Prop 30 Results: Brown’s Tax Measure Has Passed
By Michael Higham | 11/07/2012 | Ballot Initiatives, California, Education, Elections 2012, Taxes | 6 Comments
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The Prop 30 results are in. California’s voters decided to pass Prop 30 with 53 percent approval.
Proposition 30 is Governor Jerry Brown’s tax initiative to provide funding for California’s education and public safety resources. The ballot measure increases income tax rates for these brackets at the following levels for seven years:
Proposition 30 also increases state sales tax by 0.25-percent for four years beginning on January 1, 2013.
Governor Jerry Brown conducted state-wide tours leading up to Election Day.
The total funding for the “Yes” campaign totalled approximately $60 million. Notable donors were the California Teacher’s Association ($8.9 million), California State Council of Service Employees Issues Committee ($7.5 million), and the Democratic State Central Committee ($4.3 million).
The total funding for the “No” campaign was approximately 30 percent higher than the Yes campaign totaling approximately $80 million. Notable donors were Charles T. Munger Jr. ($55 million), Arizona PAC Americans For Responsible Leadership ($11 million), and the Small Business Action PAC ($8.8 million).
Contribution numbers were recorded on October 30.
Projected revenue is slated at approximately $6 billion. Prop 30 will alleviate triggered budget cuts from public schools, community colleges, universities. K-12 education and community colleges will not lose $5.35 billion dollars across California. The University of California and California State University systems will not lose $250 million each.
Local public safety services such as CALFIRE and grants for city police will not lose a total of $49 million in state funding.
Revenues generated by Prop 30 are to be stored for educational purposes in the newly created Education Protection Account, where 89-percent of the funds would go to K-12 schools and 11-percent would go to community colleges.
California’s spending reductions will be halted. Citizens will be playing close attention to the state government for appropriate use of Prop 30′s revenue.
Prop 30 results throughout the night showed the measure trailing from behind from the start. As the night went on, “Yes” continually grew its lead and held on until the end.
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Cassidy Noblejas Bartolomei
11.07.2012
@cassidynb
I really hope the revenue from this proposition is actually appropriated in a responsible way…
Anthony Tiano
11.07.2012
It will not, they have brought tax increases in past elections and they still want more. It’s like giving alcohol to an alcoholic, doesn’t work. This on what obama is going to do, what is the point working when the gov. takes it all. And also look who wanted this to pass.
Cassidy Noblejas Bartolomei
11.07.2012
@cassidynb
Can’t say I entirely disagree, but I hope you are incorrect.
1 Qoo Guy
11.07.2012
Yes, look at who didn’t want it to pass, 1 billionaire contributed more than everyone and the no 2. is a PAC from Arizona? The tax revenues are going into a publicly monitored account for education. If the general slam on Obama and “those who wanted it to pass” is supposed to be an argument against a culture dependency on public welfare, I agree. If its suppose to be generate a knee jerk reaction against taxation and government spending, I strongly disagree. California was, is, and can remain a world leader in culture, technology, education, the environment, and social justice. 53% put that high enough to pay for it. This is a state that offers high levels of services and public safety, as a long time resident, I am voting for the future of California by keeping my family here, and increasing my investment in my local area.
Dennis Jacques
11.07.2012
Yah.. whatchoo been smokin? Ca. legislators never met a tax hike they didn’t squander… and this one won’t be any different… What would John Galt do?
Before you talk about who “put that high enough” to vote for this, it might be instructive to see the breakdown of the electorate re: income, education, race, etc…
Jenny Jo
11.09.2012
I agree with Dennis, Cassidy and Anthony. I hope the funds are used correctly, and that means on the students, not pensions.. but I won’t hold my breath. It is California we are talking about afterall… This is pretty much why I moved my family and business out of Cal.
1 Qoo Guy, you must not love your children very much if you want them to be saddled with the debt California and many of her cities have. Going bankrupt while my child is still in grade school? Yeah no thanks, didn’t sound like much of a future to me… or any of the other 20+ people I used to know when I lived there, who have subsquently left for greener pastures (mostly Texas and the Dakotas, shockingly).