LA. County può cercare l'aiuto di Stato sulla 'tassa milionari’ per senzatetto

Los Angeles County officials are eyeing a new income tax on millionaires to help address the region’s growing crisis of homelessness, but one of the county board’s three liberal members broke ranks to at least temporarily halt the push. County supervisors were slated to vote Tuesday to lobby for state legislation that would give counties the authority to collect a new tax on personal income over $1 million to pay for housing programs and services to combat homelessness.

Supervisor Hilda Solis raised concerns about the methodology of a poll that gauged voters’ support for the potential measure and the annual countywide count of homeless people. After a lengthy debate, the supervisors postponed the question by a week.

LEGGI TUTTO: LATimes.com