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Vehicle License Fee Elimination?
In Virginia, it was an issue that helped decide the governor's race. California legislators will consider whether to eliminate the state's vehicle license fee. The governor appears to like the idea. And the state's looming budget surplus may make the license fee a likely target for politicians looking to cut taxes.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readTOM MCCLINTOCK: State Assemblyman & Republican Whip, (R-38th District, Granada Hills). Offered AB 1776 to eliminate vehicle license fee.ANTONIO VILLARAGOSA: State Assemblyman (D-Los Angeles) and Speaker. Opposed to elimination of VLF, supports Al Checchi who hasn't decided. JONATHAN COUPAL: Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, Director of Legal Affairs. For elimination of VLF, classic conservative view. FRED SILVA: Policy Analyst, Public Policy Institute of California Against elimination of VLF for sake of counties. DONNA LANDEROS: City Manager of city of Ventura. Former county administrator of Yelo County. Against the elimination of the VLF for the sake of the cities. DAVID STEIN: Manager of Performance Assessment and Implementation with SCAG, the Southern California Association of Governments. ADAM POSEN: Economist at the Institute for International Economics in Washington. BOB NAGY: Executive Editor of Motor Trend.
topic: L.A. POPULATION EXPLOSION
