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larry gerston here now to break down the law.the question now is like, oh, they're reforming funding, but there's reform beyond the funding. >> oh, yeah, funding and instruction. okay, look, for years i this has been the bane of california. public education in this state has suffered from poor financing, lousy test scores and high drop-out rates. what a trifecta. when governor jerry brown ran for governor in 2010, right then and there, he laid out an ambitious plan for overhauling education funding and requirements. a lot of us overlooked that, but now with the passage, there's the money to go with the proposal. and so we've got a recovered economy, that helps. along with the proposition. that means more revenue for the state, more revenue the legislature has, and have been enable to enact this. it also helped the democrats, let's be honest, two-thirds control of majority of both houses to get the job done, but the job has been done thanks to the millions of dollars coming in and a recovering economy. >> the plan is called local

political analyst larry gerston joins us to explain. a lot of folks saying does he eat special vitamins? how can he keep going? what's with the stamina. >> a lot of guys would like to know what is going on. it's absolutely amazing. whether you agree with jerry brown's activism, this guy is changing the look of california. and very profound ways. and often, leading, dragging sometimes, others along the process. so what makes it so interesting is these days we look around and it's hard to find elected officials out in front, who dare to lead. yet brown's doing just that, often stepping on lots of toes in the process. but boy, he's getting things done. >> he's about halfway through his term, so in your opinion, what stands out as some of what he's made happen. >> hard to narrow it down, but we could look at four major policy changes, if you will, that have been put into place by brown and the legislature, no question about that. first, of course, would be the idea of dealing with redevelopment agencies. long used to fund massive local gove