Higher Taxes in California

Today the state sales tax went up here in California to almost 9%.

NINE PERCENT!!!

Seattle Times



Goldwater Institute




Associated Press

AB 755 - Anti-Spanking Bill Defeated

Anti-Spanking Bill Stopped For Now

The anti-spanking bill proposed by California State Assemblymember Sally Lieber was stopped in the Assembly Appropriations committee on Friday, June 1st 2007. The bill (AB 755) must remain dormant until later this session when it has another chance to move forward again in January of 2008. It can be passed out of the Assembly at that time and move on to the Senate.

Praise God that this bill was stopped!

Be aware that AB 755 can move forward later this session but is stopped for now.


Three Ways Sally Lieber's Anti-Spanking Bill Can Move Forward

1. The language from this bill can be amended into another bill that is currently active and moving through the legislature.
2. The language can be put into a new piece of legislation and introduced as a new bill as early as the beginning of the second half of this legislative session. This could also happen at the start of the next legislative session which starts in December 2008.
   
3. AB 755 can move forward itself in the second half of this legislative session if it gets out of the Assembly by the end of January of 2008.

Detailed information on this bill can be found at: Child and Family Protection

Getting Down To Facts - Education Report: California

Last week a report on California's education system was released consisting of 1700 pages of studies, analyses and commentary on work done by scholars from numerous institutions. The work on the report was led by a group from Stanford University and was funded by the Gates and Hewlett foundations among others.

The report was "designed to provide California's citizens with comprehensive information about the status of the state's school finance and governance systems. The overall hypothesis underlying this research project is that improvement to California's school finance and governance structures could enable its schools to be more effective." (Project Overview)


On Wednesday Pacific Research Institute published an article by K. Lloyd Billingsley looking at how different people and groups are responding to the report and paying careful attention to the CTA's position.


For the record: Desperate times for education
Published 12:00 am PDT Monday, March 19, 2007
Sacramento Bee
Story appeared in EDITORIALS section, Page B4


Peter Schrag: More money! Fewer rules! Tastes great! Less filling!
By Peter Schrag -
Published 12:00 am PDT Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Story appeared in EDITORIALS section, Page B7


Daniel Weintraub: Teachers union could block public school change
The Sacramento Bee
Published 12:00 am PDT Thursday, March 22, 2007
Story appeared in EDITORIALS section, Page B7