League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
Placer, Sacramento, El Dorado Counties, CA June 5, 2012 Election
	Regy G. Bronner, Jr. Answers Questions Candidate for Member of the State Assembly; District 6

The questions were prepared by the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund and asked of all candidates for this office.
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Questions & Answers

1. How will you prioritize the budget choices the Legislature must make to align the state’s income and spending?

Make relevant job training, attraction and formation the first priority. Keep the teachers, firemen, police, and nurses on the job. Spread the increased need for tax revenues to bring corporate and wealthy more in line with the rest of taxpayers' rates. Eliminate all tax loopholes where feasible.

2. What types of changes or reforms, if any, do you think are important to make our state government function more effectively?

Corporate exception to Proposition 13 needs to be amended. Establish an indirect referendum system to avoid collateral damage and hidden sponsors. Vote in the Disclose Act. Refine tax distribution to cities and counties in a more equitable way. Amend the 67% rule in the State Senate to 50% + 1. Repeal legislator term limits.

3. Fees for public higher education have gone up dramatically and funding has been cut. Is this a priority concern, and if so, what measures would you propose to address it?

Make free public education free again. Reestablish the principal that investment in public education is an investment in California's economic health. Remove corporate loopholes like oil and gas subsidies, farm subsidies, and the Proposition 13 corporate loophole.

4. What other major issues do you think the Legislature must address? What are your own priorities?

Need to expedite mortgage reformation process for single-family under water properties. Hire additional teachers for the community colleges to handle the influx of returning veterans.

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