Which Way, L.A.?
Proposition 26
Proposition 26 on next week's ballot would re-label what now are called "fees," "levies" and other assessments and call them "taxes" instead. That means passage would require two-thirds super-majorities in the legislature, instead of the current 51 percent. Fees for air and water pollution, oil-spill clean-up, tobacco and alcohol would be…
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readProposition 26 on next week's ballot would re-label what now are called "fees," "levies" and other assessments and call them "taxes" instead. That means passage would require two-thirds super-majorities in the legislature, instead of the current 51 percent. Fees for air and water pollution, oil-spill clean-up, tobacco and alcohol would be affected. We get two perspectives on the initiative.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Frances Anderton
architecture critic and author
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Joel Fox
Californians for Reforms and Jobs, Not Taxes
Sean Hecht
UCLA Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment