California budget
Marty Hittelman: Saving Public Education in California & Unlocking the State Budget Juggernaut
The President of the California Federation of Teachers speaks about the statewide March 4 mobilization for public education, the ongoing attack on funding for public education in the state government, and how to unlock California's budget juggernaut to win real reform.
![](http://www.thestrategycenter.org/sites/www.thestrategycenter.org/files/imagecache/thumb/sites/lcsc.civicactions.net/files/handsonbar+500+x+500.jpg "The Omnivorous Police/Prison State and the California "Budget Crisis"")
The Omnivorous Police/Prison State and the California "Budget Crisis"
So let's look at how the police/prison growth industry has been affected by the economic downturn.
At a time when the California government can't pay its bills or cut welfare checks to the neediest, a time when it is sending IOUs for tax returns, it is driving forward (guns a blazin') with the largest prison construction project in the world. We're talking about AB 900 and its evil twin ABX1-10.
