KQED This Week In Northern California December 29, 2012
Proposition 30, but voters didnt say yes to all taxes. An attempt to tax soda in richmond failed, as did a statewide tobacco tax on the june ballot. New districts drawn by a Citizens Commission and the voterapproved top two primary system shook up races for congress and the state legislature, putting a Record Number of freshmen in the assembly and giving democrats a rare supermajority in sacramento. It was the beginning of realignment of the states criminal justice system, and voters approved reform of the states tough three strikes sentencing law. The economy sputtered but finally showed sign...
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