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California Proposition 30, Sales and Income TaxIncrease (2012)Proposition 30, a Sales and Income Tax Increase

Initiative, was on the November 6, 2012 ballot in

California as an initiated constitutional amendment,

where it was approved.[1]

Gov. Jerry Brown led the charge for Proposition 30,

which was a merger of two previously competing

initiatives; the "Millionaire's Tax" and Brown's First

Tax Increase Proposal.[2]

Proposition 30:

Raises Californias sales tax to 7.5% from 7.25%,

a 3.45% percentage increase over current law.

(Under the Brown Tax Hike, the sales tax would

have increased to 7.75%)[3][4]

Creates four high-income tax brackets for

taxpayers with taxable incomes exceeding

$250,000, $300,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000.

This increased tax will be in effect for 7 years.[3][5]

[6]

Imposes a 10.3% tax rate on taxable income over

$250,000 but less than $300,000--a percentage

increase of 10.6% over current policy of 9.3%. The

10.3% income tax rate is currently only paid by

taxpayers with over $1,000,000 in taxable income.[7].

Imposes an 11.3% tax rate on taxable income over

$300,000 but less than $500,000--a percentage

increase of 21.5% over current policy of 9.3%.

Imposes a 12.3% tax rate on taxable income over $500,000 up to $1,000,000--a percentage increase of

32.26% over current policy of 9.3%.

Imposes a 13.3% tax rate on taxable income over $1,000,000--a percentage increase of 29.13% over current

"millionaires tax" policy of 10.3%.

If this proposition is passed in November, 2012, the income tax will apply retroactively to all income

earned or received since the first of the year (1 January, 2012).Based on California Franchise Tax Board data for 2009 [8], the additional income tax is imposed on the top 3%

of California taxpayers.

Estimated revenue from Proposition 30 vary from Jerry Brown's $9 billion estimate to the $6.8 billion estimated by

the non-partisan Legislative Analysts Office (LAO).[9]. The difference stem for the volatility caused by capital gains

income from high-income earners, an issue in California's tax system previously identified by the Legislative

Analysts Office (LAO).[10]

See also:2012 ballot measure election results

These results are from theCalifornia Secretar of State as of December 3, 2012 at 4:58 .m. PST with

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Contents

1 Election results2 Text of measure

2.1 Title

2.2 Summary

2.3 Fiscal impact

3 Constitutional changes

4 Support

4.1 Supporters

4.2 Arguments in favor

4.3 Donors

5 Opposition

5.1 Opponents

5.2 Arguments against

5.3 Donors

6 California tax policies

7 Editorial opinion

7.1 "Yes on 30"

7.2 "No on 30"

8 Polling information

9 Path to the ballot

9.1 Uphill climb

9.2 Cost of signatures

9.3 Direct mail

10 External links

11 References

Election results

California Proposition 30

Result Votes Percentage

Yes 6,902,562 55.3%

No 5,584,785 44.7%

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100% of the state's 24,491 precincts partially reporting. This results section will be updated daily when the

final results are available and have been certified.

See also:Complete text of Proposition 30and Ballot titles, summaries and fiscal statements for

California's 2012 ballot propositions

Temporary Taxes to Fund Education. Guaranteed Local Public Safety Funding. Initiative Constitutional

Amendment.

The state's official voter guide included two summaries for each statewide ballot measure. One summary, in bullet-

point format, was in the long-form description of each measure. A shorter form of the summary was on the ballot

label in the front of the voter guide.

The long-form summary for Proposition 30 said:

The short-form (ballot label) summary for Proposition 30 said:

See also:Fiscal impact statements for California's 2012 ballot propositions

(This is a summary of Proposition 30's estimated "fiscal impact on state and local government" prepared by the

California Legislative Analyst's Office and the Director of Finance.)

Proposition 30 changed the California Constitution. It did this by adding a new Section 36 toArticle XIII of the

California Constitution.

Supporters included:

Jerry Brown

League of Women Voters of California[11]

California Democratic Party[12]

California Teachers Association (CTA)

Text of measure

Title

Summary

Increases personal income tax on annual earnings over $250,000 for seven years.

Increases sales and use tax by cent for four years.

Allocates temporary tax revenues 89% to K12 schools and 11% to community colleges.

Bars use of funds for administrative costs, but provides local school governing boards

discretion to decide, in open meetings and subject to annual audit, how funds are to be

spent.

Guarantees funding for public safety services realigned from state to local governments.

"Increases taxes on earnings over $250,000 for seven years and sales taxes by cent for four

years, to fund schools. Guarantees public safety realignment funding. Fiscal Impact: Increased

state tax revenues through 201819, averaging about $6 billion annually over the next few

years. Revenues available for funding state budget. In 201213, planned spending reductions,

primarily to education programs, would not occur."

Fiscal impact

Additional state tax revenues of about $6 billion annually from 201213 through 201617.

Smaller amounts of additional revenue would be available in 201112, 201718, and

201819.

