INTERESTED IN A SOLUTION TO CALIFORNIA’S BUDGET WOES?
GEORGE LAKOFF
Professor of Linguistics
UC Berkeley
March 5, 2010
6 p.m.
UCSD Center Hall 105
Prof. Lakoff has been a vocal critic of recent developments in the UC system. He has written: “California’s budget crisis – and so many of our state’s systemic problems – are the result of the absurd twothirds requirement that allows a small minority, now just 37%, to block sensible economic legislation. California is the only state in
America where one-third plus one, only 34%, runs the legislature by blocking the sensible, responsible majority at every turn. ”
Prof. Lakoff will speak about how to pass the California Democracy Act! If passed, it would require only a 51% majority to make much needed changes in our state government.
Event organizers: Associated Students, Saving UCSD Coalition,
Chicano/Latino Arts and Humanities (CLAH) Program
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