California Plan Calls for Oil Tax, Prisoner Shift

California would move some of its prisoners to county jails and increase the share of welfare payments made by the counties under a proposal by Senate Democrats to plug the state’s $19.1 billion budget deficit.

The funding for those services would come from sources including $1.2 billion annually from a levy on oil production in the state and $1.75 billion saved by delaying corporate tax breaks. Both of those revenue streams would go to the counties. The Senate Democrats introduced their initial budget plan, which called for the higher taxes, last month.