These additional revenues would be available to fund programs in the state budget.Spending reductions of about $6 billion in 201213, mainly to education programs, would

not take effect.

Constitutional changes

Support

"Yes on Prop 30" website logo

Supporters
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The arguments against Proposition 30 in the state's official voter guide

were submitted by:

Jon Coupal. Coupal is the head of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers

Association.

Tom Bogetich. Bogetich has retired from the position of executive

director of the California State Board of Education.

Doug Boyd. Boyd is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of

Education.[15]

PACE of California School

Employees Association$1,500,495

California Beer & Beverage

Distributor's$1,094,311

California Nurses Association $1,106,417

Reed Hastings $1,000,000

United Brotherhood of

Carpenters$1,000,000

Laborers International Unionof North America

$855,056

United Domestic Workers of

America Operating Account$800,000

Laborers' Pacific Southwest

Regional Organizing Coalition$600,000

Occidental Petroleum $500,000

United Brotherhood of

Carpenters and Joiners of

America

$500,000

California Statewide Law

Enforcement Association$426,552

State Building and

Construction Trades Council

of California

$400,000

Educators and Working

Families to Restore California$360,000

California State Association

of Electrical Workers$300,000

PICO California $259,000

AERA Energy $250,000

American Beverage

Association$250,000

California Medical

Association PAC$250,000

CSLEA Issues Committee $250,000

KP Financial Services $250,000

Laborer's International Union $250,000

Northern California

Carpenter's Regional Council$250,000

SW Regional Council of

Carpenters$250,000

Opposition

"No on Prop 30" website logo

Opponents
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Joel Fox. Fox is the president of the Small Business Action

Committee.

John Kabateck. Kabateck is the executive director of the California branch of the National Federation of

Independent Business.

Kenneth Payne. Payne is the president of the Sacramento Taxpayers Association.[16]

Other opponents included:

The California Republican Party.[17]

Full list of opponents

The arguments in opposition to Proposition 30 presented in the state's official voter guide included:

There is no guarantee in the way it is written that the money would be used for schools. Thus, opponents say, it

is a "$50 billion shell game." To buttress this argument, opponents quote the California School Boards

Association, which in May 2012 said, "the Governor's initiative does not provide new funding for schools."[15]

"Nothing in Prop 30 reforms our education system to cut waste, eliminate bureaucracy or cut administrative

overhead."[15]

Instead of supporting education, the new tax money raised by Proposition 30 will really go to "backfill the

insolvent teacher's pension fund."[15]

"The Governor, politicians and special interests behind Proposition 30 threaten voters. They say 'vote for our

massive tax increase or we'll take it out on schools,' but at the same time, they refuse to reform the educationor pension systems to save money."[15]

"Politicians would rather raise taxes instead of streamlining thousands of state-funded programs...look at what

they just did: politicians authorized nearly $5 billion in California bonds for the 'bullet train to nowhere', costing

taxpayers $380 million a year. Let's use those dollars for schools! Instead, the politicians gave us a false

choice -- raise sales taxes by $1 billion per year and raise income taxes on small businesses OR cut schools."

Other arguments made against Proposition 30 included:

The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association conducted a "Don't Sign the Petition" campaign, urging people to

decline to sign the petition. On their website devoted to encouraging people not to sign the petition, they said,

"Petition gatherers may tell you their measure is to increase school funding. But simply put, Its a Tax Increase!

California is already a poorly managed state. We have a $15 billion budget deficit - a result of overspending -$500 billion in unfunded pension liabilities, a tax and regulatory climate that drives businesses away, wasteful

and ineffective use of our tax dollars and a political system unduly influenced by special interests. We do NOT

need higher taxes. Join us by telling everyone you know not to sign Jerry Brown's tax initiative."[18]

The income tax will be retroactive back to the first of the year (2012), a fundamentally unfair ploy that would not

be tolerated if it happened to you as an individual.

The dire "trigger cuts" threatened by proponents are NOT mandated if this measure does not pass. They are

NOT automatic. The legislature can choose a number of options to protect and reform education spending if

they wish. The touted "trigger cuts" are a political ploy -- nothing more.

Prop 30 funds can free up EXISTING general budget spending on education -- allowing those education funds

to then be spent on state worker pay increases, pensions -- and high speed rail to nowhere.California is already a very high tax state. We already have the 2nd highest state income tax rate, as well as

THE highest state sales tax rate. [19][20]

If Proposition 30 is approved, California will be by far #1 in income tax rates. It will be 21% higher than the 2nd

highest state (Hawaii), 34% higher than the 3rd highest state (Oregon), and FAR higher than all the rest

including seven states with zero state income tax.[21]

Proposition 30 is opposed by columnist Debra Saunders, who said, "I fear [it will] drive golden geese out of the

state. Sure, most families earning $500,000 or more aren't going to move over a lousy $5,000, but moguls who

make 20 times that and own multiple homes just might decide to migrate. And there go all their tax dollars." [22]

Some people who generally support tax increases in California said that they have problems with the specifics

of Proposition 30. An example of this was Molly Munger, who said, "You sort of hope that the Democrats arethe party that stand up for investment in children and in education. Those are two bedrock principles of the

Democratic Party. It is a little bit ironic that so many elements of the Democratic Party are, you know,

supporting an initiative that does not invest in the main engine we have for social mobility and opportunity in our

society, which is our K-12 schools."[23] Another example is columnist George Skelton, who said, "Brown wants

voters to believe that all the billions raised by his tax hike would go to K-12 schools and community colleges.

