Last Chance to Leave California (last one out turn off the light)
In case you weren't paying attention to the California election results you might want to now. Before it's too late (it might just be too late).
Major bad news (and this isn't all of it):
1. California Democrats seize super majorities in both houses of Legislature
Ruling party will be able to raise taxes without Republican support. The Democrats appear to have seized a super majority in both legislative chambers, which would give them the ability to approve taxes without Republican support.
Under the radar, with all the attention focused on Prop 30, California voters ushered in a new era in state politics not seen in nearly eight decades: Now, for the first time since 1933, the ruling party would have two-thirds majorities in both chambers and free reign in a startling transformation that neuters Republicans in Sacramento to a new level of irrelevancy.
2. California tax measures: Props. 30 and 39 emerge victorious; Prop 38 loses
Overcoming decades of anti-tax sentiment in California, Gov. Jerry Brown's Proposition 30 -- billed as a tax hike to rescue the state's schools -- won in surprisingly decisive fashion Tuesday. "I know a lot of people had some doubts and some questions: Can you really go to the people and ask them to vote for a tax?'' Brown told supporters Tuesday night. "Here we are ... We have a vote of the people, I think the only state in the country that says let's raise our taxes, for our kids for our schools, and for our California dream.'' Proposition 38, a competing tax-for-schools measure, was soundly defeated with just 27.7 percent of the vote, while...
3. Proposition 39, which forces big businesses to pay more taxes, won comfortably with 60.1 percent of the vote. Proposition 39, passed as expected, closing a loophole that allowed big multistate businesses to pay fewer state taxes. The result could add $1 billion a year in new revenues to the state. Bay Area hedge fund manager Tom Steyer bankrolled nearly the entire $39 million campaign for Proposition 39.
4. Proposition 32: Measure that would restrict union donations is defeated. Labor groups won a resounding victory by defeating Proposition 32, a measure that would have altered the political landscape had it succeeded. Labor leaders had a message for the outside groups who poured millions of dollars into Proposition 32, which would have curbed their ability to collect political cash.
And LA County has passed Measure J requiring porn movie actors to wear condoms and use dental dams. So that means the porn movie shoots will move out of LA County to other locations taking the money and jobs with them.
Sorry if this violates the rules here (political posting) but it might be time to take your family and your boat out of California unless you like these results.
