Proponents of an initiative that would block the state from dipping into local government funds plan to turn in 1.1 million signatures to elections officials this week in hopes of qualifying their measure for the November ballot.
The "Local Taxpayer, Public Safety and Transportation Protection Act of 2010" would prohibit the state from borrowing or redirecting cash from local government property taxes, gasoline taxes, local transit and redevelopment funds and other locally levied taxes to close the budget gap.
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