They won't. And he knows that as well as anyone."[24]

Arguments against
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Molly Mungeradditionally said, "Underour proposal, virtually all the cuts that the schools have suffered in the

last four years would all be restoredand under the governor's initiative, virtually none would be."[25]

The "No on 30" campaign raised about $53.4 million as of November 3, 2012.

That amount, however, included well over $40 million in contributions to a joint

campaign committee (the Small Business Action Committee) that is

simultaneously supporting Proposition 32 and opposing Proposition 30.[26][27]

The donors listed in the chart below are the $20,000 and over donors to the "No

on 30" campaign as of Saturday, November 3, 2012. Some of these donors

gave their money to a committee that was simultaneously supporting or opposingmore than one of the ballot propositions on the November 6, 2012 ballot. When

that is the case, it is not generally possible to break down how much of that

donor's money specifically was spent on the campaign for a particular proposition. Those contributions are listed

below with shading; readers should not assume that all or even most of a donation to a multi-purpose committee

was used for expenditures related to this particular proposition.

Donors

Total campaign cash

as of November 3, 2012

Support:

$67,100,000

Opposition:

$53,400,000

Donor Amount

Charles Munger, Jr. $35,075,000

Americans for Responsible

Leadership

$11,000,000

William Oberndorf $1,100,000

Jerrold Perenchio $750,000

John Scully $500,000

Margaret Bloomfield $500,000

Howard Jarvis Taxpayers

Association$440,249

New Majority California PAC $350,000

Charles B. Johnson $200,000

T. Boone Pickens $100,000

Jon Cox $100,000

Errotabere, Inc. $100,000

George Hume $100,000

Robert Weltman $99,000

Craig McCaw $75,000

Robert Rodriquez $75,000

Robert Arnott $50,000

Leonard Baker $50,000

Frank Baxter $50,000

David Baylor $50,000

David Fishman $50,000

Amish Mehta $50,000

Jesse Rogers $50,000

Alexander Slusky $50,000

Mark Stevens $50,000

Jeffrey Ubben $50,000David Golob $25,000

Park Place Asset

Management$25,000

Bob Tuttle $25,000

William H. Younger $25,000
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The following table summarizes the Proposition 30 tax increases compared to existing tax policy. The table

includes the following information:

The starting income for the bottom end of the tax bracket (for single-filer taxpayers)

The income for the top end of the tax bracket (for single-filer taxpayers)

The marginal tax rate for the income bracket under current policyThe new tax rate for the income bracket under the proposed tax hike

The rate increase (proposed_rate - current_rate)

The percentage increase in the rate over current policy ( (proposed_rate - current_rate)/current_rate )

The number of taxpayers that will pay an increased tax rate under the proposed tax hike. These estimates

come from 2009 California Franchise Tax Board data.[8] There were 14,638,204 individual income tax payers

in 2009. The proposed tax hike affects approximately the top 400,000 taxpayers, about 2.7% of the taxpayer

population.

The percentage of taxpayers that will pay more taxes under the proposed tax hike. Again, these estimates

come from 2009 California Franchise Tax Board data.[8]

The extra amount owed due to the tax increase for incomes at the bottom end of the tax bracket

The extra amount owed due to the tax increase for incomes at the top end of the tax bracket

See also:Endorsements of California ballot measures, 2012

The Bay Area Reporter:"We support Prop 30 for several reasons, not the

least of which is that it is the product of the political process (although attempts

to reach a legislative compromise failed) in which the governor, the

Democratic majorities in the Legislature, and affected stakeholders were all

part of the negotiations and compromise that resulted in the proposition

before the voters."[28]

