Joshua Melvin | San Mateo County Times | Jan. 12, 2010
Just four days after Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled a new budget proposal that promises another year of deep cuts, Bay Area elected officials launched a campaign to get a measure on the November 2010 ballot that would stop the state from borrowing — or taking — tax money bound for local governments.
The announcement marks the beginning of a massive statewide effort by the League of California Cities to collect the nearly 700,000 registered voter signatures needed by April 15 to get the Local Taxpayer, Public Safety and Transportation Protection Act on the ballot, organizers said Monday in front of the Foster City Fire Department.