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California Democrats Move Closer to Tax-Increase Majority in Redistricting
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| Last Edited | Jason Aug 09, 2011 02:20am |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 9, 2011 08:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Democrats in California may move closer to the two-thirds legislative majority required for tax increases, unfettered by the need for Republican agreement, under proposed new political districts.
The boundaries were drawn for the first time by the California Citizens Redistricting Commission, 14 political outsiders, taking work previously done by lawmakers. The maps won preliminary approval July 29; a final vote is Aug. 15.
Democrats in the most populous U.S. state are short of two- thirds control in the Assembly and state Senate by two votes in each chamber. The margin was enough for Republicans to block tax and fee extensions sought by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown, depriving the state of more than $9 billion in revenue and forcing cuts to universities and other programs.
“There are certainly more competitive districts at play under the new map,” said Douglas M. Johnson, a redistricting specialist at the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. “It doesn’t look like the Democrats will be assured a two-thirds majority in the Assembly in particular; it does look like they will have two-thirds in the Senate.” |
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