Annotated Bibliography.

Brown, David. "The Reactionary Essence of California's Proposition 30." World Socialist Web Site. International    Committee of the Fourth International, 7 Sept. 2012. Web. 23 Sept. 2012. <http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/sep2012/prop-s08.shtml>.

                In this article by David Brown he discusses about Proposition 30, which is a series of taxincreases being pushed by our own Governor Jerry Brown onto the ballot this November. Brown explains that Prop. 30 is basically going to increase taxes 1 to 3 percent on people who make over $250,000 annually as well increasing sales tax. Jerry Brown, in order to get Prop. 30 passed, says Brown “[b]rown is holding the state’s school system hostage . . . it would trigger $6 billion in cuts, $5 billion of which would come from education.” The problem with Prop 30 is that those wealthy people making over a quarter million can find loopholes to avoid paying those taxes and to prove this statement Brown includes this statistic “[a]s noted by the California Budget Project, the poorest fifth of California’s families pay 10.2 percent of their household income on state and local taxes, while the top 1 percent pay only 7.4 percent of their income.”

Coupal, Jon. "Spending Taxpayer Dollars to Push Prop. 30 Is Illegal. Los Angeles Daily News. Howard   Jarvis Taxpayers Association, 19 Sept. 2012. Web. 23 Sept. 2012.   <http://www.dailynews.com/opinions/ci_21585612/jon-coupal-spending-taxpayer-dollars-push-prop-30>.

      This article points out ironic and questionable actions done by our Governor Jerry Brown and his approach towards Prop 30. Coupal explains how Brown wanted Prop 30 to show up first on the ballot in this upcoming November, yet he Coupal explains how Browns actions and “other silly deeds of state government seem designed to give California voters every reason to vote no.” His overall message is stating if Governor Brown secretly doesn`t want Prop 30 to pass. Meanwhile this is going on, Coupal informs tax backers that money (from taxes for state parks), just about $54 million, was kept hidden by the California parks department. And yet they had the nerve to threaten to close 70 parks (probably saying how they were short on money to keep them maintained) with that much money being kept secretly? At the end of this article UC’s and CSU’s have been sending letters home to applicants with the hidden message of telling them to vote “Yes” on Prop 30 by stating that if it doesn`t pass they are quite unsure if they will be able to take many students in because of the budget cuts.

"CSU Board Approves Contingency Plan for Proposition 30." Abclocal.go.com. Abc.com, 19 Sept. 2012. Web.         23 Sept. 2012. <http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=8816873>.

                This article by Abc news brings up the topic of what will happen if Prop 30 doesn`t pass. The main issue they bring up is if it fails to pass, they (the board) will increase tuition fee’s up to about $125 more for each semester. As they all came to this agreement and approve this plan it leaves many people without a choice but other than just vote “Yes” on Prop 30. Just like Jon Coupal was informing people on how UC’s and CSU’s have been sending out letters to applicants, in this article they bring up the same issue but CSU officials have been denying that their hidden message is to convince people to vote “Yes” on Prop 30.