Category: bond measure

Hard Lessons From California School District Bond Measures

March 10, 2023
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Commentary Capistrano Unified School District cried poor boy last year with a ballot measure seeking approval to borrow $114 million. Here was their plea: “To repair and improve Aliso Viejo’s aging neighborhood schools, fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing, sewer, electrical systems; and construct/acquire modern classrooms, facilities and technology that support college/career readiness in science, technology, arts,…

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$144 Million Bond for Aliso Viejo School Repairs Appears Unlikely to Pass

November 9, 2022
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A measure that appeared on Aliso Viejo’s Nov. 8 ballot, which asks voters if the Capistrano Unified School District should take out a $144 million bond to repair its neighborhood schools—appears unlikely to pass, according to early voting results per the Orange County Registrar of Voters. Measure G—which needs 55 percent of the vote to…

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Capistrano Unified Bond Measure Seeks $144 Million for Aliso Viejo School Repairs

November 1, 2022
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A measure appearing on the Aliso Viejo ballot Nov. 8 asks voters if the Capistrano Unified School District should take out a $144 million bond to repair its neighborhood schools. According to Measure G (pdf), the funds would go to repair the city’s “aging neighborhood schools, fix deteriorating roofs, plumbing, sewer, electrical systems … acquire…

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LA-Funded Homeless Housing is Still Slow and Expensive  

May 17, 2021
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Commentary Between Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recent pre-budget media blitz, President Joe Biden’s “infrastructure plan,” and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s recent State of the City speech, politicians have been making a lot of big claims recently. In an original economic analysis conducted for the Epoch Times, I analyzed Garcetti’s claims that housing funded by the…

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