Resolution Number SF08.08

We Need Real Solutions, Not Cuts To Vital Services

WHEREAS, the people of California are entitled to vital services such as education, fire protection, public safety, health care, parks and environmental protection; and

WHEREAS, the proposed state budget calls for a 10 percent across-the-board cut in all services, rather than calling for revenue increases and tax loophole closures; and

WHEREAS, the state budget proposal would amount to 107,000 teachers losing their jobs, 680,000 people losing their health care, tens of thousands of inmates released, state parks closed, college students facing tuition hikes, and 400,000 vulnerable seniors and people with disabilities losing home care services;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the California Democratic Party will not support these cuts to vital services and asks every Democratic legislator to oppose them; and

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the California Democratic Party believes that increasing state revenues and closing tax loopholes are the right solutions to the current budget deficit.

Submitted by 45 DSCC members (Contact: Susan Savage, California Teachers Association)

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Adopted by the Executive Board
Of the California Democratic Party
At Its Executive Board Meeting
Westin Hotel, Millbrae
June 15, 2008