Fund Education Now

  • Contact Your Local Officials

    Governor Gavin Newsom

    c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173
    Sacramento, CA 95814
     

    Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, Assembly District 16

    Capitol Office
    P.O. Box 942849
    Sacramento, CA 94249-0016
    916-319-2016

    District Office
    2440 Camino Ramon, Suite 345
    San Ramon, CA 94583
    925-328-1515

    Steven M. Glazer, Senate District 7

    Capitol Office
    State Capitol, Room 5108
    Sacramento, CA 95814-4007

    District Offices
    51 Moraga Way, Suite 2
    Orinda, CA 94563
    925-258-1176 x420

    W.3rd Street
    Antioch, CA 94509
    925-754-1461

  • Sample Content for Communication

    Despite boasting what is purported to be the fifth-largest economy in the world and the highest gross domestic product of any state, California sits near the bottom nationally in nearly every significant measure of school funding and school staffing.

    Adjusted for cost of living, California ranks 41st in per-pupil funding, we're 45th in the percentage of taxable income spent on education, 45th in student-teacher ratios, and 48th in staff per student. That’s not good enough for our children, our state, or our future.

    California is the home of innovation and opportunity - we've never been content with average. To meet the needs of 6.2 million public school students and prepare them for an increasingly competitive and complex world, we simply must do more. We must secure Full and Fair Funding for public schools to provide every California student with a high-quality education and the resources needed for success in college, career, and civic life.  

    Although funding to public education has increased in recent years, we have only now returned to funding levels we had prior to the 2008 recession.  In that time, cost of living has significantly increased as have construction costs needed to renovate and build needed school facilities. In addition, the percentage that school districts must now pay toward the cost of employee pensions and unfunded mandates to meet the range needs of our diverse students have forced school districts to make or consider deep cuts.  Districts, like Castro Valley Unified, are unable to provide teachers and employees with the compensation they deserve. Please put your support behind providing Full and Fair Funding for California schools. Our children are counting on you.