YES on 30: The Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012

YES on 30: The Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012

Ray Gaer, president of the ABC Federation of Teachers, helps launch the back-to-school portion of the Yes on Prop 30 campaign with Governor Jerry Brown in Hawthorne, at Ramona Elementary School. Cindy Ensworth photo Visit cft2012.org for CFT member materials and resources. Let’s begin to solve California’s school funding problemsProposition 30, the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act, is on the November 6 ballot.  Along with Proposition 32, it is the most important issue facing California voters among the many ballot measures. State budget cuts to public education funding, totaling $20 billion over the past four years, have taken a terrible toll on our ability to deliver the education our students need and deserve.  Prop 30 will raise $9 billion in the first year, and $6 billion a year for six years after that, for public education and other services. It will also provide constitutional approval for the governor’s realignment of funding for local public safety services while protecting Proposition 98 school funding. Prop 30 would increase income tax rates on individual incomes in excess of a quarter million dollars per year, and modestly increase the state sales tax by ¼ cent, to provide desperately needed revenues to rebuild our schools and services.