Brown steps up efforts to squelch competing tax hike proposals

Two measures in addition to the governor's would raise levies, but experts say too many tax hikes on the ballot could cause voters to reject all of them.

On a recent evening, a dark sedan glided to the curb at a two-story Craftsman off Crenshaw Boulevard near the Santa Monica Freeway. It carried Gov. Jerry Brown and his top aide, fresh off a day of squiring the vice president of China around Los Angeles.

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