Governor Jerry Brown is meeting with county leaders to discuss shifting responsibility for state-run programs to the local level. But that means touching the proverbial “Third Rail” of California politics—Proposition 13, the famous property tax revolt of 1978 which, among other things, consolidated revenue-gathering responsibility to the state level. Will reversing parts of 13, assuming the governor can pull it off, really improve the state budget situation? And are California voters really going to go along with a roll back of 13?
Guest:
Mark Pisano, Senior Fellow at the School of Policy, Planning, and Development at USC, formerly Executive Director of the Southern California Association of Governments
Rick Cole, City Manager of Ventura, former Mayor of Pasadena, and former City Manager of Azusa