Prop 98. Like it or not, California has a school funding law put in place years ago by Proposition 98. It’s insanely complicated, but basically requires that 40 percent of the state budget go to K-12 schools. Using round numbers, if the state budget is $100 billion, school spending has to be at least $40 billion. If state spending goes up to $300 billion, school spending has to be at least $120 billion. Aside from being ridiculous, it also leaves only $120 billion for the health care bill. Oops.
#how has California survived this long
It’s a fertile coastline of the most powerful nation on Earth, with amazing weather. (At least, that was my conclusion to this same question.) It would have to try hard to fail.
Which it apparently is.
I think I’ll stick to the Midwest and the East Coast.
