tax extensions and urged lawmakers to put a public vote. here s more from annette in sacramento this evening. honorable. reporter: could you call the governor state of the state address a kick off campaign for june special election. to ask voters to extend the temporary tax hike. he targeted republicans who have consistently said they will block the move to put the proposal on the ballot by citing the civil up rest in egypt that democracy should be a guiding force open whether californians should have a voice in his plan. democratic ideals and calls for the right to vote are still in the imagination of young people, in egypt, in tunisia and other part of the world. we in california can t say now is a time to block a vote of the people. reporter: republicans were not convinced. they say this is not the time to extend the higher taxes. especially since a similar proposal proposition 1 a was already voted down by the people. i voted for this once before. i voted it for i