Jarvis-Gann alert

KPFA’s Helen Mickiewicz produced this news program examining the bill cutting property taxes and services in California, known as Proposition 13. Cheryl McDonald examines how the Jarvis-Gann Amendment has adversely affected educational services in the San Francisco Bay Area. Wendell Harper reports on the mass layoffs of public employees in Alameda County. Joanne Mar looks at Proposition 13’s impact on child care services in the Bay Area. Aileen Alfandary reports on tax limitation measures throughout the United States. Features audio of San Francisco Mayor Joseph Alioto (1916 – 1998), San Francisco Teachers Union president Jim Ballard; Charles Santana, chairperson of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors; Dave Kramer, labor spokesperson; Joel Garcia, activist; Marilyn Murray from Oakland; Laurie Daw[sp?] of the Blue Fairyland Children’s Center in Berkeley; and Charles Crawford of the National Taxpayers Union.