Unintended Consequences: California, Prop 13 and the Future of the Golden State

Unintended Consequences tells the story of Prop 13, the landmark 1978 ballot measure that crippled the Golden State, demolished its governing structures, wrecked its educational system, left its infrastructure to crumble, and fundamentally changed the relationship between citizens and their government in the nation's most populous state. With its eye on the future, this film is designed to entertain, provoke and show audiences how, through some rather modest changes, we can all work together to renew, refund and rebuild California in a way that's smart and effective, so that future Californians will look favorably upon us as the generation that brought the Golden State back from the brink.