Cal. voters defeated a ballot referendum that would have increase...
Cal. voters defeated a ballot referendum that would have increased the 911 surcharge on wireless services by about 400%. Proposal 67 went down with 71.9% against and only 28.1% in favor. The proposal would have increased the 911 surcharge…
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to 3.75% from 0.75%. The estimated $500 million in new revenue would have gone to pay hospitals for uncompensated emergency room care and make some improvements to the 911 system. Supporters said this would have been a relatively painless way to raise funds needed to keep hospital emergency rooms open in the face of increasing demand and declining revenue. They said they would seek relief from the state legislature. Wireless carriers said the measure’s defeat shows consumers are fed up with being used as a state revenue source.