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Other Recent News & Highlights – 2010

Tax Appeals Dominate Culver City Agenda (October '10)
Democratic Leaders Seek to Overturn Governor's Line-Item Vetoes (October '10)
California Loses Out on Up to $8 Billion in Silicon Valley Investments (October '10)
City of Los Angeles Considering Tax Reductions to Encourage Job Growth in Film Industry (October '10)
Legislature Approves Budget Plan Including Tax Provisions; General Fund Spending Increased Over Last Year (October '10)
Legislative Session Ends With No Budget (September '10)
Parsky Tax Commission Returns as Legislature Debates Extending Sales Taxes to Services (September '10)
Most Expensive Public School in U.S. History to Open in Los Angeles (August '10)
With Legislature Poised to Adjourn Without Passing Budget, Governor Vows Special Session (August '10)
Residency Appeals Highlight Board of Equalization Meeting (August '10)
Alterations to Wedding Dress Are Taxable if Dress Is New, Not Used (August '10)
No Budget, and Furloughs Are Back (August '10)
Utah Lures New High-Tech Jobs Out of California (August '10)
Environmental Groups Look to Block Action Needed to Attract America's Cup – Could Cost San Francisco $1.4 Billion in Lost Economic Stimulus (August '10)
Revenue Falling Short of Estimates, While July Spending Is Nearly $1 Billion Higher Than Forecast in May; Legislative Analyst Says Democratic Budget Has Tax Hike on Middle Class (August '10)
Democratic Leaders Release New Budget Outline With Tax Increases (August '10)
California's Private-Sector Job Losses Among Nation's Worst, While Texas Markets See Biggest Gains (August '10)
Study Says Call to 'Close Corporate Loopholes' Is Unjustified and Inaccurate (August '10)
Negotiations Drift With No Apparent Progress; Governor Reinstates Furloughs While Senate Leader Proposes Tax Swap (July '10)
USC Professor Says Proposition 24 Will Cost California 144,000 Jobs (July '10)
Senate Leaders Reportedly Holding Side Talks in Effort to Get Negotiations Moving (July '10)
Assessed Values Drop in Many Counties (July '10)
State Tax Rates Debated as LeBron James Goes to Florida Team (July '10)
Cal-Tax President Teresa Casazza Briefs Reporters on Flaws in Proposition 25: Measure Would Lower Vote Threshold for Taxes Included in Budget, Effectively Repeal Public's Right to Referendum (July '10)
No Apparent Progress on Budget (July '10)
Santa Clara County Grand Jury Urges School District Consolidation and Unification; School District in Alameda County Placed on Probation Over Fiscal Concerns (July '10)
No Budget as Fiscal Year Begins; None in Sight (July '10)
Numbers Assigned to November Measures (July '10)
Many States With Majority-Vote Budget Rules Fail to Pass Spending Plan on Time (July '10)
Number of Fiscally Troubled School Districts Increases (July '10)
Senate Democratic Leadership Unveils New Budget Plan With Major Tax Hikes (June '10)
Majority-Vote Tax Measure, Effort to Stop Hidden Taxes and Business Tax Hike Initiative All Qualify for November Ballot (June '10)
Voters Reject Taxes in Two Local Elections (June '10)
Legislature Misses Budget Deadline, Shows No Signs of Agreement (June '10)
Split Roll Legislation Approved by Committee (June '10)
Maine Voters KO Sales Tax on Services (June '10)
Conference Committee Finds No Agreement on a Budget Plan (June '10)
Voters Don't Have Right to Secret Ballot for Property-Related Fees and Assessments, State Supreme Court Rules (June '10)
Conference Committee Just Starting; Deadline is Days Away (June '10)
Taxpayer Prevails in Challenge of Assessment District in Riverside County (June '10)
Monterey County Wants to Profit From U.S. Open by Forcing Homeowners to Collect Hotel Tax if They Rent Rooms (June '10)
Major Tax Hikes Unveiled in Two Budget Plans From Democratic Leadership (May '10)
Two Orange County Companies Move to Colorado to Reduce Cost of Doing Business (May '10)
Monterey County Wants to Profit From U.S. Open by Forcing Homeowners to Collect Hotel Tax if They Rent Rooms (May '10)
Washington, D.C. Schools Chief Says 'Complete and Utter Lack of Accountability' Harms Schools (May '10)
Governor Presents 'May Revise' and the Gloves Come Off; What Is the True Deficit? (May '10)
European Diplomats Urge California to Keep Water's-Edge Election (May '10)
