ASSEMBLY GOP PUTS BRAKES ON BOND BID.Byline: Scripps-McClatchy Western Service With Republicans casting all the no votes, the Assembly voted Friday against placing a school construction bond measure on the November ballot in yet another setback setback In architecture, a steplike recession in the profile of a high-rise building. Usually dictated by building codes to allow sunlight to reach streets and lower floors, the building must take another step back from the street for every specified added height interval. for the Democratic leadership in the lower house. The latest attempt, a $4.5 billion bond issue for public schools and colleges, went down by a 46-24 vote, eight short of the two-thirds majority of 54 needed. Five Republicans voted for the bill. Another attempt is expected Monday, but legislative staff members working on the issue said they weren't sure whether the bill would be put up for a vote in the same form, or whether a compromise would be worked out over the weekend. ``I hope that over the weekend there will be some second thoughts about this,'' said Assembly Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. , D-Los Angeles. The speaker said Assembly Republicans ``have been obstructionist ob·struc·tion·ist n. One who systematically blocks or interrupts a process, especially one who attempts to impede passage of legislation by the use of delaying tactics, such as a filibuster. as to finding a place where we can all agree.'' School groups were marshaling See data marshalling and marshal. (spelling) marshaling - Alternative US spelling of "marshalling". their members Friday to put increased pressure on GOP lawmakers to approve the bond, a scaled-down version of an earlier $9 billion proposal. ``We've got a major telegram campaign, combined with a personal note writing campaign (and) phone banks,'' said Kevin Gordon of the California School Boards Association. ``School board members are really delivering an aggressive message.'' But Assembly GOP leader Bill Leonard This article is about the California State Assemblyman Bill Leonard. For the Kung Fu Elder Master Bill Leonard please go to: Shaolin-Do William R. Leonard (born 1947) is a Republican U.S. of Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga (răn`chō k  'kəmäng`gə), city (1990 pop. 101,409), San Bernardino co., S Calif. said his
caucus caucus: see convention. continues to oppose a bond that doesn't contain a cap on
fees charged to housing developers for schools. Republicans also want a
provision that would remove the ability of local governments to deny
housing projects because of inadequate school facilities.
Leonard said local governments, pressed by school districts, use the right to deny development projects as a club to ``extort To compel or coerce, as in a confession or information, by any means serving to overcome the other's power of resistance, thus making the confession or admission involuntary. To gain by wrongful methods; to obtain in an unlawful manner, as in to compel payments by means of threats of huge developer fees'' from builders. Tim Coyle <noinclude> Timothy Charles Coyle (born July 27, 1960) in Launceston, Tasmania was an Australian cricket player, who played first class cricket for the Tasmanian Tigers, and he has been the coach of the Tasmanian Tigers since June 15, 2005. , senior vice president of the California Building Industry Association, said he thinks enough Democrats and Republicans are willing to compromise on the developer-fee issue to pass a bond. Coyle said he would be meeting with Assembly Rules Committee Chairman Bob Hertzberg, D-Van Nuys, one of Villaraigosa's closest allies, to discuss the matter. ``If this meeting I'm on my way to attend means anything, I think we can work out a deal,'' Coyle said Friday. Villaraigosa agreed to a deal containing the developer fee and local government approval provisions in May. But the proposal collapsed in the face of opposition from members of the Assembly Democratic caucus. Gordon said his group will continue to oppose any deal that includes repealing the right of local governments to deny building projects when developers don't do enough to address the impact on schools. Friday's vote was the second attempt by Assembly Democrats to pass a school bond for the November ballot. Republicans defeated a $9.2 billion bond proposal in March. If lawmakers miss Monday's deadline to put a bond on the November ballot, they have until Aug. 27 to pass a bond that could appear on a supplemental ballot. |
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