Brown Vetoes California Budget Pledging to Seek Tax Extensions
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California Governor Jerry Brown said he would keep negotiating with Republican lawmakers to extend $9 billion of expiring tax and fee increases after vetoing a budget written by Democrats that lacked the provision.
Brown, a Democrat who pledged to solve California’s fiscal malfunctions without gimmicks and accounting tricks, said the budget sent to him yesterday used legally suspect techniques to paper over a $10 billion shortfall.