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UC Berkeley students initiate campaign for oil tax

Harrison Tibbetts, pictured above, is the campaign manager for the Californians for Responsible Economic Development. The group is focused on a campaign for oil tax that would provide funding for higher education.
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Harrison Tibbetts, pictured above, is the campaign manager for the Californians for Responsible Economic Development. The group is focused on a campaign for oil tax that would provide funding for higher education.

UC Berkeley students have initiated a campaign for an oil tax to generate funds for education among other government entities. Californians for Responsible Economic Development – the student-run committee – hopes to repeat the success of Proposition 30 by focusing on mobilizing students. Read More…

Editorials

Not another tax, not now

UNIVERSITY ISSUES: A potential state oil severance tax proposed by students is unlikely to pass on the heels of Proposition 30’s recent victory.

Now is not the right time to push for the passage of a state oil severance tax. Certainly, a conversation about the issue is warranted — California is the fourth-largest oil producer in the country and one of the only such states without a severance tax. But passing the tax Read More…