If passed assembly Bill 656 could possibly help aid the higher education deficit.
How can this help students? If passed, there will be a 9.9 percent tax on oil and gas that is extracted in California. The tax money collected will then be used to fund the system. The bill could raise approximately $1 billion.
Members of the California Faculty Association collected pledges from Cal State Long Beach students as reported on the Daily 49er.
"I was glad to sign for my approval to this bill, it's about time that oil companies are forced to stop being so greedy," said Sociology major student,Vanessa Anderson.
The bill is currently sitting in the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee after being introduced in Febuary and having passed many other committes.
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