California Senate rejects extending state taxes, votes to expand local tax pow
Senate Bill 23 1X, approved on party-line vote, would give county supervisors and school officials the ability to ask voters to increase taxes on a variety of goods and services – including income, sales, alcohol, cigarettes, medicinal marijuana and oil – to fund local services.
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/06/11/3692564/california-senate-rejects-extending.html
