The nine-college Los Angeles Community College District, which has an enrollment of 135,000 and a payroll of 11,000 and which receives 80% of its operating budget from local property taxes, faced post-Proposition 13 cutbacks of 52% of its non-restricted operating revenue. Three types of alternative budgets based on state funding possibilities were…

California's Proposition 13 set a maximum property tax of one percent of appraised market value, limited assessment increases to no more than two percent of cash value each year, and required that no new taxes be imposed to make up for lost revenues without a two-thirds vote of the state legislature or a two-thirds vote of all qualified voters.…