Tax Incentive Helps Re-Open Fremont Car Manufacturing Plant (May '10)
Proponents of Property Tax Hike Rely on Flawed Report (May '10)
Governor Releases Revised Budget to Address $19.1 Billion Deficit (May '10)
Union Submits Signatures for Plan to Increase Taxes on Employers (May '10)
Legislator Says He Wants to "Nuke" Proposition 13 (May '10)
City Can Apply Hotel Room Tax to Parking Charges, Court Rules (May '10)
State's Income Tax Estimate Was Off the Mark by 30 Percent (May '10)
Los Angeles City Controller Advises Public Officials to Be More Efficient (April '10)
Panel Rejects Economic Recovery Bills That Would Exempt Manufacturing Equipment From Sales Tax (April '10)
Legislative Analyst Doesn't Like Proposal to Sell and Lease Back State Buildings (April '10)
Union Proposes $40 Billion in Tax Increases (April '10)
Panel Approves Measure to Allow Suspension of Professional Licenses for Unpaid Taxes (April '10)
Tax Conformity Bill Signed (April '10)
Only Three States Worse Than California in Terms of Taxes (April '10)
New Committee Chair Wants Tax Incentives to Have Expiration Dates and Be Targeted at Small Businesses (April '10)
Revenues Coming In Above Estimates, Controller Reports (April '10)
Key Democrats Propose Massive Tax Increases, Including Split Roll (April '10)
Conformity Bill Sent to Governor (April '10)
Expanded Tax Package Approved, Gas Tax Swap Signed by Governor (March '10)
SEIU Owes Full IRS Penalties for Failure to File Returns on Time, Ninth Circuit Rules (March '10)
Implementation of New Business Use Tax Programs Creating Major Headaches (March '10)
Legislative Analyst: Tax Incentives Are Not Loopholes (March '10)
Governor to Veto Gas Tax/Sales Tax Swap and Flawed Conformity Bill (March '10)
Some Seniors are Barred From Transferring Home's Base-Year Value (March '10)
Major Tax Bill Dies as Legislature Adjourns Special Session on Deficit (March '10)
Leonard Resigns BOE Seat to Take Post in Schwarzenegger Administration; Alby Sworn in as Acting BOE Member (March '10)
California Has Worst Tax Administration in the Country, Report Says (March '10)
Democrats Approve Gas Tax, Sales Tax Swap After Abandoning Corporate Tax Increases as Part of Package (March '10)
Line-Item Vetoes in July Budget Revision are Constitutional (March '10)
Californians Oppose Majority-Vote Budgeting, Favor Spending Cuts to Balance the Budget (March '10)
Solar Firms Leaving Sunny California (March '10)
Legislative Analyst: Tax Incentives Are Not Loopholes (March '10)
Legislature Sends Minor Budget-Related Bills to Governor (February '10)
Board Member Says Treatment of Taxpayer was 'Unacceptable' (February '10)
Unseen Tax Increase Plan Approved by Senate Committee Democrats; Full Senate Approves Part of Plan (February '10)
State Loses $1.4 Billion From Not Implementing Some Recommendations (February '10)
Unions Build Warchest to Restrict Referendum and Remove Vote Threshold for State Budget (February '10)
In January, State Collected $1.28 Billion More Than Expected (February '10)
Australian State Finds Unintended Consequences of Fire Insurance Tax (February '10)
Constitutional Convention Measure Losing Steam (February '10)
Federal Budget Proposal Falls Far Short of State's Request (February '10)
Taxpayers Won 81.5 Percent of Assessment Appeals Heard in 2008-0 (February '10)
Sponsor of Constitutional Convention Measures Accuses Signature Firms of 'Dirty Tricks' and Blacklisting (February '10)
State Could Run Out of Cash by April, Controller Warns (January '10)
Board Auditors Instructed to Tip Bartenders When Buying Drinks Undercover (January '10)
Few Californians Support Higher Taxes, Poll Shows (January '10)
Use of Federal Funds to Balance Budget Is a Tough Sell (January '10)
Major Property Tax Problems Reported in Montana (January '10)
Movie Tax Credit Is Stemming Outflow of Film Production (January '10)
Advisory Panel Recommends $143 Billion Tax-Like Fee (January '10)
Panel Approves Oil Severance Tax Despite Testimony From Workers Who Might Be Displaced (January '10)
Governor Proposes Plan to Bridge $19.9 Billion Budget Deficit (January '10)
Grand Jury Reports That Sacramento Violated Proposition 218 (January '10)
Tiburon Taxpayers Celebrate New Year's Eve Ruling Invalidating Assessment on Property Owners (January '10)

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