Who Pays for Pollution?
6 July 2000 - 10:30am
Sacramento Bee asks: Who pays for the costs of pollution -- the polluter or the public? Voters will decide in November.
The California Chamber of Commerce, California Taxpayers Association, California Manufacturers and Technology Association -- have qualified for the Nov. 7 ballot an initiative that would classify mitigation fees as taxes, effectively subjecting them to a two-thirds vote for passage in the Legislature. The Sacramento Bee comes out against the measure.
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The Sacramento Bee, July 6, 2000
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