Thomas V. McKernan, Jr. $25,000

Tench Coxe $25,000

California tax policies

Bottom of

Income

Bracket

Top of

Income

Bracket

Current

Marginal

Income

Tax

Rate

Proposed

Marginal

Income

Tax Rate

Income

Tax

Rate

Increase

Percentage

Rate

Increase

Over

Current

Policy

Number of

Taxpayers

Affected

by Tax

Hike

Percentage

of

Taxpayers

Affected by

Tax Hike

Extra

$$$

Owed

at

Bottom

of

Bracket

Extra

$$$

Owed

at

Top of

Bracket

$0 $7,142 1.0% 1.0% 0% 0% 0 0% $0 $0

$7,142 $17,346 2.0% 2.0% 0% 0% 0 0% $0 $0

$17,346 $27,377 4.0% 4.0% 0% 0% 0 0% $0 $0

$27,377 $38,004 6.0% 6.0% 0% 0% 0 0% $0 $0

$38,004 $48,029 8.0% 8.0% 0% 0% 0 0% $0 $0

$48,029 $250,000 9.3% 9.3% 0% 0% 0 0% $0 $0

$250,000 $300,000 9.3% 10.3% 1% 10.75% 156,000 1.07% $0 $500

$300,000 $500,000 9.3% 11.3% 2% 21.50% 145,000 0.99% $500 $4,500

$500,000 $1,000,000 9.3% 12.3% 3% 32.26% 65,000 0.44% $4,500 $19,500

$1,000,000 no limit 10.3% 13.3% 3% 29.13% 34,000 0.23% $19,500

$19,500+ 3% of

income

over

$1M

Editorial opinion

2012 propositions

June 5

Proposition 28

Proposition 29

November 6

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The Daily Democrat(Woodland, California): "This tax increase is supported

by Gov. Jerry Brown and would avoid deep cuts to public schools, community

colleges and universities."[29]

The Fresno Bee:"California's fiscal house remains shaky. Prop. 30 offers a

way for the state to start climbing out of its pit. It's not ideal. But it is the best

available option."[30]

The Lompoc Record:"...a tax increase to avoid calamity for school

funding."[31]

The Long Beach Press-Telegram:"Proposition 30 lets our children -- not

lawmakers -- off the hook."[32]

The Los Angeles Daily News:"Yes, our schools are being held hostage.

The right thing to do is pay up -- and then demand that the reforms begun in

Sacramento this year with pension and workers' comp reform continue.

Proposition 30 lets our children -- not lawmakers -- off the hook." [33]

The Los Angeles Times: "Two years of belt-tightening have left parts of the

state safety net in tatters and pushed college costs out of the reach of many

families. Cuts in aid to the poor and working poor in this year's budget

eliminated child-care subsidies for 14,000 children and preschool slots for 12,500 children. State aid for low-

income seniors and the disabled is now as low as it was in 1983; welfare checks are smaller than they were 25

years ago. And K-12 spending per pupil remains $1,000 less than it was five years ago. California now spends

less per student than all but three states."[34]

The Marin Independent Journal:"Passage of Proposition 30 would protect public schools and our

children's educational foundation and opportunities from being slashed."[35]

The Merced Sun-Star:"Some entities, notably the California School Boards Association, recommends a 'yes'

vote on both measures. We think it's more likely voters will support only one, and we think that Proposition 30 is

preferable of the two."[36]

The Modesto Bee:[37]

The Redding Record Searchlight:"The truth is there's not enough money for the state to do everything its

citizens demand. The state frankly overspent straight through the Schwarzenegger administration, even in good

years, and now we're at a moment of truth."[38]

The Sacramento Bee: "Gov. Jerry Brown's initiative to raise taxes by $6 billion a year is vital to California's

future on many different levels."[39]

The San Bernardino Sun:"California already ranks among the lowest in per-pupil spending. The state's

largest school district, Los Angeles Unified, already has the shortest school year in the nation. There's too

much at stake to oppose this measure on principle." [40]

The San Francisco Bay Guardian:"And in a state with more billionaires than any other place in America, a

fabulously rich place with the world's eighth-largest economy, the notion that we have to argue about raising $6

billion in taxes is farcical."[41]

The San Francisco Chronicle: "The governor and the ruling Democrats in the Legislature have given

Californians who care about schools and the current-year deficit only one real choice: support Prop. 30, whichwould raise taxes on incomes starting at $250,000 for individuals, $500,000 for married couples, and the state

portion of the sales tax (now 7.25 percent) by a quarter cent ... Prop. 30 provides a necessary budget patch -

especially with the Legislature's Republicans unwilling to consider any tax increases." [42]

The San Gabriel Valley Tribune:"The overall tax burden will still be lower than it was two years ago."[43]

The San Jose Mercury News: "Proposition 30 is no substitute for long-term reforms in education funding,

pensions and other areas, but it is a measured and sensible response to this crisis." [44]

The Santa Cruz Sentinel:"Critics of the measure say the governor won't dare administer such cuts. So far,

however, we're unaware of any alternative plan for making up the $6 billion."[45]

The Vallejo Times-Herald:"Proposition 30 is no substitute for long-term reforms in education funding,

pensions and other areas, but it is a measured and sensible response to this crisis." [46]The Ventura County Star: "It is a reasonable, well-thought-out approach to an interim fix for the state's

recurring deficit, thus giving lawmakers time to seek a long-term solution."[47]

The Bakersfield Californian:"As desperate as the state is for money, we oppose Prop. 30 because it

promotes the same bad budgeting policies that pushed the state into the mess it's in today." [48]

Proposition 30

Proposition 31

Proposition 32

Proposition 33

Proposition 34

Proposition 35

Proposition 36

Proposition 37

Proposition 38

Proposition 39

Proposition 40

Donations Vendors

Endorsements Full text

Ballot titles Fiscal impact

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The Contra Costa Times:"Proposition 30 is like taking an Alka-Seltzer for your aching head when you need

brain surgery. Sure, the pain might lessen for a while, but the root cause remains. Proposition 30 is not so

much a solution as it is a cynical political calculation meant to determine just how much the voters will tolerate.

