Spring 2012
Committee:
Governmental Relations
Whereas, The State of California is in a fiscal crisis, and as a result, California Community Colleges are being funded at increasingly lower levels while students are paying record high fees, have access to fewer classes, and matriculation services are being cut at an alarming rate;
Whereas, The Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012, a ballot initiative for November 6th, 2012, will do the following:
1) “For taxable income above $250,000 for single filers and above $500,000 for joint filers, the rate for the portion above those thresholds would increase by 1 percent, from 9.3 percent to 10.3 percent”
2) “For taxable income above $300,000 for single filers and above $600,000 for joint filers, the rate for the portion above those thresholds would increase by 2 percent, from 9.3 percent to 11.3 percent”
3) “For taxable income above $500,000 for single filers and above $1 million for joint filers, the rate for the portion above those thresholds would increase by 3 percent, from 9.3 percent to 12.3 percent”
4) “Raises the statewide sales tax by a quarter-cent, from 7.25 percent to 7.5 percent, for four years, starting Jan. 1, 2013, and ending Dec. 31, 2016”;
Whereas, Without the passage of this ballot measure funding for California Community Colleges will be further reduced; and
Whereas, This measure would raise $7 billion to $9 billion in the first year, and $5 billion to $6 billion annually thereafter;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges support the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012.
Whereas, The Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012, a ballot initiative for November 6th, 2012, will do the following:
1) “For taxable income above $250,000 for single filers and above $500,000 for joint filers, the rate for the portion above those thresholds would increase by 1 percent, from 9.3 percent to 10.3 percent”
2) “For taxable income above $300,000 for single filers and above $600,000 for joint filers, the rate for the portion above those thresholds would increase by 2 percent, from 9.3 percent to 11.3 percent”
3) “For taxable income above $500,000 for single filers and above $1 million for joint filers, the rate for the portion above those thresholds would increase by 3 percent, from 9.3 percent to 12.3 percent”
4) “Raises the statewide sales tax by a quarter-cent, from 7.25 percent to 7.5 percent, for four years, starting Jan. 1, 2013, and ending Dec. 31, 2016”;
Whereas, Without the passage of this ballot measure funding for California Community Colleges will be further reduced; and
Whereas, This measure would raise $7 billion to $9 billion in the first year, and $5 billion to $6 billion annually thereafter;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges support the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012.