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Election reforms, tax initiatives will shape 2012 |
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December 31, 2011—While California is likely to remain out of the presidential spotlight in 2012, the state will undergo dramatic political changes that will alter elections and potentially transform the Legislature. At the same time, voters likely will be asked to consider tax increases even as the state's economy remains stalled by slow growth and high unemployment.
A host of new election rules, many approved by voters, will affect how campaigns are run and how incumbents fare in a state that is tilting increasingly Democratic and independent. Several groups, as well as Gov. Jerry Brown, hope to capitalize on the public outrage exemplified by the Occupy movement by asking voters to approve new taxes on high income earners and even themselves to help California close its perennial budget gap. One of the biggest changes could be in the makeup of the state Legislature and perhaps in California's congressional delegation, the result of an independent citizens commission that took over the authority for drawing districts from state lawmakers. Republicans championed the commission when it was proposed to voters but now are seeking a ballot initiative to overturn the state Senate boundaries because they are not happy with the resulting maps.
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Council of Classified Employees |
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The Council of Classified Employees (CCE) is an organization dedicated to supporting classified employee members of the CFT. Throughout California, the CCE represents thousands of classified employees working as bus drivers, secretaries and office workers, paraprofessionals and teaching assistants, custodians and maintenance workers, food service workers, and other non-certificated employees in early childhood centers, schools, and on college campuses.
The CCE is a division of the California Federation of Teachers (CFT). The CFT is an affiliate of the over one million-member American Federation of Teachers, which represents 200,000 classified employees nationwide. |
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