Teachers to occupy Riverside.
California Teachers Association Board of Directors member and Moreno Valley teacher Jose Alcala will join representatives from a broad coalition of area organizations concerned about possible mid-year state budget cuts at a vigil and march in Riverside on Tuesday, Dec. 13, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Starting from in front of Riverside Community Hospital, Magnolia Avenue at 14th Street, the march will proceed down Magnolia to downtown Riverside, with stops at the Mission Inn and at Occupy Riverside.
The event will protest any additional cuts that could be “triggered” on Dec. 15, resulting from the state not meeting revenue projections put forth in this year’s state budget. If the state’s revenue target is not being met, California’s health, human services and education budgets could see an additional $2.5 million in deep cuts on top of huge cuts in these vital services during the past several years.
“Our students’ education should not be shortchanged because of an economic downturn, especially when California has the eighth largest economy in the world,” said Alcala, one of the vigil’s featured speakers. “There’s plenty of money in California to provide a quality education, but because of an unfair tax structure and corporate tax breaks, our state doesn’t take in the revenue it needs to take care of its citizens. It’s time to put a fair and equitable tax system in place so that our students and the most vulnerable Californians don’t have to continue to do without.”
In addition to the California Teachers Association, other organizations sponsoring and participating in the vigil include California Partnership, Inland Action Coalition, United Domestic Workers, SEIU 721 ULTCW, Pueblo de Fe, All of Us or None, Inland Empire Feminists and the California Alliance for Retired Americans.
The event will protest any additional cuts that could be “triggered” on Dec. 15, resulting from the state not meeting revenue projections put forth in this year’s state budget. If the state’s revenue target is not being met, California’s health, human services and education budgets could see an additional $2.5 million in deep cuts on top of huge cuts in these vital services during the past several years.
“Our students’ education should not be shortchanged because of an economic downturn, especially when California has the eighth largest economy in the world,” said Alcala, one of the vigil’s featured speakers. “There’s plenty of money in California to provide a quality education, but because of an unfair tax structure and corporate tax breaks, our state doesn’t take in the revenue it needs to take care of its citizens. It’s time to put a fair and equitable tax system in place so that our students and the most vulnerable Californians don’t have to continue to do without.”
In addition to the California Teachers Association, other organizations sponsoring and participating in the vigil include California Partnership, Inland Action Coalition, United Domestic Workers, SEIU 721 ULTCW, Pueblo de Fe, All of Us or None, Inland Empire Feminists and the California Alliance for Retired Americans.
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