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From May 2006

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Committed Advocates Clash with Staunch Defenders

Preschool for All Initiative?

Actor, director and activist Rob Reiner has proposed an initiative for the June 2006 ballot that would provide free preschool for all of the state’s 4-year-olds. The Preschool for All Act would raise tax rates on the wealthiest Californians by 1.7 percent, generating $2.4 billion by 2010-11 when it is fully phased in.
     Currently, the state’s maximum personal-income-taxrate is 9.3 percent for individuals with taxable income of more than $40,000 and for couples earning more than $80,000. (Also, under a new law, those who earn more than $1 million are taxed an additional 1 percent to fund mental health services.) 

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