If you only vote for one proposition this year in
California, I want to urge you to support prop 55. This proposition continues the prop 30 tax
increases on top earners in order to support public education. Although these funds do not go directly to higher
education, we have seen that when state revenue goes down, the easiest thing to
cut is the public support for community colleges, the CSU system, and the UC
system. Since almost all other funding
in the state is already mandated, increased costs and lower taxes force
legislators to reduce their funding for higher education. Unfortunately, there
are so many competing propositions on the ballot that many voters do not know
what to do. In fact, the voter guide is
over 225 pages and will confuse even people with expert knowledge on the
issues.
