Gov. Jerry Brown, tripped up by a typographical error, has taken a mulligan and refiled his ballot initiative to raise taxes.
The Democratic governor submitted paperwork Friday for "The Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012 – ver. 2."
The measure is identical to one Brown filed in December, he said in a filing with the attorney general's office, "except that we have corrected a typographical error that resulted in two numbers being transposed."
Refiling an initiative can delay the attorney general's preparation of its title and summary, potentially condensing the period for a proponent to gather signatures and making that effort more expensive.
But Brown adviser Steve Glazer said Monday he does not expect the mistake to affect proponents' schedule before the November election.
"It was a typo," said Glazer, who expects the initiative to be on the street by the end of the month.
Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, opposes Brown's tax measure. Still, he was sympathetic about Brown's mistake.
"It's when you find that mistake after spending $1 million on signatures ... that's a real problem," Coupal said.
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Sen. Tony Strickland has made it official, launching his campaign Tuesday for the new 26th Congressional District. The Moorpark Republican served three terms in the Assembly before being elected to the state Senate in 2008. The open swing seat has already attracted a half-dozen local officials, most of whom are Democrats, as possible candidates.
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"Most of the people in grass-roots efforts are bristling against the kingmaker concept."
AARON PARK, campaign manager for Les Baugh, talking to the Redding Record Searchlight. Baugh, a Republican and a Shasta County supervisor, is challenging incumbent Sen. Ted Gaines, R-Roseville
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