The UC Student Association’s Fund the UC Campaign looks to find alternate ways to increase funding for UC schools. It focuses mainly on reforming Proposition 13 to create more funds… Rafi Sands, undergraduate student government external vice president, said raising property taxes on commercial properties could potentially refund $9 billion for California state funds, which could increase funding for higher education and possibly reduce tuition. Sands added he thinks Prop 13 has had devastating effects on California state tax revenue, which has affected health care, criminal justice and created school-to-prison pipelines. “This is not a temporary problem, and it needs to be campaigned for year-round,” Sands said.

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by Dina Stumpf, The Daily Bruin.

Posted: January 11th, 2017, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.