Los Angeles news online: Poll shows strong support for Jerry Brown's tax hike proposal Poll shows strong support for Jerry Brown's tax hike proposal ================================================================================ politics on 26/01/2012 08:00:00 Voters overwhelmingly back funding for education and raising levies on the wealthy. 'We're in a good place,' governor's strategist says. Gov. Jerry Brown has California voters right where he wants them — hating the notion of whacking schools even more than the prospect of paying a higher sales tax.