David Gamage Expects California’s Fiscal Mess to Worsen

East Bay Express, July 27, 2011 by Darwin BondGraham
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“Without major reforms to either California’s tax base structure or to the state’s fiscal constitution, we should expect repeated budget crises over the coming decades,” wrote Gamage in a 2008 collection of academic articles about Prop 13. “If current trends continue, these budget crises are likely to become increasingly severe. Californians may end up looking back on their current budget troubles with nostalgia.”