It appears the infrastructure bonds will pass, if the polls are correct, but the flood control bonds don’t provide funding for dams, something valley legislators tried to get included but lost to the majority; too bad for our flood protection as levees are severely limited in the protection they can provide.
An excerpt.
Infrastructure bond package is leading
Campaign 2006: The Field Poll
By Andy Furillo - Bee Capitol BureauPublished 12:00 am PST Saturday, November 4, 2006
Three of the four infrastructure bond measures placed on the ballot amid bipartisan fanfare in the spring have surged to big leads in the Field Poll, and the director of the survey said Friday that the entire $37.3 billion package appears headed toward an Election Day victory.
"If I were a gambling person, I'd put my money on the yes side here," survey director Mark DiCamillo said.
Proposition 1B, the $19.9 billion transportation bond, was leading the pack, with 56 percent of likely voters favoring the measure and 28 percent opposed.
The $10.4 billion education measure, Proposition 1D, came in next, ahead 56 percent to 29 percent. The $4.1 billion levee bond, Proposition 1E, led 53 percent to 27 percent.
All three of those bonds fared better than they did in the last Field Poll taken in September.
Only the $2.85 billion housing bond, Proposition 1C, tailed off over the last month. It now leads 51 percent to 30 percent.
A fifth bond measure, placed on the ballot by environmental groups, also was ahead in the poll, 51 percent to 31 percent. Proposition 84 would authorize $5.4 billion in spending for water, flood control, conservation and park projects. Its standing has changed little from surveys in July and September.