And those voters have had to tolerate a lot recently. While claiming poverty, the Legislature and Gov. Jerry

Brown forged ahead with the ill-advised and costly high-speed rail boondoggle."[49]

The North County Times:"The utter failure of Brown to fulfill his primary campaign promise and institute

some kind of meaningful public pension reform means that any money raised from Prop. 30 is simply going to

feed the beast. For voters to approve Prop. 30 at this time, when no real reform has been passed, would be to

reward Sacramento's wasteful, irresponsible behavior."[50]

The Orange County Register: "The tax-and-spend culture in Sacramento needs a complete overhaul. Voters

might be agreeable to paying more if they saw true reform, such as freeing families from underperforming

public schools with tuition vouchers or enough charter schools to meet demand. Maybe if there were genuine

reform to public-sector pensions. Or, if meaningful reform in providing public services could be achieved, rather

than merely promised, or, if new spending meant equal reductions in old spending, perhaps voters would have

reason to give more. We don't see these reforms ahead. As always, instead, we hear pleas to increase taxes

for a broken system those in charge refuse to fix."[51]

The Press-Enterprise:"California would be foolish to raise taxes without providing real and enduring solutions

to the states chronic budget shortfalls. Yet Props. 30 and 38 would increase taxes on Californians without

putting state finances on a sustainable course. Voters should demand a comprehensive fix to the state s yearly

budget turmoil, and reject the flawed half-measures offered by Props. 30 and 38." [52]

The San Diego Union-Tribune: "California voters have a crucial choice this November. On Propositions 30and 38, they can vote for higher taxes and accept the premise that this wont hurt the struggling economy and

that the main problem with our already-high-tax state is that its government doesnt get enough money from its

residents. Or they can vote no and force change in our broken status quo, starting with the public schools that

eat up by far the biggest chunk of the state budget."[53]

The Victorville Daily Press:"Proposition 30 on November's ballot would raise money by increasing the

California sales tax by a quarter cent. That doesn't sound like much, until you recall that Californias sales tax

rate is already the highest in the United States. Couple that with the fact that the Congressional Budget Office

says median U.S. family income has declined more than $4,000 a year since the advent of Obama nearly four

years ago, and its easy to understand why none of us needs the additional burden. Gov. Jerry Brown argues

that the money will go to Californias public schools, but thats dishonest at best. He wants you to believe that

when he says schools he means students. He doesnt; he means teachers benefits, mostly pensions."[54]

See also:Polls, 2012 ballot measures

A USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll was conducted from March 14-19, 2012.[55] A PPIC poll was conducted

in early April.[56] PPIC also conducted a poll from May 14-20. [57]

A Field Poll conducted in late May indicated declining support.[58] The Sacramento Beedescribed the results of

that poll as "public support for Gov. Jerry Brown's effort to raise taxes hangs precariously above 50 percent, with

confidence in Brown slipping."[59]

In August, a poll released Wednesday by the Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)/USC Rossier

School of Education indicated 55% support for Proposition 30. [60]

Polling information

Date of

Poll Pollster

In

favor Opposed Undecided

Number

polled

March 14-

19, 2012

By GQR &

AV for USC

Dornsife/LAT

64% 33% 3% 1,500

April 3-10,

2012PPIC 54% 39% 7% 823

May 14-20,

2012PPIC 56% 38% 7% 2,002

May 21-29,

2012Field Poll 52% 35% 13% 710

June 21-

July 2, Field Poll 54% 38% 12% 997
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See also:California signature requirements

Karen Getman and Thomas A. Willis submitted a letter requesting a ballot title on March 14,

2012.

A ballot title and summary was expected by May 3, 2012. However, the Office of the

Attorney General produced the ballot title and summary just two days after proponents filed

the language for the initiative, on March 16, 2012.

807,615 valid signatures were required for qualification purposes.

The 150-day circulation deadline for #12-0009 was August 13, 2012.

Signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot were filed on May 4.[61]

On June 20, the California Secretary of State announced that the initiative had qualified for the November 6,

2012 ballot.[1]

See also:California ballot initiative petition signature costs

According to Joe Mathews ofProp Zero, the initiative faced an uphill climb to get the signatures it needed to

qualify for the November ballot.[3] He says:

"The reasons are technical and complicated, but here is a brief summary. The key date to keep in

mind is June 28. That's the final day -- 131 days before the election -- for the California Secretary of

State to determine whether an initiative has qualified for the ballot. That date is a little more than 3

months away. But the full process takes well more than that. And the reviews and signature

gathering need to be completed by early May for the measure to have a real chance.

