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The New $7 Billion School Bond
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.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readEarly 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.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Karen Radziner
Managing Producer, To the Point & Which Way LA?
Dan Konecky
Producer, To the Point
Monica Garcia
President of the Board of Education, Los Angeles Unified School District
Connie Rice
Los Angeles civil rights attorney, former member of President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing
A.J. Duffy
Apple Academy Charter Public Schools
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