<p>We will also consider immediate strategies and actions to stem the barrage of cuts and longer-term strategies to restore funding for education Where is the funding they want to tap into? Since Prop 13, (essentially, property taxes- and with some caveat that makes it tough to override or re-write,) funding for education and all sorts of public services has dwindled. The revenue isn’t there. In local k-12 schools, instead of community funding, many districts are forced to rely on the state- and the state can’t manage.</p>
<p>37 million residents, about 800 miles from nose to toe, over 600,000 kids in the Cal States and UCs, multiple priorities, owing to a very diverse population, in all respects; multiple “points of failure.” </p>
<p>How does NY do it? They have 450k+ in the SUNY system- are they magically better managing all the state needs against U needs? Does the much smaller size of the state and total population (half of CA) make some difference? Managing less geography? Or are those kids equally disgruntled?</p>