2012

August 3-

7, 2012

PACE/USC

Rossier

School of

Education

55% 36% 9% 1,041

September

9-16, 2012PPIC 52% 40% 8% 2,003

September

6-18, 2012Field Poll 51% 36% 13% 902

September

17-23,

2012

USCDornsife/Los

Angeles

Times

54% 37% 9% 1,504

October 7-

9, 2012SurveyUSA 33% 38% 29% 700

October 7-

10, 2012

California

Business

Roundtable

49.5% 41.7% 8.8% 830

October

11-15,

2012

Reason-

Rupe50% 46% 4% 696

October

14-21,

2012

PPIC 48% 44% 8% 2,006

October

21-28,

2012

California

Business

Roundtable

49.2% 42.9% 7.8% 2,115

October

17-30,

2012

Field Poll 48% 38% 14% 1,912

Path to the ballot

Uphill climb
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That will be extremely difficult. Once the initiative is filed, the department of finance and the

Legislative Analyst's Office have 25 days to prepare a fiscal impact statement. The attorney general

has another 15 days to prepare the title and summary.

Even if the full 40 days aren't required and this politically sensitive measure is fast-tracked, it should

be mid-April, at best, by the time this measure hits the streets.

Practically, that could leave less than 3 weeks to collect signatures. Why? Because the signatures

must be verified. Counties are supposed to conduct a raw count of the signatures that are turned in

by May 2; and by May 11, the Secretary of State must receive those raw counts from the counties

and decide whether there are more than enough signatures to qualify."

The San Francisco Chronicle reported on March 17 that it might cost as much as $7 million to qualify the measure

for the ballot. The reason for this is that signature-gatherers were considered likely to charge much more per

signature than they normally would, because of the intense time constraints. The paper also reported that it would

be the backers of the Millionaire's Tax who would underwrite the expensive signature-gathering effort, while Jerry

Brown was expected to sit on his campaign warchest in case the expedited signature-gathering effort for the

merger initiative failed:

"Who's going to be raising all this money? Apparently Assembly Speaker John Prez, SenatePresident Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and their new partners from the former millionaires tax

campaign (namely the California Federation of Teachers and the Courage Campaign). We hear the

governor will reserve his war chest for his original tax plan - just in case the new, compromise

measure can't get on the ballot."[62]

In early April, it was reported that signature-gatherers were being offered $3.00 per signature. [63]

Supporters of Proposition 30 resorted to the use of direct mail to obtain signatures on the petition. According to

columnist George Skelton, in so doing, they were taking a page from "the longtime GOP strategy of mailing ballot-

measure petitions directly to voters for their signatures." Recipients of the direct mail package also received a

follow-up robocall, asking them to sign and return the petition.[64]

According to Gale Kaufman, "Given the time frame, it seemed a combo of traditional signature-gathering and

some mail would give us the quickest and best opportunity to collect signatures." [64]

Complete November 6, 2012 official voter guide

Ballot title, summary and LAO analysis of Proposition 30

Arguments for and against Proposition 30 in the official state voter guide

Letter requesting a ballot title for Initiative 12-0009 Living Voter's Guide to Proposition 30

Proposition 30 , an overview prepared by the League of Women Voters of California

Proposition 30 on Voter's Edge

Proposition 30 Cheatsheet from KCET

Proposition 30 on California Choices (sponsored by Next 10, IGS at UC Berkeley, the UC San Diego

Political Science Department, the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford, and the Center for CA

Studies at Sac State)

Proposition 30 at the California Voter Foundation

Support:

"Yes on Prop 30"

"Yes on Prop 30" on Facebook

"Yes on Prop 30" on Twitter

Campaign finance filings of "Brown; Yes on Prop. 30 - To Protect Our Schools and Public Safety", #1343257

Campaign finance filings of "Californians Working Together to Restore and Protect Public Schools,

Universities and Public Safety", #1346049

Cost of signatures

Direct mail

External links

Suggest a

link
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Opposition:

"No on Prop 30" , opposition website

"No on Prop 30" on Facebook

"No on Prop 30" on Twitter

Campaign finance reports of "No on 30", #1347735

Campaign finance reports of "Small Business Action Committee PAC, No on 30/Yes on 32, Citizens for

Reforming Sacramento", #1270683

"Defeat Prop.30" , opposition website run by the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association

Additional reading:

Why the Millionaires Tax Was Worth Fighting For at Labor Notes

Brown's Tax Increase Proposition in Trouble

Dan Morain: Gov. Jerry Brown's legacy hinges on Nov. 6 election

Propositions 30, 38 set to go head-to-head

Reality check: Anti-Proposition 30 twists the facts

Propositions 30, 38 offer school districts much-needed relief

The Time for Reform is Now and SBAC is Going to Help

School Budgets Are on the Ballot in California

1. 1.01.1Sacramento Bee, "Jerry Brown's proposal and two other tax measures qualify for November ballot", June 21,

2012

2. Business Week, "Brown Reaches Deal With Union on Tax-Increase Compromise", March 15, 2012

3. 3.03.13.2NBC Los Angeles, "Brown's Tax Gamble", March 15, 2012

4. California Secretary of State, "The Schools and Public Safety Protection Act of 2012, Version 3", March 14, 2012 ,

pages 8-9.

