I just had a chance to briefly skim through an article that actually has details about proposed budget and the actual text of the gov.s proposal

http://www.mercurynews.com/california-budget/ci_20620197/gov-jerry-brown-calls-more-social-services-cuts

Here are some highlights.

* For all the talk from Gov. Brown about cuts, the proposed spending ($91.4B) for 2012-13 is actually 5% (or $5B) higher than 2011-12.

* Gov. says that if you don’t approve his tax increase he will cut $5B from K-12 education. What he does not tell you is that even after cutting $5B from K-12, the state will be spending higher ($48B) on K-12 the next year than this year ($47B). The increase(2%) will more or less keep up with inflation in the economy. I fail to see how this will be “devastating” to public education as some people are saying.