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In California we froze property taxes, school size increased, test scores declined, and there was a massive middle-class white flight to private schools. We're turning into Victorian England at a very rapid rate.

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Robert Hass
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 1
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San Francisco County
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Robert L. Hass
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