By approval of Measure RR, the L.A. Unified School District (LAUSD) shall be authorized to issue and sell bonds of up to $7 billion in aggregate principal amount to provide financing for hundreds of specific school facility projects.
Proceeds from the sale of bonds shall be used only for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or replacement of school facilities, including the furnishing and equipping of school facilities and not for any other purpose.
Supporters include Charisse Bremond Weaver, president and CEO, Brotherhood Crusade; Ron Miller, executive secretary of the LA/OC Building and Construction Trades Council; Michael Lawson, president and CEO, L.A. Urban League and Elmer G. Roldan, executive director, Communities in Schools of Los Angeles.
Those arguing against the measure say that not one penny of the money generated will be used for instruction or educational programs. They write in the sample ballot that LAUSD enrollment has been declining for years and there are many uncertainties about he district’s facilities needs.
Opponents include Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association; Michael D. Antonovich, retired LA County Supervisor; and Larry Sand, a retired LAUSD teacher.
