BOND DEALS STRUCK BUT FATE UNCERTAIN.Byline: Harrison Sheppard Sacramento Bureau SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders reached a deal late Wednesday to place a reduced schools and levees levee (lĕv`ē) [Fr.,=raised], embankment built along a river to prevent flooding by high water. Levees are the oldest and the most extensively used method of flood control. They are constructed by piling earth on a surface that has been cleared of vegetation and leveled. bond package on the June ballot, but its status remained in doubt as a midnight deadline passed without full approval. The state Assembly approved a $10 billion education bond on a 60-9 vote and sent it to the Senate, but the Senate adjourned adjourn v. the final closing of a meeting, such as a convention, a meeting of the board of directors, or any official gathering. It should not be confused with a recess, meaning the meeting will break and then continue at a later time. (See: recess, session) before taking up the measure, leaving its status uncertain. The Senate approved a levee bond package before adjourning. The state printer had set the deadline as midnight Wednesday, saying any later than that and it could not guarantee that it could print and mail 15 million ballots BALLOTS - Bibliographic Automation of Large Library Operations Using a Time-Sharing System in seven different languages on time. The deal reached called for a package of $10 billion in education bonds and $4 billion in levee bonds on the June ballot, with another $9 billion in education bonds slated for 2008. Additionally, the governor and legislative leaders are expected to soon return to negotiations to get additional elements into a bond for the November ballot this year. ``The measure which I am presenting to you today, Senate Bill 69, is an historic school construction bill which invests in our children,'' Assembly Speaker Fabian Nuez, D-Los Angeles, told lawmakers. The deal came together after a week of intense negotiations, well past the official deadline for placing a measure on the ballot. The deadline had been Friday, but lawmakers were told they could extend the deadline by a few days with a two-thirds vote to shorten the public display period for the ballot pamphlet. As the Assembly continued meeting late into the night, some Republicans complained about not having enough time to review the details of the multibillion dollar plan. ``The children will be just as well-served having this on the November ballot as they will having it on the June ballot,'' said Assemblyman Ray Haynes, R-Temecula. Harrison Sheppard, (916) 446-6723 harrison.sheppard(at)dailynews.com |
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