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From http://www.adversity.net/special/george_bush.htm:

Bush Brings Presidential Drive to Calif., Reaches Out to Latinos (06/30/99)
          As with the NY Times article (above), the LA Times makes much of the fact that Bush refused to directly endorse California's proposition 209. According to the LA Times, the major news pertaining to Bush's visit to this state is that he did go on record as opposing the controversial Proposition 187 which would have barred illegal immigrants from state-supported benefits.
          "Trying to banish the ghosts of failed campaigns, Texas Gov. George W. Bush opened his presidential effort in California on Tuesday with an explicit embrace of Latinos and an implicit criticism of the tactics employed by Republicans here in the past.
          [In opposing Calif. Prop. 187, Bush said] "'Everyone must have a first-rate education, because there are no second-rate children, no second-rate dreams,' Bush told audiences of campaign donors in La Jolla, Irvine and Los Angeles as he opened a three-day California tour. Boasting of improved school scores among Latino and African American children in [his home sate of] Texas, he added: 'I believe in the best for every single child in my state.'" (Based on LA Times 06/30/99 by Cathleen Decker)
[link http://www.latimes.com/HOME/NEWS/STATE/t000058613.html ]

The links to the L.A. Times article are no longer operational - no surprise there.

From http://www.issues2000.org/More_George_W__Bush_Free_Trade.htm:

Against the spirit of CA Proposition 187

During his first campaign swing through California in June, Bush said he was “against the spirit” of Proposition 187-which in part would prevent illegal immigrants from attending public schools-and would not have supported a similar measure for Texas. “I felt like every child ought to be educated regardless of the status of their parents,” he said. Source: David Von Drehle, The Washington Post Oct 15, 1999

Thanks RonDog. Check it out...

"Trying to banish the ghosts of failed campaigns, Texas Gov. George W. Bush opened his presidential effort in California on Tuesday with an explicit embrace of Latinos and an implicit criticism of the tactics employed by Republicans here in the past.
[In opposing Calif. Prop. 187, Bush said]...

So, the L.A. Times is calling #187 a "failed campaign?"
In their dreams. If #187 failed, why did the Governor they endorsed have to violate his campaign pledge and oath of office to get it killed?