Annotated Bibliography

Schwab, David. "Brown: Proposition 30 Failure Would Result in Devastating Cuts to Education." Swrnn.com. City News Service, 21 Aug. 2012. Web. 09 Sept. 2012. <http://www.swrnn.com/2012/08/21/brown-proposition-30-failure-would-result-in-devastating-cuts-to-education/>.

This is an op-ed article written by David Schwab for city news. He uses many quotes from Governor Jerry Brown as well as other influential people in the community voicing their thoughts and opinions. Amongst the people voicing there opinions are community college teachers. Schwab also includes quotes by others like the senior advisor against proposition 30 stating that if it is passed state spending would be at it’s highest. He mentions another measure, proposition 38, which would increase taxes to help finance education as well. Only proposition 38 would increase personal income tax rates for 12 years for annual earnings over $7,316. This is a perfect example of logos, it has a ton of facts and logical reasoning. This article has given me an abundance of resources to use quotes from influential people on both sides of proposition 30 for my research article.

California. State Legislature. Attorney General. TEMPORARY TAXES TO FUND EDUCATION. GUARANTEED LOCAL PUBLIC SAFETY FUNDING. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. By Kamala Harris. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Sos.ca.gov. Web. 12 Sept. 2012.

I found this website to be very informative while researching proposition 30. It is the official title and summary written by the attorney general that will be on the November 2012 ballots. It explains the benefits if proposition 30 is passed and it also explains what will happen if it is rejected. Proposition 30 is an attempt to temporarily tax people that make over $250,000 a year for seven years to fund education, local public safety as well as an initiative constitutional amendment. It will also increase sales and use tax by ¼ cent for four years, bring temporary tax revenues 89% to K–12 schools and 11% to community colleges and it guarantees funding from the state to local governments for public safety officers. If proposition 30 is approved it will bring in about six billion dollars and help balance the state budget through 2019. Ethos is the main appeal within this article because it was written directly from the state legislature and it will be presented on the ballots in the exact same format.

Dickerson, Marla. "California Economist Says State Should Dump Proposition 13." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2012. Web. 20 Sept. 2012.  <http://articles.latimes.com/2012/mar/30/business/la-fi-mo-california-economist-says-dump-proposition-13-20120330>.

This article was written by Marla Dickerson about a former UCLA economist, Christopher Thornberg, who declared war on proposition 13. He argues that the 1978 ballot measure that capped property taxes in California was “one of the most horrendous, unfair, regressive taxes in the history of the United States.” Marla explains Thornberg’s thoughts and reasoning and within her article she, gives him the benefit of the doubt by summarizing the main reasons behind his strong stance against proposition 13.  This article has explained a lot about the doubts of proposition 13 but it doesn’t really explain what proposition 13 is. I think it would have been a little better if there would have been more information about the proposition besides the fact it was on the ballots in 1978, 14 years before I was born.