As State Senator Jack Scott (D-Alta Dena) floats increases on sales, property, and other taxes to help adjust for the state deficit, Assemblyman Charles Calderon (D-City of Industry) is proposing the ultimate of sin taxes: an increased 8% tax on “adult DVD stores, theaters, and nightclubs.”
John Myers of KQED’s Capital Notes opines:
Of course, AB 2914 could pose an interesting dilemma for some legislators, namely Republicans. After all, if you’re a social conservative you’d probably love nothing more than to see the XXX industry move out. But if you’re a fiscal conservative, you’re probably loathe to enact a new tax. Oh, the irony.
Industry reps, who Myers writes somewhat disappointingly showed up at the state capital fully clothed, “argued the tax would send many in the multi-billion dollar sex industry packing to other states.”
Need I point out that the City of Industry, that Calderon represents, has one strip club for every 160 of its estimated 800 residents?
Categories: LA News · california politics
Tagged: Charles Calderon, Jack Scott, John Myers
Anti-war (and anti-Scientology) protesters marched in Hollywood on Saturday. Photo by NoHoDamon, used under Creative Commons.
LOS ANGELES AND VENTURA
Washington State’s Dept. of Correction has settled to pay $2.25 million to five San Ferando Valley boys who “wounded or traumatized” when Bufford Furrow Jr., on parole from a Washington state prison, went on a shooting rampage at a Jewish Center in Granada Hills, injuring two female employees in addition to the boys, and killing a postal worker. [Daily News]
Be confident that at least someone is getting a paycheck out of the LAUSD: their payroll system, which has cost $40 million to fix, will likely take another $15 million to make glitch free. The school system’s COO David Holmquist is confident that in time the system will pay for itself. [Daily News]
The City of Long Beach budgets $3 million annually on sidewalk repairs, or $333,000 per council district. John Canalis of the Press Telegram looks at each districts repair needs and how they’ll quickly gobble up the funds.
911 insurance? As of May 6th, the City of Ventura allows residents to choose either a $1.49 monthly surcharge to cover the cost of 9-1-1 services, or pay $17.88 only in the event the number needs to be dialed. Of 158,000 phone lines, only 5,000 have so far opted out of the monthly fee. [Ventura County Star]
A week after Los Angeles was reported to have the bumpiest roads in California, with 65% needing repair, Mayor Villairagosa held a press conference on Sunday to show himself filling in the 800,000th pothole since he declared war on potholes in 2005. [KNBC
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Michael Higby outlines a number of controversial real estate developments and expansions throughout Los Angeles that he believes residents should be concerned about. [Mayor Sam's Sister City]
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Categories: Roll Call
Tagged: Bufford Furrow Jr., Carly Fiorina, Charles Calderon, David Holmquist, hate crime, internet tax, John Chamber, John McCain, La Mesa, LAUSD, Meg Whitman, Oceanside, primary election, Ventura, Washington State
