California’s budget crisis may have a unique solution, but at what cost?

California’s education system needs help. So why is the governor not giving higher priority to our children’s education?

A For Sale sign is likely to be posted in front of California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund, a state agency. Multiple highly placed state officials have confirmed this to Workers’ Comp Executive. While nothing is sure at this point, such a discussion is moving quietly all around “the building,” as the capital is called by insiders. There could be a conflict of interest, but the potential cash flow into the general fund is estimated to be between 10 and 20 billion dollars. (Workers’ comp Executive is a premier industry publication)

Welcome to my state fund story website. Any time our justice system is interfered with because of politics, and state officials fail to take swift action to quickly correct the problem, kickbacks, bribes and gratuities may become a possibility. The public should be made aware of what is allowed to happen as a result of greed. This is what led to the creation of my state fund story website. As a public service I try to keep people informed about issues that might affect their families as the result of this lack of accountability in government.

When I learned of this very interesting change of events in regards to the possible sale of State Fund, and the huge impact it could have on the people of California, I began thinking about the millions of people all across the state that should at the very least have a opportunity to learn about the quality of service and the total compassion state fund puts into the injury claim process. Thanks to today’s technology, visitors to my website can now watch a very informative documentary “Almost Broken” It shows how state fund handles an injury claim. State Fund provides the service to Californians that I believe no private insurance carrier would come close to matching. State Fund was formed in the early 1900s and has been providing care for Californians injured at work. Over time State Fund, or SCIF as it is more commonly known, has become a household word.

Due to the fact the possible selling of State Fund would have a huge impact on so many people employed there, between 6 and 8 thousand; I would like to give them a chance to respond. Should anyone from State Fund like to contact me for a chance to express their point of view on the subject of State Fund being sold, I would be glad to see about getting it posted on my website with complete anonymity. Has anyone raised the question of how Governor Schwarzenegger can literally sell off part of the state government? To whom would he sell it and even more importantly, who will provide workers compensation insurance to the state? What about the potential loss of employment for those SCIF employees?

I believe that no matter where you live that you will agree that a good education is necessary to get ahead in life. Year after year voters keep sending a very loud and clear message to politicians in Sacramento that Californians want proper funding for our schools, so our children can receive a much better education and are able to compete in the job market. Yet year after year some politicians fail to comply with the wishes of the voters and education continues to really suffer. Is it no wonder that people are showing less and less desire in getting out to vote when politicians turn right around and fail to comply with the wishes of the voters? As a public service I would like to do what I can to help our teachers, school staff and students get the funding they need, by using the power of the internet and some innovative ideas. You could also go to www.csea.com.

California school teachers, support staff and school administrators will find this next article very interesting.

Governor Schwarzenegger is planning to ask Wall Street investors to give California a lump sum of $15 billion dollars in exchange for three years state lottery’s revenue. Read the complete story. San Francisco Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Headline reads Governor Eyes lottery profits to fix state budget by Matthew Yi

First off, borrowing against the lottery is like using a credit card to buy weekly groceries. The food is gone before the bill comes in. Also, am I missing something here, but wasn’t the lottery money to go for our schools and education? So now it could be used for fixing a budget crisis because some politicians apparently don’t know how to control spending or are there too many hands in the cookie jar? For years our schools here in California have been under funded. Over and over the voters keep sending a message to Sacramento to give the schools more money. The lottery idea was going to fix the problem. That has not done the job. In the last few years the state keeps having a “Budget Crisis” and our schools ending up being low on the list for proper funding, why? It wasn’t all that long ago when my youngest child was in grade school. A letter came home from school one day asking parents to help out and send hand soap, toilet paper and notebook paper to school with our student. The budget just couldn’t handle the costs of those supplies. The teachers were already paying out of pocket for crayons, pencils and other supplies. Robbing from Peter to pay Paul was in practice back then as well.

Also, why is there major cuts made the Heath and Human services. Is this yet another thing Sacramento does not care about? Why should state officials really care about proper funding for health and human services for the needy, after all , the legislature makes great money and has the best health care. I get the feeling from the governor and others that it doesn’t concern them. While at the Capital I got to see some of the cars they use. No shortage of money there. With proper funding for schools and colleges people can get much better paying jobs. This would cut down on the poor and the needy. Now’s there’s an idea. Where is all the tax money going? California is considered the 7th largest economy in the world. With such tax revenue where is all the money going???

In regards to the possible selling of State Fund, I began to think about the pros and cons of how this would affect the people of California. Just imagine what a dream it would be to get $20 billion dollar wind fall into the state general fund. Just think of the funding that could be earmarked for California’s schools and for health and human services. These programs are in the public’s best interest and should be near the top for proper funding.

As I see it, it is becoming clear that if the schools are going to get better funding and not get put on the back burner then something has to change. To do the same thing over and over is not going to work and will only get the same results. This is often quoted as a sign of insanity.

An innovative idea would be to have a class project where the students are provide a copy of the California state budget. The budget can be found at www.ebudget.ca.gov. The teachers could work with the students and learn how little goes towards education and what the governor puts more importance on. The students could then write recommendations as to what programs they would give more money and which programs should be given priority. The students could then write their own state budget and get their parents to give the kids feed back. Then send the students’ revised budgets to the governor’s office.

I have taken the time to share some ideas that could make things better for a lot of people, but I can not contact millions of students or all the teachers in the state to tell them of a great school project. This is up to those that are fed up with how Sacramento handles budget problems and want to help.

Email: larry@myscifstory.com

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Larry Nign
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Arcadia, CA 91006