Posted by SACRAMENTO – 11:18 am – Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown wants the state to undertake a major overhaul of higher education and shift money from prisons to colleges and universities.
The proposals are part of an eight-page education plan posted Tuesday on Brown’s campaign website, but he fails to provide details for exactly how he would achieve all of his goals if elected governor in November.
Brown spokesman Sterling Clifford said Brown would pursue cost savings and fight federal court orders that have driven up state spending in the prison system.
As an example, Brown’s plan notes that as the state’s attorney general, he blocked an $8 billion prison-hospital expansion as a way to save the state money.