Free college for all says California Democrats

"To each according to their need . . . "

And that "need" is a bottomless pit

(AP) -- The first year of community college would be free for full-time, in-state students under a bill sent to Gov. Jerry Brown by California lawmakers.

The bill given final approval by the Assembly Wednesday would waive the $46 per unit fee for one academic year for first-time students.

Democratic Assemblyman Miguel Santiago of Los Angeles says his bill “is absolutely doable” because it would cost about $31 million in existing state dollars.

Fellow Democrat and co-author David Chiu of San Francisco says some campuses already are waiving first-year fees. He says California would follow the lead of Tennessee in creating the program. He noted that California had free tuition until 1984, when tuition costs began to rise.

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