Annotated Bibliography

Rivera, Carla. " School posts may be tough to fill, Impending departures of 3 chancellors come at a time of adversity in California's higher education system." Los Angeles Times (June 11, 2012): A.1. Newspaper.

With the school systems in the depth of their struggles with budget cut, within the time of a few weeks chancellors of California State University, California Community Colleges, and UC Berkeley have announced that they will be retiring from their positions, leaving a void in some of the highest ranked positions in the California education system. At a time when the school are no doubt in a dire situation waiting on the results of the voting season to see if Prop. 30 is going to pass or not, and leaving a job in need of a very skilled person to get it done successfully.

Newton, Jim. " Why is Prop. 13 Sacrosanct?" Los Angeles Times (January 9, 2012): A.11. Newspaper.

Prop 13 is from 1978 and makes houses that were brought back then keep the property tax for when it was bought and can only increase by 2% per year unless it transfers ownership or new construction is finished. Some people believe it needs to change and we to take this " chance to reform a tax system that they believe has stifled California's investment in schools and infrastructure "(Newton), other people see prop 13 as the only reason that they are able to keep their home, because it's so old that it's still covered by this tax measure. Prop 13 is old and out dated, but for some reason no one wants to touch it. However, it may be necessary to change the way the proposition works to better ourselves late down the road.

Rivera, Carla. CALIFORNIA; CSU OKs a what-if tuition hike; The increase would take effect if state voters reject the Prop. 30 tax measure." Los Angeles Times (September 20, 2012): AA3. Newspaper.

The Cal State University Board of Trustees have began making plans for their counter measures for the way that Prop 30 turns out after the voting season. They plan to do some drastic cuts of $250,000 dollars if prop 30 does not pass in order to survive budget cuts, that includes mailing some kids their money back for the next semester and rejecting them do to the schools budget cuts. of course there would also be a increase to every tuition, and even less money would be spent per student. Carla Rivera from the LA Times says " If Proposition 30 passes, Cal State would roll back a 9% tuition hike that took effect this fall. The system would have to refund tuition checks, grant tuition credit, and recalculate financial aid packages for most students."  Not to mention the 6 billion in cuts that won't happen from a yes vote on Prop 30, The schools are already struggling and have really made some drastic cuts to their staffing as well as their class selections. No more cuts can be tolerated in order to keep a well functioning school system.