2012 California Proposition 30

As Wildfires Ravage the State, Coalition Supporting Proposition 30 Launches Website Exposing Conservative Billionaires Opposing the Measure

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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yes on 30: Working Families and Environmental Voters to Expose Greedy Billionaires and CEOs, a coalition of labor organizations, community, and environmental groups, today launched www.ProtectCAnotBillionaires.com featuring billionaires and CEOs opposing Proposition 30.

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  • SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yes on 30: Working Families and Environmental Voters to Expose Greedy Billionaires and CEOs, a coalition of labor organizations, community, and environmental groups, today launched www.ProtectCAnotBillionaires.com featuring billionaires and CEOs opposing Proposition 30.
  • "We're holding the billionaires opposing clean air and funding for firefighters accountable," said Mike Young from California Environmental Voters.
  • Voters should have a clear sense of who is opposing this measure and how much they're spending to defeat it."
  • Yes on 30: Working Families and Environmental Voters to Expose Greedy Billionaires and CEOs.

Study: MA Legislature Likely to Reduce Spending on Education and Transportation from Other Revenue Sources, Replace Cuts with Surtax Money

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"They can simply reduce spending on education and transportation from other revenue sources and replace it with surtax money."

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  • "They can simply reduce spending on education and transportation from other revenue sources and replace it with surtax money."
  • Because the proposed amendment does not require otherwise, the Legislature could choose to reduce funding in specified budget categories from other sources and replace it with the new surtax revenue."
  • But the best indication that legislators would likely use surtax revenues to backfill cuts to education and transportation comes from the Legislature itself.
  • The rest of the money was used to meet minimum education funding requirements set in an earlier initiative petition.