The State Council Report is now available online here. (You must be logged in to MyCTA to access it)
Here are my personal highlights:
- The council voted to support New Business Items (NBI) that would direct our Legislative Analysts to develop initiative language to change the 2/3 majority rules for passing a budget or raising taxes in California and to raise taxes to support education (by giving education a more stable revenue source). There was some debate as to whether the new tax initiative should include other social services, and while there seemed to be support for other services there was a prevailing desire to limit the scope of such taxes to our funding needs at this time.
- There was some debate concerning a motion to support Proposition 11 (the redistricting proposal). While many members believe in the idea of redistricting, the debate was focused on the process of redistricting called for in this proposal.
If you have any questions regarding any decisions that were made at State Council, please feel free to contact Jan Thornhill or Hank Mollet (or e-mail addresses are linked to our names at the left).
Respectfully Submitted,
Hank Mollet
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