5. California Secretary of State, "The Schools and Public Safety Protection Act of 2012, Version 3", March 14, 2012 ,

pages 9-10.

6. Los Angeles Times, "Jerry Brown, tax realist", March 16, 2012

7. Tax Foundation, "State Individual Income Tax Rates, 2000-2012", February 16, 2012

8. 8.08.18.2California Franchise Tax Board, "Table B-4A.1: Personal Income Tax Statistics for Resident Tax Returns

(Tax Year 2009), 2010 Annual Report

9. Sacramento Bee, "Budget analyst: Tax revenue less than Jerry Brown projects", March 16, 2012

10. California Legislative Analysts Office (LAO), Elizabeth G. Hill, "Revenue Volatility in California", January, 2005

11. League of Women Voters of California - November 12, 2012 Vote With The League Flyer

12. Walnut Patch, "Democratic Party Picks State Ballot Measures to Support", July 30, 2012

13. ElectionTrack.com, "Contributions to Brown; Californians To Protect Schools, Universities And Public Safety, A

Ballot Measure Committee Supported By Governor Jerry Brown"

14. ElectionTrack.com, "Californians Working Together To Restore And Protect Public Schools, Universities And Public

Safety"

15. 15.015.115.215.315.4California Secretary of State, "Arguments Against Proposition 30"

16. California Secretary of State, "Rebuttal to arguments in favor of Proposition 30"

17. Walnut Creek Patch, "California Republicans Oppose Proposed Tax Measures", August 12, 2012 18. Sacramento Bee, "As Jerry Brown seeks tax signatures, the opposition emerges", April 10, 2012

19. Tax Foundation, "How Does Your State Compare?" Table #11

20. Tax Foundation, "State and Local Sales Tax Rates, As of January 1, 2012", published February 16, 2012

21. Tax Foundation, "How Does Your State Compare?" Tables #11 and #13

22. San Francisco Chronicle, "Jerry Brown's tax plan breaks faith with California", March 17, 2012

23. Business Week, "AP Exclusive: Munger says Brown tax claims untrue", March 23, 2012

24. Press Democrat, "Brown's tax plan pitch misleads", March 25, 2012

25. Wall Street Journal, "California Democrats Duel Over Taxes, Budget", April 1, 2012

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28. Bay Area Reporter, "Yes on 30, No on 38", September 13, 2012 29. Daily Democrat, "Democrat endorsements: Propositions", October 14, 2012

30. Fresno Bee, "EDITORIAL: Prop. 30 is state's best option to move forward", October 16, 2012

31. Lompoc Record, "The shift to stronger fiscal policy", October 7, 2012

32. Long Beach Press Telegram, "Endorsements: Yes on Prop. 30, No on Prop. 38", October 13, 2012

33. Los Angeles Daily News, "Endorsements: Yes on Prop. 30, No on Prop. 38", October 13, 2012

34. Los Angeles Times, "Yes on Proposition 30, no on Proposition 38", October 2, 2012

35. Marin Independent Journal, "Editorial: IJ recommendations on state Propositions 30-33", October 11, 2012

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36. Merced Sun-Star, "Our View: Prop. 30 is best option for schools", October 15, 2012

