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To: Mr. Sunshine who wrote (10926)6/2/2003 4:20:56 PM
From: Lizzie TudorRead Replies (3) of 306849
 
I agree prop 13 is not the sole reason for bad schools in CA. It contributes to the problem, though, on a whole host of levels. You cannot expect education to hold any sort of quality levels in a state with the highest cost of living where your per capita spending is the lowest. One of the reasons it costs so much to live here is due to this law, at the same time the tax receipts are lower for schools due to this law, its a double whammy. Additionally, there are management issues withing the schools because of course there are only a very few people willing to work in thankless conditions like the california teaching climate.

I am close to your age... one thing I believe changed at some point wrt California or maybe everywhere is the notion that screwing others in order to get more for yourselves is ok. I can't recall but I think an inherent sense of fairness used to exist in CA.

This law is unfair, it hurts the technology industry and benefits people who just happened to live here in the 70s and 80s, many of whom have moved away. Hopefully the tech lobby (which is still very powerful in CA unlike the national situation) can poke some holes in prop 13 and maybe get it removed.
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