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Main committee recommends roughly $518.5 million bond package to City Council; vote to isolate $361 million public‑safety item fails
Summary
The main committee voted to forward a recommendation to City Council that would send roughly $518.5 million in bond projects to the voters as a special‑election package; an effort to strip out and send only a $361 million public‑safety package failed on the committee floor.
The main committee voted to forward its final bond recommendations to City Council for placement on a special election ballot, approving a package of projects that totals approximately $518,464,409.
Budget Department staff summarized the projects and the sums submitted from subcommittees. “The summary by departments, that were submitted to the main committee ... total of $533,400,000,” Budget Department presenter Jesus Esparzo said as he recapped the proposals that had been sent up from the subcommittees. He and other staff reported the main committee had approved most submitted amounts but removed a $15,000,000 parks water‑park item, producing the committee’s $518.4 million recommendation.
What the package includes: the main committee-recorded approvals break down…
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