The last thing we need is to be taking money away from our schools. By passing Proposition 217, voters will prevent any loss of revenues for our schools. Libraries close or cut back their hours. Criminals are let out of overcrowded jails. Child protection services are cut.
Police departments are understaffed.
To make up for some of the losses, voters have passed sales taxes and local taxes, which fall on ordinary taxpayers. Proposition 217 helps fill the gap, without a tax increase. After restoring funds that would be lost to schools, it automatically returns the revenues from continuing the top brackets back to local government. Each local government will receive revenue in direct proportion to the amount taken away by the state. This revenue must go to schools and to restore local services in proportion to local losses.