francisco Chronicle (11/14)
O.C. Broke Prop. 13 Provisions,
Judge Rules
Los Angeles Times (11/13)
Cityhood May Hold Surprises
for Goleta
Los Angeles Times (11/12)
Counties, Cities Seek to
Bar State Budge Raids
Los Angeles Times (10/29)
Cities, county fret car
revenue
Press-Enterprise (10/29)
L.A.'s New Money Woes
(10/25)
States Need Jump-Start
Washington Post (10/22)
Aftershock In State Coffers
Washington Post (09/26)
Why a Big Tax Loophole for
Internet Firms
Neil Pierce (08/20)
Nation's Governers Seek Internet
Tax
Yahoo News (08/06)
Cities may endorse state lobbying
plan
Los Angeles Daily News (06/25)
City May Convert Parkland
Los Angeles Daily News (06/09)
State Budget Writers Enter
Pay Dispute
Los Angeles Times (06/01)
Cities Fear State Cuts in
Funds
Los Angeles Times (05/19)
Bush Favors Extending Ban
on New Internet Taxes
Reuters (05/08)
Growth At The Ballot Box:
Brookings Report Released
Brookings Institution (04/30)
McCain: Compromise Possible
In Internet Tax Debate Washington Technology (04/12)
Winning by sharing: Steinberg
sales tax plan benefits region Sacramento Bee (04/09)
A push for regional unity:
Legislation seeks to end competition for sales tax funds via development
Capitol Alert (04/05)
League of Calif. Cities Continues
Push For State/Local Fiscal Reform The Planning Report
(04/02)
Dare To Share: A Review of
Tax-Revenue Sharing in the United States Sierra Club
(03/29)
Lost in the Balance: How State
Policies Affect the Fiscal Health of Cities Brookings
Institution (03/19)
Initiative reform suggestions
due in spring Capit0l Alert (02/09)
Cities begin legal challenge
over arbitration they and allies craft funding measure Capitol
Alert (02/06)
Daniel Weintraub: Governor's
new ritual -- tinker with the sales tax Sacramento
Bee, Capitol Alert (12/31)
Daniel Weintraub: Property-tax
reform and the politics of revenge Sacramento Bee,
Capitol Alert (12/04)
Plan would shift more
property tax income to local governments San Diego Union-Tribune
(08/25)
Legislature Set to OK
Return Of Property Taxes to Cities San Francisco Chronicle
(08/25)
Local Government Database
on California Cities and Counties Running
(08/11)
Robert Hertzberg: Shaping
up a disorderly house Sacramento
Bee Capitol Alert (08/09)
Something Is Missing
in This Red Line Picture Los
Angeles Times Commentary (07/10)
No 'Good Times' for Cities
Los Angeles Times Editorial (07/09)
StateNet: Local
Governments Cling to One Last Hope The StateNet Capitol
Journal (6/19)
Counties cry foul
on road funding: Yolo, Placer could end up with nothing Sacramento
Bee (6/15)
Deal on gas sales tax means
state budget will likely pass Los Angeles Times (6/15)
Policy-making's upward shift
Sacramento Bee (6/15)
Updated: Video: History and Accomplishments
of the Speaker's Commision (06/01)
The two Californias, dumb
growth and ad-hoc policies Sacramento Bee (5/17)
LAO Report: Overview of the
2000-01 May Revision Legislative Analyst's Office (5/17)
The two Californias, dumb growth
and ad-hoc policies Sacramento Bee (5/17)
Updated: Video: History and Accomplishments
of the Speaker's Commision (04/07)
Ruling Said to Validate Tax Systems
Wall Street Journal(03/29)
February 23 Meeting Minutes available
(03/24)
Commission Recommendations
from February 23rd Meeting (03/10)
Legislatures May Alter Prop. 13
Los Angeles Times (02/23)
State Taxing Options Studied
Long Beach Press (02/04)
Peter Schrag: Is California
Ready to Talk Tax Reform Bee Editorials(01/28)
January 5 Meeting Minutes available
(01/28)
Dan
Walters: It May Be Time for Tax Reform
Capitol Alert (01/24)
How
Long Will E-Commerce Be a Sacred Cow?
Los Angeles Times (01/20)
Summary of Commission Actions
(01/19)
February 2, 2000 Meeting in
Sacramento (01/19)
December 7 Meeting Minutes available
(12/31)
January 5, 2000 Meeting in
Sacramento (12/31)
Fairness of private funds for public
services at issue Bee Los Angeles Bureau (12/20)
Inside Politics: Can Prop. 13 be
toppled? Electorate to get final sayUnion-Tribune (12/20)
Dan Walters: Taxable Sales in Long
Slide Capitol Alert (12/17)
E-Commerce Tax Plan Assailed
Washington Post (12/13)
Updated Policy Options
Agenda for December 7 Meeting in San Francisco (12/03)
Vehicle fee reductions swallow up
budget surplus Captiol Alert (12/03)
De-Mississippifying California
-- Teachers union challenge by Peter Schrag (12/03)
Analyst says growing
surplus guarantees more cuts in vehicle license fees by Doug
Willis (11/22)
Lets Give
Real Power to the People LA
Times (11/22)
December 7 Meeting in San Francisco
(11/22)
November 29 Meeting in
Burbank Policy Options Agenda (10/13)
November 29 Meeting in Burbank
(11/22)
Sales Tax
Lust: Chasing Retailers Doesn't Help the Economy
Sacramento Bee (11/15)
October 27 Meeting Minutes available
(11/15)
Property
Tax Fairness Among Local Governments Means Consolidating Local Governance
Cal-Tax Digest (11/99)
Taxes: A State of Confusion
LA Times (10/27)
Proposition 13 Hot Reform Topic,
Lawmakers Debate Government Funding
By Jim Sams (10/29)
October 27 Meeting in Sacramento
(10/13)
September 22 Meeting Minutes available
(10/7)
By Paul Shigley (7/14)
The Sacramento Bee (7/13)
Study: Online New-Car Shopping Surges - Reuters (7/12)
Problems Loom for Sales Tax
- By Dan Walters The Sacramento Bee (7/9)
Angelides - 'Smart Investments' and Smart Politics -By Peter Schrag The Sacramento Bee (7/8)
LAO's "Shifting Gears: Rethinking Property Tax Shift Relief"-League of California Cities (7/8)
Finance Commission Re-Examining Prop.13 - Capital Journal (7/7)
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