Monthly Archives: May 2014

Volunteers Needed to Help Get Out the Vote

Election Day is less than one week away and our grassroots leaders need your help to make sure our families, friends and neighbors turn out to vote. This Saturday (May 31), there are volunteer opportunities in neighborhoods across the state. When our community votes together, we send a powerful message to decision makers.  We need…

The Next Big Steps to Funding our Future

Did you know that before Prop 13 was passed, commercial properties and residential properties contributed equally (about 50/50) to the local tax base? But by 2012, residential properties were carrying the lion’s share (an average of 72%), while the share paid by commercial properties—some of them the biggest multi-national corporations in the world—drastically declined? Neither…

$5 Billion More for California’s Revenue “Drought”

For the first time in many years, thanks to the passage of Prop 30, California has balanced its budget without draconian cuts to education and critical services.  After a decade of disinvestment in California’s education, infrastructure and safety net, now is the time to reinvest. Sadly, many legislators are suggesting that we accept the current…