Christopher Edley Supports 21st Century Commission’s Proposed Tax Plan

-The Sacramento Bee, September 9, 2009 by Kevin Yamamura
http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/025307.html

John Cogan, a Hoover Institution fellow, and Christopher Edley, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, issued a joint memo to their colleagues supporting the plan….”We are confident that the tax package is the right course for California,” they wrote. “We also recognize that the BNRT (business net receipts tax) represents an extraordinary change in California’s tax code. A tax change of this magnitude should only occur after the proposal has been fully vetted and all of its ramifications have been fully assessed by the Legislature and the governor and the public.”

-Los Angeles Times, September 15, 2009 by Eric Bailey
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-me-taxes15-2009sep15,0,6431594.story

Christopher Edley Jr., dean and professor at Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law, acknowledged that the plan could be a difficult sell but said, “I do believe, in balance … it’s good for California’s future.”