Since proposing his revenue increase ballot measure, Gov. Brown has been working to convince several groups to drop duplicate or additional revenue increase measures from the 2012 General Election ballot.
One of the longest holdouts - the California Federation of Teachers (CFT) - finally agreed to a compromise with Gov. Brown after months of debate.
The revised ballot measure will now raise sales tax by a mere quarter cent, as opposed to the half cent increase proposed in Brown's original plan.
In addition, the revised measure includes slightly higher taxes on high income households - in particular the top 1% of all earners in California.
Your ACSS is dedicated to supporting Gov. Brown’s revenue increases - and those revenue increases alone - in order to avoid catastrophic cuts to education and further layoffs within CDCR.