Brown's Calif. tax initiative hit from both sides

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — After returning to the governor’s office, Jerry Brown criticized a political culture he said lacked a common purpose and warned of a “war of all against all” unless the sniping camps learned to compromise and fix California’s persistent budget problems.

Those efforts failed, and now the Democratic governor finds himself fighting his own political battle as he tries to persuade voters to pass a $6 billion tax increase on the November ballot that he says is crucial for closing the state’s deficit.