No mandates should be adopted without funding, but state standards are needed to evaluate programs. Taxation Issues Government should be reformed and reduced before taxes are raised. Special interest tax loopholes should be closed before general taxes are increased. Mixed reviews on expanding the sales tax to services and changing the two-third s vote requirement. Understanding the Governmental Maze Clarifying Roles, Responsibilities and Funding Clearly define responsibility for each level of government and the respective revenue sources.
Local control is important and is perceived as providing a higher quality of servic e delivery.
Consolidation is not necessarily better. Proposition 13 Concerns Lack of local control for local needs. Concern about the use of property taxes by the state. Need to change assessment practices of commercial properties. Change voting requirements to simple majority in some cases.