*Subject:* New California law...must read!**** ** **
**** *New legislation would stem wealthy flight from California***** John Smithton, Sacramento Times**** Updated 12:19 p.m., Thursday, November 8, 2012**** LOS ANGELES - Democrats after gaining a two-thirds majority in both the California Assembly and Senate following Tuesday's election, will be bringing several new laws forward, all without the need for Republican votes.**** The most striking of these is a bill which would restrict wealthy California wage earners from leaving the state without facing a large penalty assessment on their real estate and financial assets.**** Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown quickly cautioned that he would take any such legislation to the voters for ratification, as he did with the temporary tax increases that voters approved on Tuesday. And Democrat leaders in both the Senate and Assembly downplayed the idea that they would seek any measures that would harm California's income tax base.**** It is the first time since 1965 that Democrats controlled a Senate supermajority, and the only time since California voters passed Proposition 13 in 1978, raising the legislative vote threshold to pass tax increases to two-thirds.**** Democrats will control at least 27 seats in the 40-member Senate and also have a two-thirds margin in the Assembly as well.**** "It's time to start anew and to live within our means but at the same time invest in the cornerstone of our future and of our economy. We need those fortunate enough with higher incomes to continue paying their fair share, and if that means making them pay dearly if they decide to leave our state so be it," Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said in a telephone interview.**** He later told reporters that he favors continued "tax reform" to broaden California's tax base, but if the wealthy continue leaving the state that would only place a larger burden on those least able to pay. "I certainly don't mean to suggest to my fellow Californian's that we are immediately going to raise more taxes," Steinberg said, to comfort those seeking to flee. "Any new tax measures will be fair and balanced." *Of course they will!***** The California Labor Federation on the left and California Republican Party Chairman Tom Del Beccaro on the right both credited public employee unions, teacher unions and other core constituencies for electing Democratic candidates and helping pass Brown's tax increases.**** "It is a big deal and we have expectations from our labor friends to raise revenues." Steinberg said. "That may include additional tax increases, but also will involve measures to penalize residents for moving out of the state."**** Assembly Speaker John Perez, D-Los Angeles, said he was confident that Democrats have the 54 seats they need for a supermajority in his chamber as well.**** While Steinberg trumpeted his new found ability to bypass Republicans whom he has called "recalcitrant ... and ideologues," Perez pledged to work with the minority party even if he could probably ignore them.**** "We get the best results when we have a true competition for the best ideas," Perez said, adding later that, "Having a supermajority was never a governing imperative. But it makes it much easier for us to pass new progressive legislation."**** State Democrats have also proposed forming a new branch of the state police, to be known as the "STASI" or "State Team Action to Stem Income" which would be staffed with volunteers from every community, monitoring residents contemplating moving out of the state. The staffers would report on neighbors and family members with moving plans or otherwise acting suspiciously. *Un-f’ing believable…Welcome to the New U**S**S**A**! Where does it stop?***** The last time either party gained a supermajority in either chamber was in the 1976 election, when Democrats won a two-thirds margin in the Assembly. It would be the first time since 1933 that one party held simultaneous super majorities.**** But Brown said at a Sacramento news conference that it is his role to make sure legislative members of his own party do not overindulge. He said he will ensure that California does not spend beyond its means, and wants all residents to continue living in the state voluntarily.**** "Our desires will always outrun the available money," Brown said. "I always like to think with greater power comes greater responsibility. On the other hand, we can't have those who helped build our great society move out of the state willy-nilly"**** He hedged when asked directly if he might veto the new legislation when it arrives on his desk.**** "We're not into the threat game here," Brown said.**** He also said his relationships with the Legislature are "better than they've ever been."**** ___**** **** Just wait until the EPA dials it up on the Coal Industry!**** “Oh, that would never happen here.”**** **** =**** **** **** **** __._,_.___ Reply via web post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hope4America/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJzY2t0dm5wBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyNjAzNTU3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMwMzI5NgRtc2dJZAMzODk2MzYEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxMzUzMDgwNzcz?act=reply&messageNum=389636> Reply to sender <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]?subject\x3dRe%3A%20Fw%3A%20New%20California%20law%2E%2E%2Emust%20read%21');> Reply to group <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[email protected]?subject\x3dRe%3A%20Fw%3A%20New%20California%20law%2E%2E%2Emust%20read%21');> Start a New Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hope4America/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmbDgxamVrBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyNjAzNTU3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMwMzI5NgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzNTMwODA3NzM-> Messages in this topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hope4America/message/389636;_ylc=X3oDMTM5NmI1cjBrBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyNjAzNTU3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMwMzI5NgRtc2dJZAMzODk2MzYEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMzUzMDgwNzczBHRwY0lkAzM4OTYzNg-->(1) Recent Activity: - New Members<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hope4America/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJnc21zZTU1BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyNjAzNTU3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMwMzI5NgRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMzUzMDgwNzcz?o=6> 1 Visit Your Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hope4America;_ylc=X3oDMTJmajNvdjhzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzEyNjAzNTU3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMwMzI5NgRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEzNTMwODA3NzM-> IF YOU DON'T STAND BEHIND OUR TROOPS, FEEL FREE TO STAND IN FRONT OF THEM! 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