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CFT members sometimes wonder why their union is involved in politics. Unions have never been and will never be exclusively collective bargaining organizations, because economic muscle at the workplace is always dependent on the political environment. An example: two thirds of funding for local school districts comes from the state of California. Decisions by state legislators matter at least as much as local school board members to the welfare of our students.
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State of the State calls for revenues, a shift away from tests |
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 January 19, 2012/Sacramento—In yesterday’s State of the State speech, Governor Brown made his case that California is not in decline, despite the pronouncements of what he called “dystopian journalists” and other critics. He acknowledged the budgetary problems he faced when he entered office a year ago, but said progress has been made, although mostly through cuts, in reducing the state’s structural deficit. He pointed out matter of factly that he couldn’t find four Republican legislative votes to pass an extension of temporary taxes last June, and so now he is forced to go to the ballot to avoid further reductions in services.
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Governor announces trigger cuts |
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December 15, 2011—State Director of Finance Ana Matosantos and Governor Jerry Brown announced Tuesday December 13 that the so-called trigger cuts would be enacted because state revenues have not matched budget projections. Included are all of the Tier 1 cuts—$100 million each to UC and CSU, $30 million to community colleges as well as significant cuts to child care, corrections, and health and human services—totaling $600 million.
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Today’s budget projections make triggers more likely |
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November 16, 2011—Today the state nonpartisan Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor released California’s Fiscal Outlook, a report with significant, but not surprising, bad news. Taylor projects that General Fund revenues and transfers in 2011-12 will be $3.7 billion below the level assumed in the 2011 Budget Act. This makes it more likely that cuts will be triggered. Read the Research Brief by Patty Cox, CFT Research Specialist.
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2011 Legislative Scorecard |
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October 11, 2011—In September and early October, CFT mobilized members to weigh in on several important bills on Governor Brown’s desk. With your help, the governor gave us three out of four victories. Click here to see how we did. |
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