Also shows record support for marriage equality and increasing support for split roll tax<\/i><\/p>\n
by Brian Leubitz<\/p>\n
The CBRT poll earlier today showed strong support of the Governor’s budget plan<\/a>, but the confirmation of the Public Policy Institute means quite a bit. And Brown’s cautious plans seem to be popular:<\/p>\n When read a brief description of the overall budget proposal, solid majorities of Californians (61%) and likely voters (60%) favor the plan, which includes increased spending for K-12 education and modest increases to higher education, health and human services, and corrections. The governor’s plan would also reduce state debt and maintain a $1.1 billion reserve-a potential focus of debate, as some Democratic legislators look to restore funding to social services. When asked about the tradeoff, a majority of Californians (55%) prefer paying down debt and building a reserve to restoring some funding for social service programs (39%). Likely voters are twice as likely to prefer reducing the debt (62%) to restoring funding to social services (32%). (PPIC Publications<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There is still a lot of question as to how the K-12 funds will be dispersed, as the Legislature is a little unsure of the Governor’s plan. But with the Governor’s budget attempting to reserve as much money as possible, other spending priorities will find it difficult sledding.<\/p>\n Some other interesting findings of the poll:<\/p>\n There is a lot more data available, go check it out at the PPIC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Also shows record support for marriage equality and increasing support for split roll tax<\/i><\/p>\n by Brian Leubitz<\/p>\n The CBRT poll earlier today showed strong support of the Governor’s budget plan<\/a>, but the confirmation of the Public Policy Institute means quite a bit. And Brown’s cautious plans seem to be popular:<\/p>\n When read a brief description of the overall budget proposal, solid majorities of Californians (61%) and likely voters (60%) favor the plan, which includes increased spending for K-12 education and modest increases to higher education, health and human services, and corrections. The governor’s plan would also reduce state debt and maintain a $1.1 billion reserve-a potential focus of debate, as some Democratic legislators look to restore funding to social services. When asked about the tradeoff, a majority of Californians (55%) prefer paying down debt and building a reserve to restoring some funding for social service programs (39%). Likely voters are twice as likely to prefer reducing the debt (62%) to restoring funding to social services (32%). (PPIC Publications<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There is still a lot of question as to how the K-12 funds will be dispersed, as the Legislature is a little unsure of the Governor’s plan. But with the Governor’s budget attempting to reserve as much money as possible, other spending priorities will find it difficult sledding.<\/p>\n Some other interesting findings of the poll:<\/p>\n