"Proposition 13" (2020 state ballot)

Some time back, Democrats in California asked voters if the lottery should be instituted. Their pitch, as it often is, was "it's for the kids!". The California Lottery was designed to be a HUGE source of funding, as California public schools were plummeting off the educational achievement cliff. As it was presented to voters, here's how it worked:

Let's say that the education budget for "fiscal year X" was $10 billion.

And, if passed, the lottery for that year generated $5 billion.

As the law was written and presented to voters, the revised education budget for "fiscal year X" would now be $15 billion.

Good so far?

Awesome, right? The kids would be HUGELY funded, classrooms would be updated and upgraded, new text books and other learning devices, sports, music, etc......

Truly, an awesome, amazing thing!

Then the law passed.

And, as we saw.....constantly.....with Obamacare, the legislature changed the language. The California legislature amended the mechanics of the lottery.

HERE is how the California lottery works now....today:

Let's say that the education budget for "fiscal year Y" is $10 billion.

And, let's say that the lottery for this year generates $5 billion.

As the law is amended now, the budget for "fiscal year Y" will now be CUT to $5 billion, and the $5 billion generated by the lottery will be used to build the budget back to $10 billion.

What happens to the extra $5 billion, cut from the budget? Simple:

It goes into the general fund, where, currently, it is used to support illegal immigration, sanctuary cities and clean human feces off of streets and sidewalks in Nancy Pelosi's district.

Why bother reminding voters of this disgusting piece of history? Again, simple:

Proposition 13, the formal title of which is "AB 48 (Chapter 530 of 2019), O’Donnell. Education finance: school facilities: Public Preschool, K-12, and College Health and Safety Bond Act of 2020" 

has NOTHING to do with school facilities, Public Preschool, K-12, or College Health and Safety.

NOTHING. 

The 2020 "Proposition 13" overturns the 1978 Proposition 13, thereby exposing property taxes to the whim of the state legislature. If passed, the 2020 "Proposition 13" will VASTLY INCREASE property taxes, and will mark the beginning of a staggering increase of foreclosures and confiscations due to non-payment of the, now, doubled, tripled, and even HIGHER property taxes. Those who RENT will not be safe from this, either, as their landlords' taxes will increase and THEY will be forced to pass those increases down. 

Let me be perfectly clear: NO ONE who lives in a dwelling in California will remain unaffected. 

AND, just like the California lottery, those revenues will be diverted, legislatively, to the general fund, where they will pay for MORE illegal immigration, MORE sanctuary cities and MORE cleanup of human feces in Nancy Pelosi's district. 

As with the California lottery, the kids don't matter. The schools don't matter. EDUCATION does not matter. 

VOTE AN EMPHATIC "NO!" ON THE 2020 "PROPOSITION 13".