Bond elections

Seven measures totaling $400 million will go before voters in a state whose gubernatorial transition is on hold.

If voters grant $500 million in new bond authority, the agency can hold down rate increases to fund mandatory projects.

City Council reservations torpedoed Mayor Adrian Perkins' request to ask voters for $207 million of general obligation bond authority.

Mayor Adrian Perkins put the bond proposals before the City Council and asked for a vote on a special April 24 election on four bond referendums.

They cite coalition building, learning from past mistakes, project planning and effective outreach during the pandemic.

Gov. Gina Raimondo signed the $12.8 billion FY21 budget bill, which includes seven ballot questions on $400 million worth of projects.

A voter-approved $5.5 billion bond measure gives the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine a new lease on life.

California voters have approved a second infusion of bond funding for stem cell research.

Moody's deemed both the likely passage of San Francisco Unified School District's parcel tax and Los Angeles USD's $7 billion bond measure credit positives.

After two failed efforts to bring light rail to one of Texas’ most congested cities, voters approved the Project Connect measure.