Backdoor Plan to Get Tax Extensions on the Ballot?

Only a week remains to qualify a June ballot measure that would let state voters decide if tax increases should be extended to prevent doubling the $12.5 billion in budget cuts Governor Jerry Brown has already proposed. Now, the Governor has found an alternative that Democrats could enact by themselves, even though it might sound like another "gimmick." Dan Walters, syndicated columnist for the Sacramento Bee, has been following the story.