Proposition 31

Proposition 31 creates a two-year budget cycle, twice the length of the current one-year budget cycle. As well as an extended budget cycle, Proposition 31 also requires mandatory performace reviews and assessments of California programs. Furthermore, expenditures of $25 million or more are prohibited, and the overall local government will gain more power.

Because the budget cycle increases from one year to two years, the likelihood that a high deficit will form unnoticed increases, since the budget is inspected every two years instead of every year. Proposition 31 will also result in high budget costs for education in order to fund experimental government projects. The adoption of Proposition 31 will make adaptation and improvement for education almost unaffordable and impossible to achieve.

If I was of legal age and I could vote, I would vote against Proposition 31 because it would result in budget cuts for education. Proposition 31 will also create a possibility for exceedingly high deficits due to lack of attention to the budget cycle. There is also the fact that this Propostion gives the Governor the power to cut the budget in the event of an emergency