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DESCRIPTION:SF Gray Panthers Presents\nBudgets and Ballot Propositions that 
 Kill\n\nTuesday, April 21, 1 PM\nFireside Room, Unitarian Universalist 
 Center\n1187 Franklin St (at Geary)\nFree, Wheelchair 
 OK\n\n\nCalifornia’s recent budget agreement is a disaster for seniors, 
 kids, people with disabilities, and low-income working families,  with 
 devastating cuts to schools, medical care, income support, home care, and 
 many other vital services.\n\nBut as bad and as oppressive as this state 
 budget is, it depends on passing six May 19 Special Election Propositions, 
 some which are even worse than the budget itself.  \n\nForemost among these 
 is Prop 1A, a permanent spending cap, which would freeze all spending at 
 today's low levels, even as the over-65 population grows and poverty 
 increases.  \n\nState spending could  only increase in step with  the 
 Consumer Price Index (which is much lower than the rate of inflation for 
 health care and social services in a depressed economy) or with increased 
 population (which ignores other changes like increased poverty or 
 near-doubling of the over-65 population.)  Regardless of future needs, the 
 Spending Cap could be lifted only by a 2/3 vote in a state-wide election.  
 Prop 1A also extends this year’s temporary increases in sales, income, 
 and vehicle taxes from two to four years.\n\nJoin Colleen Rivecca and Hene 
 Kelly in a discussion of how to organize to overcome these threats. 
 \n\nRead 
 more.\nhttp://graypantherssf.igc.org/09-04-21-gen_meeting.htm\n\nMore info: 
 415-552-8800\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/19/18579383.php
SUMMARY:Budgets and Ballot Propositions that Kill
LOCATION:Fireside Room, Unitarian Universalist Center, 1187 Franklin (at Geary)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/03/19/18579383.php
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