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Re: “Costly Tax Loophole Remains Open”
Prop 13 should only have been for real persons not corporations but leave it to our legislature to mess it up. It's time to revamp it keeping the rates for the people not corporations who are always finding loopholes to dodge their responsibilities.
As for the Chamber of Commerce with their scare tactics how about Californians boycotting any company that avoids paying its fair share of taxes. We are the 6th biggest economy in the world and the people have a lot of clout. It's time to use it wisely. Governor Brown needs to stop coddling the big money boys and get them to cough up their fair share of taxes.
Re: “Costly Tax Loophole Remains Open”
Thanks, Darwin, for publicizing Prop 13's continuing disservice of the public interest! Tom Ammiano deserves re-election and members of the Assembly Committe on Revenue and Taxation who thwarted Ammiano's bill deserve retirement from their jobs, as does Prop 13 in its present form. Surely the last 35 years should have made it very clear to the voters of California that changes need to be made to Prop 13 to prevent corporations and other Big Money interests from continuing to literally steal tax payer dollars as described in this excellent article.
Re: “Can Pot Help Cure PTSD?”
If it is a cure, then it goes against all established practices of Big Pharma (no unending repeat customers).
Re: “A People-Focused Solution”
I am happy to see the EBX give some love to the OUSD RJ program and the student leaders and adults who make it happen. Jean Tepperman did a great job capturing the essence of what we are trying to do, and I am so glad she could highlight some of the amazing individuals doing this work in our schools.
It is important to note that at Montera Middle School, local non-profit SEEDS Community Resolution Center has been an integral partner in this work. Principal Tranzor and indefatigable Montera parent Nina Senn, who is a Montera PTO member and the SEEDS Board President, coordinated efforts to make sure that Ms. Yari's hours were increased beyond what the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth had so generously given her via the Peer RJ Grant. This increase in hours allowed Yari to include parent volunteers and increase the scope of her RJ work and really make a substantive difference at the school site. There are many unsung heroes and it is impossible to name them all. In this case, we would be remiss not to mention Nina Senn and SEEDS.
Thank you EBX for highlighting this very important work as we shift the culture and climate at our schools.
David Yusem
Program Manager, Restorative Justice
Oakland Unified School District