This is the title for a 2/27/08 New America Foundation and UC Center Sacramento workshop in Sacramento. It will look at a variety of California tax and budget issues and possible remedies that also bring California's depression-era, industrial-based tax system into the 21st century. This blog post serves as place for further discussion on the topic and the workshop presentations.

Here is a link to my presentation topic on broadening the California sales & use tax base and lowering the rate. If other workshop materials are posted on the web, I'll add a link to them at this blog entry.

I look forward to your comments and online discussion.