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  • CA: Bond includes 'green' money - Environmental causes large part of spending plan

    03/11/2006 8:46:58 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 69 replies · 669+ views
    SFGate.com ^ | 3/11/06 | Greg Lucas
    Sacramento -- A giant bond proposal being weighed by state lawmakers has far more in it than billions of dollars to build schools and highways and strengthen California's levees. Restoration of the Salton Sea, retrofitting diesel school buses, acquiring land and creating urban parks are a few examples of spending included in the most recent version of the bond, which would go before voters in June if lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger can work out a deal in the next couple of days. "Protection of environmental resources is as much of a long-term investment in California's future as is the...
  • CA: Governor pushes 'really big' bond to remodel state

    12/05/2005 9:41:37 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 19 replies · 427+ views
    San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 12/5/05 | Michael Gardner - CNS
    SACRAMENTO – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders are crafting an aggressive campaign to remodel California that promises to go beyond the traditional bond-and-build approach to schools and roads. If approved by voters next year, their bond package of unparalleled scope could raise $50 billion or more to speed commuters home, quickly move imported goods from ship to store, modernize campuses, build power plants, provide affordable housing, make hospitals safe from earthquakes and repair aging levees that guard homes, farms and drinking water. "If we are not bold, how can we meet the challenges of the future?" Schwarzenegger told a...