The commission studying California’s tax system decided to pass on a suggestion to endorse Proposition 1A, which will establish a spending cap and at the same time extend temporary taxes. At the tax commission meeting held at UC Davis today, Commissioner Bill Hauck asked the Commission on the 21st Century Economy to support Proposition 1A, arguing that it addressed one of the main concerns the commission is attempting to resolve—the volatility of state tax revenue.
However, Committee Chairman Gerald Parsky suggested that the commission as the whole should not go on record either for or against the measure. Parsky pointed out that the commission’s original deadline of April 15 was pushed back to July 31 to see how voters would decide on the ballot measures. Parsky also argued that the proposal to offer an endorsement would go beyond the charge of the commission.
Commissioners agreed with this position and did not take up the endorsement.