Okay Californians what's next?

[Cleita]

Arnold and our legislature are failures and we can't rely on the State Government to help anymore. What can we do at the county level to bring in needed revenue? My suggestion is to roll back proposition 13 at a county level with some adjustments so that poor and working middle class and elderly aren't put out on the street.

Also all those millionaires and billionaires who have beach front properties and who think the beach is theirs need to be charged for the county services on the beach. The beaches are public by law but if they want to fence them off and chase off beach goers then they need to be charged rent for it.

[AntiFascist]

1. If Arnold really wanted a budget to pass easily...

he would have sponsored an initiative which would allow approval of the state budget by a bare majority of the legislature, instead of a 2/3 majority. Republicans would not have liked this, however.

[Cleita]

2. Of course not and as long as that idiot is on the throne feeding his

RW handlers, we have to do something at the county level or the devastation to our economies will be dire. All the out of work people from the budget cuts will cut into the businesses that rely on them not to mention what is going to happen to them.

[bemildred]

3. Total collapse of state government?

That's my guess, anyway. Believe it or not, life will go on.

[slackmaster]

4. Total and unconditional commitment to the Metric System right now

It's our only hope.

[bemildred]

5. Iowa?

I hear Iowa is pretty good. They allow same sex marriage and everything.

[JuniperLea]

10. Sure...

Enjoy the two month period of comfortable weather... the rest of the time you can't get away from the heater or the A/C.

[Ozymanithrax]

6. Most counties will not pass tax hikes...

Californians are in this position because the majority over time have bought the idea that we don't have to pay for what they want with taxes. This works at the county level and the state level.

What we need is a State Constitutional Convention. We need to rewrite the entire State Constitution and get rid of provisions that allow minority rule of the budget.

All propositions should have a minimum turnout requirement of 50%. If 50% of the voters don't turn out, they do not pass.

You can not fix this problem at the county level.

[slackmaster]

7. Increase the fine for using a hand-held cell phone while driving to $1,000 and enforce the law

Aggressively.

[bemildred]

8. How about a 50% annual excise tax on full-size SUVs?

Or a 1% annual net worth tax on those with fortunes over $100 million?
This could be fun.

[Cleita]

9. Why not? For a state that has untold wealth in the private sectors, it's time

to start making those kinglets pay for the privilege of doing business and living here.