Category Archives: Molly Munger

EdSource Today: Prop 38 video

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By John Fensterwald

It is what supporters of Proposition 30, Gov. Brown’s education funding initiative, suspected and feared would happen. In a new 30-second TV ad that circulated today, the rival campaign of Proposition 38 takes pot shots at Prop 30.

Prop 38 funder Molly Munger  promised Sunday that the campaign would be “compare and contrast” ads to tell the truth about false statements in Prop 30’s TV ads. With its new ad, Prop 38 has now contributed misleading claims of its own, signaling a potentially costly  escalation of a battle for voters’ attention that would probably best be waged promoting a common cause – raising more money for schools – instead of sniping over differences.

via Prop 38 video – by John Fensterwald.

EdSource Today: Rift widens between backers of ed initiatives 30 and 38

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By John Fensterwald and Kathryn Baron

All pretense of goodwill is gone between backers of the two competing education tax measures on November’s ballot. 

State Board of Education President Mike Kirst and Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg joined union leaders Monday in sending a strongly worded letter to Molly Munger, the primary backer of Proposition 38, asking her not to run TV ads criticizing Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s school funding measure. Kirst also emailed an undisclosed number of PTA leaders, implying they should pressure Munger “to do all in your power to stop this destructive course of action.” The state PTA, bucking education groups representing school boards, unions, and administrators, is a co-sponsor, with Munger, of Prop 38.

via Rift widens between backers of ed initiatives 30 and 38 – by John Fensterwald and Kathryn Baron.

SacBee Endorsements: ‘Yes’ on Jerry Brown’s Prop. 30; ‘No’ on Munger’s Prop. 38

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Gov. Jerry Brown’s initiative to raise taxes by $6 billion a year is vital to California’s future on many different levels.

Although purists might have wished for an alternative with wiser tax policy, Proposition 30 is the measure that is before the electorate on the Nov. 6 ballot. It warrants a “yes” vote.

The budget approved earlier this year includes $6 billion in cuts that would be imposed if Proposition 30 fails. The biggest cuts, $5.4 billion, would fall on public schools, forcing local officials to shorten the school year by weeks, a disastrous prospect. Public universities would endure another $500 million cut, and raise tuition again.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/07/4886193/endorsements-yes-on-jerry-browns.html#mi_rss=California%20Forum#storylink=cpy

via Endorsements: ‘Yes’ on Jerry Brown’s Prop. 30; ‘No’ on Munger’s Prop. 38.

Daily Republic Opinion: Time ripe to get out the vote against Prop 30 and 38

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by Murray Bass

The Fairfield-Suisun School’s District governing board voted unanimously to support state tax increase measures Propositions 30 and 38. That was naive. These are “trust me, baby” measures from a state that deserves no trust, one that tried to loot the First 5 trust fund, has looted redevelopment and taken money from mental health and schools.

Proposition 30 is intended to “help balance the budget,” not fund school programs. Proposition 38 is to fund early childhood education. The state policy reflected in its Foundations publications is do not educate. They are “not educating” very well without additional money. Propositions 30 and 38 are no-no propositions.

via Time ripe to get out the vote.

SacBee — Opinion: Peter Schrag: Jerry Brown helped create the tax trap that now ensnares him

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Among Sacramento wonks the conventional wisdom long held that attorney Molly Munger’s Proposition 38 could kill Gov. Jerry Brown’s Proposition 30.

Both call for new taxes. Both are to benefit schools. Both are complicated.

That, goes the theory, will generate enough doubt and confusion to lead voters to reject both.

The latest polls reinforce earlier findings that Proposition 30 is a cliffhanger and that Proposition 38 will lose, despite the nearly $28 million that the deep-pocketed Munger, a longtime civil rights activist, has pumped into it. That’s not surprising. Munger proposes to tax you and me.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/03/4876291/peter-schrag-jerry-brown-helped.html#mi_rss=Opinion#storylink=cpy

via Peter Schrag: Jerry Brown helped create the tax trap that now ensnares him.

The Educated Guess: Should California’s teachers vote with the governor?

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Jeff Camp

Nearly half a million of California’s voters are teachers. Like other voters, they will soon have to decide how to mark their November ballots. They will certainly scratch their heads over Propositions 30 and 38, competing measures that would ease the damage of four years of steady budget cuts.

Should teachers vote for Prop 38, which would bring significant new money to each school and provide funding for preschools? Or for should they vote for Prop 30, which would bring less money to education – but has the backing of the governor?

