Californians Want Budget to Reflect Their Values

(Sacramento) -- Support for a state budget that reflects real California values is growing throughout the state. From Southern California, through the Central Valley and along the California Coast to the San Francisco Bay Area and the rest of Northern California people are calling on state lawmakers to approve a new state spending plan that funds education, health care, transportation and care for the elderly, blind and disabled. In this Assembly Access video real Californians, Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and other top Democratic Assemblymembers make it clear it's "our values and our future" that must be included in the state budget.

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[inertia186]

I am a Californian and you do not represent me. I want you to lower spending so that you can lower taxes, but this is the complete opposite.

[AssemblyAccess]

Hello Anthony and thank you for your feedback. One thing we all need to work on is not tying the hands of the legislature and the governor by passing initiatatives that pre-determine levels of spending. Around 70% of the budget is allocated by voter approved initiatives.

[inertia186]

Do these "pre-determined levels of spending" rise faster than the rate of inflation?