#California #Educators cry foul and call #Democrat Darling Gov's sneaky $12 Billion end run cut around #Prop98 #Unconstitutional.

As #TaxCollection #deficit hits his once flush state coffers, #Newsom goes from rosy bragging of Covid era #BudgetSurplus , to looking at #Edu funding obligations as albatross.

Luv Guv now claims K-12 #schools & #communitycolleges were given too much money last year, and wants to give #teachers billions le$$, redefining much of their previous #budget allotment as a #PrePayment and threatening intent of #VoterApproved 1998 formulas guaranteeing schools at least the same annual budget every year, not less.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/18/educators-call-gov-gavin-newsoms-slash-to-school-funding-unconstitutional/?share=8aulswtlvno0lvan15yn #GiftLink #PaywallLift #SchoolFunding

Last Winter I wrote this post about the history of prepayment and the shitty prepayment energy meters that infest the homes of the poor and precarious in Britain. The regulator introduced some new rules limiting forced installations but nothing else has changed.

And now it's getting cold again. I've updated the post.

https://bowblog.com/2023/01/13/smart-technologies-for-disciplining-the-poor/

#poverty #SmartMeter #IoT #precarity #utilities #gas #electricity #energy #BritishGas #prepayment

Never more important.

Hope to see many more MPs come along and find out more about why we need to #BanForcedPPMs
---
RT @GNEMPCO
📢 Tomorrow @AnneMcLaughlin will chair the first public meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group on #prepayment meters with guest speakers @ThatKerryHudson and @FuelPovAction

📺 Live on facebook here: https://facebook.com/AnneMcLaughlinSNP

📆 Fri 3rd Feb
⏰ 1030am
👇See below
https://twitter.com/GNEMPCO/status/1621090196950511616

This story is horrifying, but realistically is anyone actually surprised that #BritishGas have broken into the homes of vulnerable people to fit #PrePayment meters? It takes evidence from journalists to make #Centrica act rather than listening to its customers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64491243