schwarzenegger had to much of a say in sacramento and the local elects, whether the california teacher's association or prison guards or other numbers. this was an attempt to curtail their power, state, and local. isn't it? >> and -- . >> thanks. >> pardon me. >> the goal is the same. >> the goal of this one limits both corporations and unions. and unions said wait a second, this is unfair and applies to us. the unions and the backers said you're right. this applies equally to corporations and unions. >> and there are a lot exempt like super packs. that is the crux of the problem for a lot of people. >> that is not called the exemption in the initiative, but the first amendment. as i indicated before, as can you have super packs giving to independent expenditures, can you also have the unions giving pursuant independent signatures. there is nothing that limits that in this initiative and that is what is being lost in this discussion by the distortions that the people are trying to put out there. >> what we say, if you look at our, it's our discussion of it, we say go read the initiative. if you look

>> the california teachers association, the california federation of teachers and assortment of groupsis universal support for prop 30 amongst those involved in the education community. >> cheryl: why against it, who are they? >> people are watching their money, conservative groups and they want though they are spent money well in sacramento. >> so if it doesn't pass? >> if it does not pass, we will continue to wallow 47th or even lower in the nation. >> cheryl: i need to get from him. >> if it doesn't passing back to the drawing board, people in sacramento will have to do their job and transfer money from other places to education which i would recommend. >> cheryl: i know we can talk about this for an hour. thank you so much. we do need to take a break. coming up next, proposition 36, stay w hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios fire bad! just have to fire roast these tomatoes. do you churn you

when the unions from the california teacher association contributes to this, they are representing the three of 25,000 members because they support the funding for public education and so forth. when they had americans for responsible leadership contributes, whose interest are they representing? we don't know because we don't know who their funders are. the superior court in sacramento says, you must disclose your funders or else california will suffer irreparable damage. >> but they are not going to have to do that before the election. >> we are going to appeal it so that californians will not know who is giving money to the yes on 32 campaign before the election. >> i want to pay for out of most people are for some sort of a form. somethings got to be done. maybe this won't go far enough. but why not take this huge step? >> the reason is, as i said, there's special interest money in politics. if this was in anyway genuine campaign-finance reforms, groups such as common cause would endorse it in a second. but what is said is not only that is not genuine finance reform, is designed to

california schools for 14 years and knows a lot about this subject and was honored by the california teacher association and received the highest award about the growing number of homeless students in the school system. she is a san francisco native and was in the peace corps and tout in west africa and please welcome jill tucker. [applause] >> thank you. she just dated me with that 9090 peace corps thing. okay. i want to say how great it is to be here. i have been looking at everyone's name tags and awed by the wide variety of people and i want you to in rolodex. email me. there are great stories i have been hearing today. we have amazing and large panel and it is an honor to moderate for them. real quickly you will have to take my word. i have read their full bios which are three pages here. i'm not going to read all of that but you have to my word these are award winning policy makers and leaders in our community. we will start with jeff rosen. [applause] he's the district attorney of santa clara county and the recognized leader in criminal justice reform. he oversees the largest prosecutor's office

california schools for 14 years and knows a lot about this subject and was honored by the california teacher association and received the highest award about the growing number of homeless students in the school system. she is a san francisco native and was in the peace corps and tout in west africa and please welcome jill tucker. [applause] >> thank you. she just dated

the big supporters are with the california teachers association. if it passes the state sales tax goes up a quarter, a quarter penny on the dollar for four years, it would last for four years. income tax would go up for seven years if you make more than $250,000 a year. now, that revenue would offset the trigger. earlier i asked dean vogel head of the teacher's union, a happens if the trigger cuts go into effect. >> people are saying we have to stay to the world standards in california and now you're going to eliminate 15 instructal days it doesn't make sense. but that's where we are. what we believe is when we took that case to the voter and the voter understood the truth about the initiative they said we're standing with you. >> reporter: well, i think all that this crowd needs to see is governor jerry brown walk in that door. we're expecting it any minute. these folks with the teacher's union rallying up the crowd. the mood is very positive. >> all right, alan martin. we had continue to check back with you as this proposition ebbs and flows. >>>