The California Teachers Association (CTA), the state’s largest teachers union, has committed to support the governor’s measure, and has officially taken a neutral position on Proposition 38. But as the CTA’s top leaders fan out to campaign this month in lieu of their usual quarterly meeting, one has to wonder if their hearts will be in it. When it comes to sustaining funding, either measure would do for the moment, and Prop 38 would establish a longer period of commitment.

via Should California’s teachers vote with the governor? – by Jeff Camp.

Dan Walters: California’s school funding confusing

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If you want your head to spin, try to figure out how much money we spend each year to educate California’s 6 million K-12 school students.

Official agencies and outside groups publish numbers, but they rarely agree. They either take their snapshots at different times or include different types of spending and/or different sources of financing.

Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget pegs the number at $63.4 billion during the 2012-13 fiscal year, but assumes that voters approve his sales and income tax increase measure, Proposition 30, on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/01/4869015/dan-walters-californias-school.html#mi_rss=Dan%20Walters#storylink=cpy

via Dan Walters: California’s school funding confusing.

The Reporter Columnist: Ernest Kimme: Come on, moderates — Prop 30 and Prop 38

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Money, money, money: everywhere you look, money — and not a drop to spend.California spends about $96 billion every year, about $16 billion more than its revenues. The Legislature and the governor partially closed the gap with $8.2 billion in cuts.

But there is still a gap of about $6 billion, which the governor proposes to fill with additional revenue, or taxes as we call them.

To make it more interesting, there are two tax proposals on the ballot to fill this budget hole: Proposition 30 and Proposition 38. Proposition 30 is the governor’s tax increase. It is supported by Gov. Brown, the teachers unions, the California Sheriff’s Association and the League of Women Voters.

via Ernest Kimme: Come on, moderates — vote.

The Reporter: Solano County school districts favor Proposition 30

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By Richard Bammer/ RBammer@TheReporter.com

Area public school boards, like their counterparts statewide, have weighed in to support one or both state tax measures on the Nov. 6 ballot.

Vacaville Unified School District trustees recently unanimously voted to put their stamp of approval on Proposition 30, the so-called “governor’s initiative,” but stopped short of supporting the competing measure, Proposition 38, commonly called the “Munger initiative.” Their vote reflected the position adopted by the Vacaville Teachers Association.

In the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District, trustees recently unanimously voted to endorse both, although the Fairfield-Suisun Unified Teachers Association supports only Prop. 30.

via Solano County school districts favor Proposition 30.

Dan Walters: Jerry Brown, Molly Munger gearing up for battle

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Gov. Jerry Brown and civil rights attorney Molly Munger appear to be heading toward a direct clash over rival tax increase measures that could doom both.

Brown’s $6 billion per year sales and income tax increase, Proposition 30, barely tops 50 percent in recent polls of likely voters. Munger’s $10 billion income tax boost for schools, Proposition 38, falls short of a majority.

Brown attempted to persuade Munger to drop her measure, worried that having both on the ballot would alienate voters, but she refused. His campaign then publicly urged Munger to avoid attacks on Proposition 30, clearly fearing that they would threaten its passage.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/25/4851442/dan-walters-jerry-brown-molly.html#mi_rss=Dan%20Walters#storylink=cpy

via Dan Walters: Jerry Brown, Molly Munger gearing up for battle.

Daily Republic » Opinion: Say no to state tax measures 30 and 38

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by Bud Stevenson

Have you decided how you’re going to vote on Propositions 30 and 38, which would put into effect tax increases, allegedly for education?

Proposition 30 is Gov. Jerry Brown’s pet tax project: it would raise taxes progressively on those earning more than $250,000. Proposition 38 is more “democratic,” since the tax increases would fall progressively on those earning as little as $7,317, with a tax of four-tenths of one percent.

Both propositions are devoted primarily to K-12 education, but one-third of Proposition 38’s revenue would be dedicated to paying down existing bond debt.

via Say no to state tax measures.

The Reporter: Alcohol, props on Vacaville Unified School District trustees’ agenda

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By Richard Bammer/ RBammer@TheReporter.com

When Vacaville Unified leaders meet Thursday, they will vote to approve a revised policy and administrative regulation about alcohol being served at school-related and off-campus events.

The governing board, which has mulled the alcohol issue since early February, will consider drafts and alternatives to drafts of policies which disallow students from handling, serving or afterward clearing tables at school-connected events where alcoholic drinks are served to and consumed by adults, such as the Sylvan Singers’ annual Madrigal Dinner and the Wood High music boosters crab feed.

via Alcohol, props on Vacaville Unified School District trustees’ agenda.

