Community forum on Prop 13
on October 12, 2010
SAN PABLO—Contra Costa College and its student union, Today’s Students, Tomorrow’s Leaders, are hosting a free community panel forum to discuss landmark Proposition 13. Approved by California voters in 1978, the measure limited property taxation and radically changed the way schools were funded.
The public forum will be held on Wednesday, October 13 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Fireside Room behind the cafeteria at CCC, 2600 Mission Drive.
Panelists will include Richmond Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, Richmond City Councilman and mayoral candidate Nat Bates, former Richmond City Councilman John Marquez, former Assemblyman Bob Campbell, and Green Party candidate for Governor of California Laura Wells.
Contact student union president Charity Edmondson at 510.355.2222.
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