per year, and it raises the state sales tax a quarter of a%. joining me now is former california governor gray davis. nice to see you again. good to see you, alex. let s talk about proposition 30. is this the key to solving california s budget crisis? this will go a long ways to help. governor brown and the legislature cut $11 billion out of the budget last year. but i think the public decided that the path to prosperity is not through cuts alone. and they were convinced that there is a direct relationship between education and good jobs and a direct relationship between higher education and keeping innovative companies like apple, google, twitter, facebook, intel, qualcomm, i could go on and on, in our state offering high-paying jobs. so they were willing to tax themselves, i believe, for those reasons. i asked this question of representative karen bass who joined me just a few minutes ago there, democrat representative from southern california. and i said, do you think now th
to do the work that the california government will not pay for. they will clean fire pits, restrooms and are getting rid of rattlesnakes. the state department of parks is in the wake of california s budget crisis. the daily news is talking about a japanese boat that is washing ashore that is causing debris from the japan tsunami. it is keeping people away to prevent the spread of the invasive species. they will be examining that today. the news tribune has a story on the father-in-law of susan cox powell sentenced to 30 months in prison for voyeurism. steven craig powell took video of two young girls ages 9 and 8 as they bathed and played. they did not know they were being filmed. before announcing the sentence, the judge called him the ultimate creep of a neighbor. susan powell vanished in 2009 and has never been found.
with what we have been seeing. if we look behind the headline numbers we have, we find the job losses last month were due to the expected end of the line for temporary census workers. but private sector hiring was a bit weaker than expected. this is likely to be a light trading day today. which is typical ahead of the three-day weekend. markets are closed on monday. with the fireworks going on behind me, let s check on the early numbers. do you industrials up 10. nasdaq is flat. the dow, by the way, is riding a streak of six straight losses. let s see if we can break that losing streak today. that would be nice. i think we would all like that. thanks, alison. california s budget crisis to take money out of the state s workers. arnold schwarzenegger says if a new budget is not reached soon, as many as 200,000 state workers will face pay cuts. their pay would be reduced to minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. state labor official says this is not a scare tactic.
in afghanistan and the government of pakistan, as being corrupt and not serving the needs of their people. it was sort of a very bold statement to have made publicly, but she was va clear that we ve got we ve got to hold those governments we help accountable. never easy. fran, thanks for coming in. sure. two guns used in two separate shootings have one thing in common, police in the memphis area, we ll follow the trail from there. and california s budget crisis is taking a serious toll on the state s schools. we re looking at the challenges facing the los angeles district. and getting the message across. how opponents to health care reform are making sure congress hears them. [ female announcer ] pure cane sugar and the stevia plant. two of nature s sweetest wonders growing together under the same sun. and now for the first time in new sun crystals, the only 100% natural sweetener made with pure cane sugar and stevia. finally, all the sweetness of nature and just 5 calori
6-year-old that will be going to school with a 12th grader and i find that to be very inappropriate. reporter: but officials defend the move, saying it will allow the school system to focus its resources. across the country budget deficits are also prompting cuts. students and parents in dems moines, protested a cut of teaching jobs, many in the music and arts departments. california s budget crisis may result in a cut to a bussing program that provides transportation for minority students in the los angeles area. the national education association, a union representing educators, says the cuts will have long-term negative effects. even though you layoff tens, thousands, hundreds of thousands of adults, there s not one less child that needs a ride to school, there s not one less child that needs a healthy breakfast or lunch and there s not one less child that needs caring adults in the classroom with them so the work doesn t go away. reporter: there are more drastic cuts coming o