California: City voters will get to weigh in on taxes
Hermosa voters will decide in November whether to impose steep increases in the business license tax for nightspots that serve liquor, stay open late and are clustered near similar establishments. Hermosa Beach officials have verified that activist Jim Lissner has received more than the required number of signatures on petitions to place the initiative before Hermosa voters. In California, such taxes may be raised only by a vote of the people.