Seven Billion Dollars but What’s the Plan?
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LA Unified wanted a $3.2 billion construction bond on November's ballot until a poll by Mayor Villaraigosa showed that voters would go for more. Now the District is asking $7 billion -- almost twice as much and the largest request in history.
Early last week, the LA Unified School District's elected board of trustees was planning a $3.2 billion bond measure for the November ballot. But Mayor Villaraigosa had conducted a poll showing that voters would be willing to go for more. On Thursday, the board almost doubled its request from $3.2 billion to $7 billion, with $2 billion of that not earmarked for any specific projects.
In 1997, voters approved Proposition BB, a bond issue worth $2.4 billion, with the proviso that a citizens' advisory board would be set up to watch how the money was spent. Since then, $13 billion in bonds have been approved by the voters.
Guests:
- Monica Garcia: LAUSD Board Member
- Connie Rice: Chair of the School Construction Bond Citizens' Oversight Committee, @ConnieRicePCN
- A.J. Duffy: President of the United Teachers Los Angeles
- Caprice Young: President of the California Charter School Association
Underwriters
Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.
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