37. Modesto Bee, "Proposition 30 best option available to fund schools", October 13, 2012

38. Redding Record Searchlight, "Editorial: Cost of saying No to Prop. 30 just too steep", September 30, 2012

39. Sacramento Bee, "'Yes' on Jerry Brown's Prop. 30; 'No' on Munger's Prop. 38", October 7, 2012

40. San Bernardino Sun, "Yes on Prop. 30: Pay to save schools, then demand reforms", October 13, 2012

41. San Francisco Bay Guardian, "Endorsements 2012: State ballot measures", October 3, 2012

42. San Francisco Chronicle, "Editorial: Chronicle recommends", October 5, 2012

43. San Gabriel Valley Tribune, "Our View: Yes on Prop. 30, no on Prop. 38", October 13, 2012

44. San Jose Mercury News, "Mercury News editorial: Vote yes on Prop. 30, no on Prop. 38", September 28, 2012

45. Santa Cruz Sentinel, "Editorial: Yes on 30; No on 38", October 11, 2012

46. Vallejo Times-Herald, "'Yes' on Prop. 30, 'no' on Prop. 38: No easy answers at California's crossroads", October 21,

2012

47. Ventura County Star, "Editorial: Education is at risk; Yes on Prop. 30, No on Prop. 38", September 22, 2012

48. Bakersfield Californian, "No on 30: We've got a better option", September 22, 2012

49. Contra Costa Times, "Contra Costa Times editorial: Proposition 30 is not way to solve California's fiscal crisis",

October 7, 2012

50. North County Times, "No on 30, 38", September 20, 2012

51. Orange County Register, "Editorial: No on Prop. 30 & Prop. 38 tax hikes", October 2, 2012

52. Press-Enterprise, "No on 30, 38", October 7, 2012

53. San Diego Union-Tribune, "NO ON PROPS. 30, 38: STATE STATUS QUO MUST GO", September 30, 2012

54. Victorville Daily Press, "Not only no, but double no", October 8, 2012

55. Fox 40, "Strong majority backs Jerry Brown's tax-hike initiative", March 25, 2012

56. The Reporter, "Slim majority favor tax hike", April 26, 2012

57. Public Policy Institute of California, "Drop in Support for Cigarette Tax, Most Back Term Limits Change", May 23,

2012

58. Field Poll, "Voters favor Governor Brown's Tax Initiative 52% to 35%, but evenly divided on Munger Plan. Seven in

ten hold similar voting preferences toward both measures", June 9, 2012

59. Sacramento Bee, "Gov. Jerry Brown's tax measure holds uneasy lead in latest polling", June 9, 2012

60. M4 Strategies for Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)/USC Rossier School of Education

61. Sacramento Bee, "Jerry Brown says tax signatures in hand", May 3, 2012

62. San Francisco Chronicle, "Compromise tax measure needs 808,000 signatures", March 17, 2012

63. San Gabriel Valley Tribune, "Our View: Signature gatherers: Pull back the curtain", April 1, 2012

64. 64.064.1New York Daily News, "A Wise Man Learns from His Foes", April 16, 2012

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lot_measureshttp://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Idaho_2012_ballot_measureshttp://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Florida_2012_ballot_measureshttp://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Colorado_2012_ballot_measureshttp://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_2012_ballot_measureshttp://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Arkansas_2012_ballot_measureshttp://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Arizona_2012_ballot_measureshttp://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Alaska_2012_ballot_measureshttp://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Ballot_initiatives_filed_for_the_2012_ballothttp://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/2012_ballot_measureshttp://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Template:2012_ballot_measures&action=edithttp://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Template_talk:2012_ballot_measureshttp://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Template:2012_ballot_measureshttp://nydn.cms-test.dev.newscred.com/article/2981234a174de080ba08634d2f305810/los-angeles-times-george-skelton-columnhttp://www.sgvtribune.com/opinions/ci_20302804/our-view-signature-gatherers-pull-back-curtainhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/16/BA251NLBDU.DTL&type=politicshttp://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/05/jerry-brown-says-tax-signatures-in-hand.htmlhttp://www.m4strategies.com/uploaded/12%2007%20936%20USC%20Education%20Poll%20August%202012%20TOPLINE_FINAL.pdfhttp://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/09/4549500/gov-jerry-browns-tax-measure-holds.htmlhttp://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2413.pdfhttp://www.ppic.org/main/pressrelease.asp?i=1236http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_20484876/slim-majority-favor-tax-hikehttp://www.fox40.com/news/capitolpulse/la-me-state-poll-20120326,0,7732175.storyhttp://www.vvdailypress.com/opinion/california-36991-doesn-tax.htmlhttp://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/sep/30/tp-no-on-props-30-38-state-status-quo-must-go/http://www.pe.com/opinion/editorials-headlines/20121007-election-no-on-3038.ecehttp://www.ocregister.com/opinion/prop-373394-tax-taxes.htmlhttp://www.nctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-no-on/article_1ec29629-084d-55dc-96c0-ac9b6e953ce4.htmlhttp://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_21709479/contra-costa-times-editorial-proposition-30-is-nothttp://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/opinion/our-view/x371314329/No-on-30-Weve-got-a-better-optionhttp://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/sep/22/editorial-education-is-at-risk-yes-on-prop-30-no/http://www.timesheraldonline.com/editorial/ci_21822002/yes-prop-30-no-prop-38-no-easyhttp://www.santacruzsentinel.com/opinion/ci_21753679/editorial-yes-30-no-38http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_21655412/mercury-news-editorial-vote-yes-prop-30-nohttp://www.sgvtribune.com/editorial/ci_21769100/our-view-yes-prop-30-no-prop-38http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Editorial-Chronicle-recommends-3923462.phphttp://www.sfbg.com/2012/10/03/endorsements-2012-state-ballot-measureshttp://www.sbsun.com/editorial/ci_21766265/yes-prop-30-pay-save-schools-then-demandhttp://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/07/4886193/endorsements-yes-on-jerry-browns.html#http://www.redding.com/news/2012/sep/30/editorial-cost-of-saying-no-to-prop-30-just-too/http://www.modbee.com/2012/10/13/2412776/yes-on-proposition-30.htmlhttp://www.mercedsunstar.com/2012/10/15/2592502/our-view-prop-30-is-best-option.html


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