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ROAD, SCHOOL BONDS APPROVED FOR BALLOT.


Byline: Daily News

LANCASTER -- Lancaster would get $4.3 million and Palmdale $4.4 million to repair and improve city streets under a bond measure that state lawmakers approved for the November ballot.

Also going on the November ballot will be a $10.4 billion school construction bond that would provide the state's share for building new Antelope Valley high schools Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert.  and Westside Union School District elementary and middle schools if those district's bond measures are passed June 6 by local voters.

``The bonds to fix our schools and roads have real reform ensuring we are not just spending tax dollars on bureaucrats pushing paper but actually using the dollars for roads and buildings,'' state Sen. George Runner George C. Runner, Jr. (born March 25 1952 in Scotia, New York) is a Republican California State Senator, who represents the 17th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County. , R-Lancaster, said in an announcement from his office.

The $19.9 billion transportation bond includes $1 billion to California cities and $1 billion for California counties, allocated by population, to fix and improve streets and roads.

If the bond passes, it also will provide money for state highways, which include the Antelope Valley Freeway The Antelope Valley Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Kern counties in southern California. It is signed as California State Highway 14 along its length. It connects Greater Los Angeles to the rapidly developing Antelope Valley. , Assemblywoman Sharon Runner Sharon Runner (born May 17 1954, Los Angeles) is a Californian politician. She has been a member of the California State Assembly since 2002. Runner, a Republican from Antelope Valley represents the 36th district.  said.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈaloɪ̯s ˈʃvaɐ̯ʦənˌʔɛɡɐ]  is expected to sign the bond measures in the next few days. Each bond will go on the Nov. 7 ballot for voters statewide.
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Date:May 6, 2006
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