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The Board of Equalization has little power. Campaign donors still spent millions on it
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For a salary of $185,000 per year, members of the Board of Equalization don’t do much. Since Gov. Jerry Brown stripped the 147 year-old tax commission of most responsibilities in 2017, some former members have even advocated for its dissolution. The San Francisco […]
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According to Palo Alto Online’s source item, The Board of Equalization has little power. Campaign donors still spent millions on it, This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For a salary of $185,000 per year, members of the Board of Equalization don’t do much. Since Gov. Jerry Brown stripped the 147 year-old tax commission of most responsibilities in 2017, some former members have even advocated for its dissolution. The San Francisco […]
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