SacBee: Jerry Brown and Molly Munger both want to raise taxes to help schools – – but differ on approach

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By Kevin Yamamura

If Gov. Jerry Brown and civil rights attorney Molly Munger agree on one thing, it’s that California needs to raise taxes to give schools more money.

Voters who share that view now have to consider two distinctly different paths devised to accomplish the goal.

On the November ballot, the tax hike with the most votes should prevail if both succeed, though courts would likely have to sort out which parts of each initiative survive.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/18/4829448/jerry-brown-and-molly-munger-both.html#mi_rss=Education#storylink=cpy

via Jerry Brown and Molly Munger both want to raise taxes to help schools – – but differ on approach.

The Reporter: Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District trustees to debate tax measures — Props. 30, 38

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When they meet today, Fairfield-Suisun Unified leaders will consider approval of one or both of the two state tax measures on the November ballot.

So-called “the governor’s initiative,” Prop. 30 is the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012.

Proposition 38, proposed by Southern California lawyer Molly Munger and commonly called “the Munger initiative,” is Our Children, Our Future: Local Schools and Early Education Investment and Bond Debt Reduction Act.

If both pass, then the one with the greater number of votes will take effect.

via Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District trustees to debate tax ….

California Progress Report: School Beat: California’s Competing Tax Measures

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By Lisa Schiff

California voters concerned with the fate of our public schools face a dilemma this election day–how to vote on the two competing tax measures that each pledge to provide significant new financial support to our state’s public education system. Propositions 30 and 38 present very different alternatives to the immediate fiscal crisis in our schools and formulating an opinion on them is no easy matter.

via School Beat: California’s Competing Tax Measures.

The Reporter: Vacaville Teachers Association supports Proposition 30

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By Richard Bammer/ RBammer@TheReporter.com

Of the two state tax measures on the November ballot, Vacaville Unified teachers support Prop. 30 because the so-called “governor’s initiative,” if passed, prevents automatic trigger cuts.

Speaking to the district’s board of trustees Thursday, Moira McSweeney, president of the Vacaville Teachers Association, acknowledged both initiatives — the other is Prop. 38 — may pass but asserted Prop. 30, the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012, would stop nearly $500 per-student budget cuts in the district. On the other hand, Prop. 38, Our Children, Our Future: Local Schools and Early Education Investment and Bond Debt Reduction Act, would not, she said.

If both pass, whichever gains more votes will take effect, but “only Proposition 30 keeps income tax increases away from the middle class,” McSweeney said during the trustees meeting in the Educational Services Center.

via Vacaville Teachers Association supports Proposition 30.

EdSource Today: Prop 38 sponsor says ed initiative will upset polls

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By Kathy Baron and John Fensterwald

Confident that Californians will tax themselves to send more money to their local schools, Molly Munger is preparing for “a big air war” – extensive TV advertising to persuade voters to pass Proposition 38.

The Los Angeles attorney is bankrolling the “other” education initiative, one that would  raise personal income taxes by $10 billion to fund K-12 and early childhood education. From the start of the campaign, Munger’s initiative has been trailing in the polls behind Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s ballot measure to raise $6 billion from sales tax and the income tax on wealthy Californians. Munger has donated $20 million to the campaign so far and won’t say how much more she’ll spend.

via Prop 38 sponsor says ed initiative will upset polls – by Kathy Baron and John Fensterwald.

The Reporter: Vacaville Unified School District trustees to mull tax initiatives

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By Richard Bammer/RBammer@TheReporter.com

When they meet Thursday, Vacaville Unified School District leaders will hear an update on two state tax initiatives, Props. 30 and 38, vote on the final budget for 2011-12, vote to approve the Early College High School or Program and hear an update on Common Core State Standards.

Trustees likely will get a detailed report on the two tax initiatives from Kari Sousa, VUSD’s chief business officer.

Prop. 30 is the so-called “governor’s initiative,” the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012. If approved, it will temporarily raise income taxes for those making more than $250,000 per year for seven years while adding a quarter-cent boost to the state sales tax for four years.

via Vacaville Unified School District trustees to mull tax initiatives.

Vallejo Times-Herald: Vallejo school’s trustee’s election cycle may change

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The Vallejo school board will discuss Wednesday the possibility of changing the year its members are elected.

The staggered school board elections are currently held every two years on the odd years. The last election was in November, and the next for three full-term board seats will be in November 2013.

The report is being brought to the board in part on the request of Burky Worel, a former school board member and a regular attendee of Vallejo school board meetings.

via Vallejo school’s trustee’s election cycle may change.

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