Thursday, October 19, 2006

Proposition 1D (K12 facilities revamping): NO

  • Proposition 1D Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities
    Should the state sell $10.4 billion in general obligation bonds to fund repair and upgrade of public schools, including kindergarten through grade 12, community colleges, and state universities?
Almost $10.5 billion of bond debt ("without raising taxes!"). I need to research how true the need for and effectiveness of each of these are (overcrowding, earthquake upgrading) and what the geographic distribution would likely look like, but my initial vote is No. It also appears that a good portion of those funds will go toward vocational education and the community college system, when I'd rather primarily target the K-12, UC, and CSU systems instead.

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