Annotated Bibliography

"UC Berkeley Uses Prop. 30 to Test Power of Social Media." San Francisco Business Times. Ed. Steven E.F. Brown. San Francisco Times, 18 Sept. 2012. Web. 20 Sept. 2012. <http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/2012/09/uc-berkeley-uses-prop-30-to-test.html>.

This article explains how Ken Goldberg, an engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley, believes that the majority of those affected by Prop 30 are students and faculty and the majority of them don’t know about it or anything that it entitles. So he comes up with an idea to use Facebook to spread the news of Prop 30 and track how active it becomes. By spreading the details of Prop 30 and how it will potentially raise sales and income taxes to provide more funding for schools, students will be able to read it through Facebook and gain better insight on what they may or may not be voting for. If the students are knowledgeable of what they may gain from Prop 30, then they might in turn aid it’s progress to becoming passed.

Rivera, Carla. "Cal State System to Hike Tuition 5% If Prop. 30 Fails." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 18 Sept. 2012. Web. 21 Sept. 2012. <http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0919-cal-state-fees-2-20120919,0,5650848.story>.

In this article for the LA Times, Carla Rivera stresses that if the Prop 30 does not pass then the Cal State system will raise tuitions by 5% over the next year. The system will lose $250 million if Prop 30 doesn’t go through so in turn their raising of tuition fees across all campuses will help raise $58 million in the first year, a little more than a fifth of what they would be losing. Further more the Cal State system will raise the unit cost for non-resident students by 7%, which doesn’t seem like much but actually changes the cost from $372 to $399. However, if Prop 30 does indeed pass, then the Cal State System will be able to rescind the 9% tuition hike that went into effect earlier this year. This would be a more ideal outcome for both students and the Cal State system.

City News Service. "CSU Tuition Increase Balances On Prop. 30: How Will You Vote In November? - Lake Elsinore-Wildomar, CA Patch." Lake Elsinore-Wildomar Patch. City News Service, 21 Sept. 2012. Web. 22 Sept. 2012. <http://lakeelsinore-wildomar.patch.com/articles/csu-tuition-increase-balances-on-prop-30>.

The City News Service reports on potential budget and tuition increases following the downfall of Prop 30. With the pass of Prop 30 the state will increase sales tax by a quarter cent for four years and raise income tax by one percent for seven years. The goal is to gather the tax money to provide larger funding to education without raising the tuition for students. Further more the Cal State System will raise unit fees depending on the case of the student, $100 for course repeating students, $200 per unit for students taking 17 units or more, and $372 per unit for seniors who have taken over 150 units total. These fees are predicted to raise over $35 million a year, which would cover some of the loss of funding with the failing of Prop 30. The Cal State system wants to pass this proposition in order to help it’s students and the schools systems all together.