Teachers Commend Gov., Demos for Best Budget in Dire Circumstances
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) June 28 – The leader of the 325,000-member California Teachers Association is commending Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic Senators and Assembly Members for approving the best budget they could, given Republican lawmakers’ efforts to “hijack” the spending plan and block an extension of temporary state revenues that would have further protected schools.
In a prepared statement released to the media on June 28, CTA President Dean E. Vogel noted that the budget agreement reached by the governor and legislative Democrats on June 27 “is certainly not a perfect budget plan, but it is what Democratic lawmakers and the Governor were able to do in light of the Republicans’ refusal to work with them to pass a