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DESCRIPTION:Taking Back the California State  Budget\n\nSunday, May 23rd 
 10am-2pm\nCentro del Pueblo\n474 Valencia St. San Francisco\nWheelchair 
 Accessible\n\nIn 2009, California passed the worst budget in the history of 
 the state – balancing the cuts on the backs of poor and working people of 
 color – and the 2010 budget process is going to be just as bad.  Why does 
 this keep happening?  Why does California state government stagger from 
 crisis to crisis with seemingly no vision for the future?  Why are the 
 decisions so heavily influenced by a small minority of the most reactionary 
 elements in the state?  And despite all this, where have we seen victories 
 that have countered these elements and fought for a more just budget?  What 
 opportunities are there in these crises for social justice movements to 
 advance more radical politics in California?  What will it take to fix it 
 and what roles can the left and social movements play in organizing for a 
 more just process?\n\nThe Center for Political Education (CPE) and 
 Californian’s United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) are hosting a 
 half-day popular education teach-in to provide information about the 
 complicated context and history of the state budget process, and promote 
 interactive engagement to strategize around how social movements and the 
 left can intervene in the budget process.  We will be joined by Lenny 
 Goldberg from California Tax Reform Association, Marty Martinez from 
 California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN), and Ari Wohlfeiler from 
 Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB).\n\nThis teach-in will 
 include:\n\n    * An overview of the causes of the California budget 
 crisis\n    * A discussion of short, medium and long-term proposals to fix 
 the budget process in California\n    * Interactive popular education 
 exercises to understand and be able to teach about California budget 
 issues\n    * How is it possible to both have an immediate impact on 
 concrete objectives, while building our own organizations and movements for 
 the long haul?\n    * What social movements are organizing and responding 
 to the cuts? \n\nThis is a free event but donations will be accepted.  A 
 light lunch and childcare will be provided. \n\nPlease RSVP by emailing 
 center@politicaleducation.org by May 19th in order for us to have enough 
 food for participants. \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/05/20/18648425.php
SUMMARY:What's the Matter with California? Taking Back the California State Budget
LOCATION:Centro del Pueblo\n474 Valencia St. San Francisco\nWheelchair Accessible
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/05/20/18648425.php
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