.Friday Must Read: Fate of Redevelopment and Amazon.com Tax Uncertain; Broussard Apologizes for Murdering Chauncey Bailey

Stories you shouldn’t miss:

1. It’s unclear this morning what Governor Brown is going to do about a bill approved by Democrats on Wednesday that would gut redevelopment. The Trib reports that big city mayors throughout the state, including Oakland’s Jean Quan, expressed outrage at the legislature’s decision, which could force many redevelopment agencies out of business or at least require them to abandon major construction projects. Earlier this year, Brown had proposed killing redevelopment agencies outright, but after his surprise veto yesterday of the Democratic budget package, it remains to be seen what he’ll do about the redevelopment bill, which was passed separately from the budget package. Voice of San Diego reports that Democratic senate leader Darrell Steinberg tweeted yesterday that he assumes that Brown will veto the redevelopment bill, too.

2. The same uncertainty is swirling around legislation passed by Democrats that would force Amazon.com and Overstock.com to start collecting sales tax from their customers in California, the Chron reports. Brown appeared to express support for the bill when he vetoed the budget package, but Democratic lawmakers expect him to veto the legislation as well.

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