California Teachers Association
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The CTA is a major player in California politics, including ballot measure campaigns.
About 1,100 chapters or local teachers associations are chartered as CTA affiliates. These include the California Faculty Association and the California Community College Association are affiliated with CTA.
"Education Coalition"
According to Dan Walters, "...in the uncertain days following passage of Proposition 13 in 1978", the "California Teachers Association and other school interests created an Education Coalition that wages constant war in political and legal arenas to protect its share of the state budget." Walters credits Proposition 98 as a significant victory for the "Education Coalition."[2]
Heading into the 2010 election season, Walters says that "unions want to strangle two pending measures" headed for the ballot. The two measures he believes they most want to strangle are a paycheck protection act and a proposed public pension reform act.[3]
Walters says that "the groups sponsoring the two are immune to direct retaliation. So unions and their allies may be attempting to choke off their money by filing measures that would repeal $2 billion in state tax breaks for business enacted last February, virtually prohibit corporate political contributions and sharply raise property taxes on business."[3]
According to his analysis, the goal of unions is to send a signal to major business groups in the state that if they "back the campaigns on union political funds or pensions", they will "face measures that would cost them many billions of dollars in new taxes and reduce their political clout."[3]
Ballot measure activism
2009
| Ballot measure | Description | CTA position on measure | CTA donation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 1A | Taxes | Supported | $2,100,000[4] |
2008
| Ballot measure | Description | CTA position on measure | CTA donation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 4 | Parental notification, abortion | Opposed | $615,512[5] |
| Proposition 8 | Same-sex marriage | Opposed | $1,300,000[6] |
| Proposition 9 | Law enforcement | Opposed | $955,911[7] |
| Proposition 92 | Funding allocation | Opposed | $2,291,101.00[8] |
| Proposition 93 | Lengthen term limits | Supported | $2,000,000[9] |
2006
| Ballot measure | Description | CTA position on measure | CTA donation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 90 | Eminent domain reform | Opposed | $250,000[10] |
| Proposition 91D | Education funding formula | Supported | $7,442,449[11] |
| Proposition 85 | Abortion | Opposed | $275,000[12] |
| Proposition 89 | Public funding of campaigns | Opposed | $205,000[13] |
| Proposition 82 | Universal kindergarten | Supported | $1,549,263[14] |
2005
| Ballot measure | Description | CTA position on measure | CTA donation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 74 | Increase probationary period for teachers | Opposed | $8,054,000[15] |
| Proposition 75 | Paycheck protection | Opposed | $12,100,000[16] |
| Proposition 76 | State spending cap | Opposed | $13,600,000[17] |
| Proposition 77 | Re-districting | Opposed | $500,000[18] |
| Proposition 79 | State drug discount program | Supported | $20,300,000[19] |
| Proposition 80 | Regulation of utilities | Supported | $3,701,530[20] |
2004
| Ballot measure | Description | CTA position on measure | CTA donation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 55 | $12.3 billion education bonds | Supported | $5,000,000[21] |
| Proposition 56 | State budget | Supported | $2,200,000 |
| Proposition 63 | Mental health care | Supported | $125,979[22] |
| Proposition 72 | Health care coverage | Supported | $1,058,405[23] |
2002
| Ballot measure | Description | CTA position on measure | CTA donation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 45 | Lengthen term limits | Supported | $200,000 |
| Proposition 42 | - | Opposed | $1,500,000 |
2000
| Ballot measure | Description | CTA position on measure | CTA donation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 38 | School Choice | Opposed | $26,366,491[24] |
| Proposition 26 | Tax reform | Supported | $7,761,723 |
1998
| Ballot measure | Description | CTA position on measure | CTA donation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposition 1A | School spending | Supported | $1,043,454 [25] |
| Proposition 8 | Education | Opposed | $6,789,900 [26] |
| Proposition 227 | English in public schools | Opposed | $2,171,719 [27] |
External links
References
- ↑ About the CTA
- ↑ Fresno Bee, "Dan Walters: Judges quarrel as California fiscal crisis worsens", November 16, 2009
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 San Luis Obispo Tribune, "Political chess played on California initiatives", December 4, 2009
- ↑ Campaign donations to Prop 1A
- ↑ Follow the Money on Prop 4
- ↑ California Same-Sex Marriage Initiative Campaigns Shatter Spending Records
- ↑ Record of donations to the campaign opposing Proposition 9
- ↑ Donations over $5,000 to No on Prop 92 recorded by the California Secretary of State
- ↑ Donors over $5,000 to Yes on Prop 93 as recorded by the California Secretary of State
- ↑ Follow the Money on Proposition 90
- ↑ Follow the Money on Proposition 90
- ↑ Follow the Money on Proposition 85
- ↑ Follow the Money on Proposition 89
- ↑ Follow the Money on Proposition 82
- ↑ Contribution detail of donors to Prop 74
- ↑ Contribution detail of large donors to Prop 75
- ↑ Contribution detail of large donors to Prop 76
- ↑ Contribution detail of large donors to Prop 77
- ↑ Contribution detail of large donors to Props 79 & 80
- ↑ Contribution detail of large donors to Prop 80
- ↑ [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/committee.phtml?c=1218 Yes on 55 spending
- ↑ Follow the Money on Proposition 63
- ↑ Follow the Money on Proposition 72
- ↑ California Secretary of State's report on California Teacher Association ballot contributions from 1999-2000
- ↑ Top Ten Contributors to the Proposition 1A campaign
- ↑ Top Ten Contributors to the Proposition 8 campaign
- ↑ Campaign Finance Information for Prop 227