the california democratic party to speak to the crowd, dean vogel the president of the california teachers associationllie brown will be here. senator dianne feinstein. and finally the governor. of course, this is to get out the vote in support of prop 30. the last push that we'll see before election day tomorrow. at delancey street in mobile5, i'm ken bastida. back to you. >>> the governor not the only one with a vested interest in the fate of prop 30. cbs 5 reporter phil matier in the newsroom with who is behind the effort to defeat it. >> reporter: it's called mystery money coming in from arizona and it is the subject of investigations by both the attorney general and the fair political practices commission. here's the story. >>> reporter: two conservative groups the virginia-based americans for job security and the center to protect patient rights in arizona collected $11 million and then handed it over to another arizona group, americans for responsible leadership who then sent it over the state line to groups opposed to proposition 30 governor brown's tax hike plan and to groups supporting propo

and as you can see over here we have educators teachers with the california teachers association whot here. they are staying away from the polling place but holding the rally nearby. so they can sort of greet the governor as he walks down the street and as i say that i think if you push up there that looks like the governor right now. walking up and greeting some of the teachers again they are members of the california teachers association obviously they are very concerned about education funding in this state. they are concerned about what would happen and what the governor warned what happens if proposition 30 goes down and that's trigger cuts taking effect roughly 6 billion in cuts in education are possible outcome. he is greeting the teachers right now as he will slowly make his way here. over to the polling place. obviously the governor has been making as of late a last-minute push to try to get proposition 30 passed. this is his tax initiative to raise tacks on high incomeearners and income taxes of those make over $250,000 andincrease the sales tax for everybody else with the

one of the biggest supporters is the california teachers association. elissa harrington, cbs 5. >>> there are several other major propositions on the ballots statewide. prop 32 calls for more restrictions on political contributions by labor unions. they would not be able to use money from members' payroll deductions. prop 34 would repeal california's death penalty maximum punishment in the state then would be life in prison without parole. supporters say the legal procedures for capital punishment are too costly. and it's been years since anyone in the state has been executed. >>> prop 36 is another crime and punishment measure. it would revise california's "three strikes" law to impose a life sentence only when the third felony conviction is for a serious or violent crime. prop 37 has to do with the foods you eat. it would require companies to put special labels on raw or processed foods made from genetically altered plants or animals. stay with us on cbs 5 for up-to- the-minute results. special live coverage begins at 4:00 this afternoon. we'll be str

teacher association here and they are in support of proposition 30. she is not that surprised that millions of dollars are flowing in to california from outside the state to try to go ahead and defeat proposition 30. right now, most recent polls show that governor jerry brown's $6 billion tax increase plan is ahead 48%. no voters at 38% and undecided at 14%. this according to the most recent field poll. fines are up at the office for prop 30 where schools will lose millions of dollars and public schools are treading water already. oakland schools emerged from a state crisis and brown has had strong resistance. an $11 million donation from an arizona group that opposes prop 30. this morning, it released its list of contributors, but they are not all that clear. even an oakland school board elections, they had outside influence. >> we had $100,000 put into a school board race in oakland from outside donors. so this is something that the country has to look at and this is about our democracy. it is not about a single issue or a single race. this is about money influencing how votes are cast and influencing elections unduly. >> reporter: now today governor

teachers and programs like head start. >> salaries has been frozen for over five years. we just can't sacrifice education anymore. >> the national education association says in california, the school cuts would affect almost 50,000 special needs students and more than 285,000 students from low-income families. >>> in southern california, the county of san bernardino is thinking of suing the city of san bernardino. facing a 46 million budget shortfall, the city filed for chapter 8 bankruptcy in august. the county says the city owes 1.5 million for dumping trash in the county land phil. yesterday, san bernardino county supervisors voted to seek clarification from the bankruptcy court and file suit if necessary to get their money. >>> another reason to cut back on the sugary sodas. it could increase the man's risk by getting prostate cancer by 40%. swedish scientists tracked more than 8,000 mep. they found the higher risk was for a later stage form of the cancer. heavy consumption, rice and pasta to developing a milder form of prostate cancer. >> how would you hike to travel from san francisco to los angeles for just $1. that's the fair offered by mega bus. a private expre