By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 22:24:48 +0000

I suspect this will come to a head in the very near future. California relies on the fortunes of a relatively small group of high income people for nearly half of its income taxes. The stock market lost more than 2% last year and today it got off to a rough start for 2016. The state plans to make up for the shortfall by imposing relatively high pension contributions for the counties starting in a couple of years. If the stock market slides further the extension of the temporary tax won’t be enough to make up the shortfall. Meanwhile, the California Public Employee Relations Board ruled against the city of San Diego who wanted new employees to be moved to a 401K type pension plan. So even modest remedies, whose impact may not be felt for nearly 30 years can’t pass legal muster in the state. The next couple of years might prove very interesting for the state of California.

By: Dawn Urbanek

Dawn Urbanek — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:14:58 +0000

It is time to make the State of California follow the law and not the CTA. The State’s new education funding law is unconstitutional and has left funding reaching students on life support for what will be 14 years straight while public employees have made themselves rich at the expense of the students they are suppose to be serving. Districts are not even offering the full minimum curriculum anymore so that those funds can be used for compensation increases. My District deprives students of art and music in violation of the US constitution, the State Constitution, 7 Ed Code sections, 2 Board Bylaws and 16 Board Bylaws! And no one seems to care which is why California keeps falling in the education rankings. See: http://www.slideshare.net/DawnUrbanek/fundraising-for-core-educational-programs

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