Other Recent News & Highlights – 2008

• California Has One of Nation's Highest Tax Burdens, Study Finds (August '08)
• State Supreme Court Strikes Down Santa Clara Property Assessment as Violation of Proposition 218 (August '08)
• Legislature Recesses; Frustrated Governor Proposes Deferring State Workers' Pay; Republicans Reaffirm 'No New Taxes' Vow (July '08)
• Board of Equalization Examines Amazon (July '08)
• No Progress This Week; Republicans Unveil Spending Limit Proposal (June '08)
• Legislative Analyst Says Single-Payer Health Plan Results in $42 Billion Shortfall (June '08)
• Experts Discuss Effects of Landmark Tax Reform Measure (June '08)
• Senate Democrats Propose $11.5 Billion in Unspecified Tax Hikes (June '08)
• Voters Approve 51 Tax and Bond Measures; Fate of Another Seven to Be Determined by Absentee Ballots (June '08)
• Voters Still Strongly Support Proposition 13 (June '08)
• Assembly Democrats Propose $6.4 Billion in Mystery Taxes (June '08)
• Needles Considering Seceding From California (May '08)
• Major Tax and Spending Issues to Be Decided at Tuesday's Low-Turnout Election (May '08)
• Carbon Tax Approved by Bay Area Board (May '08)
• $17.2 Billion Structural Deficit Projected (May '08)
• How 'Take-Out Food' Sales Tax Exemption is Administered (May '08)
• April's Income Tax Revenue Surpasses Projections by $1.6 Billion, Controller Reports (May '08)
• Union City's 'Fee' on Phone Users Is an Illegal Tax, Court Rules (May '08)
• BOE Member Steel Blasts Proposed Tax on Services (May '08)
• Anaheim Approves Hotel Tax Break for Luxury Sites (April '08)
• Split Roll Legislation Is Shelved by Author (April '08)
• Digital Property Tax Proposal Is Defeated (April '08)
• Santa Barbara Moves Forward on Utility Users' Tax (April '08)
• Utility Users' Tax Increases Approved in Southern California (April '08)
• State Finance Director Urges Budget Reform (April '08)
• Many City Workers Make More Than $100,000 in San Francisco Bay Area (April '08)
• Proposed Tax on Oil Producers Fail (March '08)
• Legislative Analyst Announces Retirement (March '08)
• Michele Pielsticker Named Vice President of the California Taxpayers’ Association (March '08)
• Nevada Touts its Low Tax Burden in Pitch to California Businesses (February '08)
• San Francisco Assessment Practices: Déjà Vu (February '08)
• New York City Office Moving to Pricey New Location (February '08)
• Dr. Judy Chu Named BOE Chair (February '08)
• Only 24 Days Left for Legislature to Act (February '08)
• Teresa Casazza Named President of the California Taxpayers' Association (January '08)
• School Districts Place $4.02 Billion in Bonds Before the Voters (January '08)
• Governor Unveils Budget and Declares a Fiscal Emergency (January '08)
• Senator Proposes Docking Legislators' Pay if Budget Is Late (January '08)
• New FTB Chief Counsel Geoff Way Says Agency Will Change its 'Adversarial View' of Taxpayers (January '08)
• Governor and Assembly Speaker File Tax Increase Initiative to Fund Health Care Expansion (January '08)
• Do Voters Favor a Health Care Reform Plan That Requires Higher Taxes? (January '08)
• More Democratic Voters Opposing Taxes, Pollster Reports (January '08)

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