HTA-0540: Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla — California Education Budget Crisis

A. Story Identification

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HTA IDHTA-0540
TitleAssemblywoman Susan Bonilla — California Education Budget Crisis
Date2012
Date ConfidenceHIGH — References November ballot initiative (Prop 30, 2012); $5 billion in potential cuts
ProgramKRON 4 News Weekend
StationKRON-TV, Channel 4, San Francisco
Duration~4:00 (estimated)
FormatStudio interview

B. Content Summary

Henry interviews Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla (11th District, Contra Costa County), head of the assembly budget subcommittee on education finance, about California's education funding crisis. The stakes are clear: if the November ballot initiative (Prop 30) doesn't pass, "over $5 billion in cuts to education." Henry gets right to it: "Cutbacks look to be huge. How bad is the education situation?"

C. Structured Metadata

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PeopleHenry Tenenbaum (Reporter), Susan Bonilla (Assemblywoman, 11th District)
OrganizationsKRON-TV, California State Assembly
LocationsKRON studio; Contra Costa County (district)
SubjectsEducation funding, state budget, Proposition 30, California politics
ThemesPublic education under threat, state fiscal crisis, political stakes
ToneDirect, urgent, substantive

G. Source Provenance

FieldValue
Transcript sourceAssemblywoman+Susan+Bonilla.txt
Video sourceNot located
Storage locationTranscript: local (/KRON/)
Analysis modeTranscript Only
Date analyzed2026-07-05
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