FOR THE RECORD - April 9, 2009
Tobacco tax: A Feb. 21 Section A about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s rift with the GOP over spending included an information box with an incomplete description of the fiscal effect of Prop. 1D. The measure on the May 19 ballot, which would redirect tobacco tax funds from preschool programs to other services for children and families, was described as temporarily shifting $608 million. That is the amount that would be spent in the 2009-10 fiscal year. The measure would also redirect $268 million in each of the four years after that, according to the secretary of state’s office.
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