{"pk":46838,"title":"California: Taxing Times in the Sanctuary State","subtitle":null,"abstract":"California passed a fairly uncontentious 2017‒2018 budget as the state focused more onPresident Donald Trump, and on Governor Jerry Brown’s ultimately successful attempt to corralthe state legislature into passing a new gas tax. Legislative Democrats specifically targetedTrump’s immigration policies, focusing on a bill that would make California a “sanctuary state.”Meanwhile, Brown worked diligently to marshal support for the new tax, which required a twothirdssupermajority vote. Even with a largely unified Republican opposition, Democrats heldtogether their legislative supermajority won in 2016 and approved a rare tax increase in theGolden State. They followed it by passing the budget, as well as an extension of California’scap-and-trade system designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Collectively, DemocraticCalifornia has positioned itself in diametric opposition to a Republican Trump Administration.","language":"en","license":null,"keywords":[{"word":"state government"},{"word":"budget"},{"word":"fiscal policy"},{"word":"taxes"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1f25s199","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Brian","middle_name":"","last_name":"DiSarro","name_suffix":"","institution":"Sacramento State University","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Wesley","middle_name":"","last_name":"Hussey","name_suffix":"","institution":"Sacramento State University","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2017-12-19T23:08:13+01:00","date_accepted":"2017-12-19T23:08:13+01:00","date_published":"2017-01-01T01:00:00+01:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cjpp/article/46838/galley/35419/download/"}]}