Several recent articles give the in-depth treatment to Proposition 1D, the educational infrastructure ballot measure.

The San Francisco Chronicle notes that whether Proposition 1D passes or not, “California will have to build more than 12 new classrooms each day for five years — about 22,500 in all — to accommodate rising enrollment, mainly in the Central Valley and San Bernardino and Riverside counties, says the state Office of Public School Construction.”

The San Diego Union Tribune says that under Proposition 1D, “The University of California would get $890 million, including $200 million to expand telemedicine facilities to assist and train physicians — especially in specialized medical care — in underserved areas. California State University would receive $690 million.” (According to a recent Berkeleyan article, the $890 million would include “$28.6 million for improvements to [UC Berkeley] campus facilities, including infrastructure improvements to Birge Hall, renovations to Durant Hall, and initial efforts to address seismic and program deficiencies in Campbell Hall.”)

A recent Sacramento Bee article adds that the state Office of Public School Construction says that nearly 300 school renovation projects are on hold throughout the state because of lack of funds. Proposition 1D would give $7.3 billion to K-12 schools.

According to an October 4 Contra Costa Times article, the two bond measures that seem to be polling least successfully among likely voters, Propositions 1B and 1D, would also be the most expensive if implemented. As Ethan Rarick, director of the Center on Politics at the Institute of Governmental Studies, observed, “$10 billion and $19 billion [the costs of each measure respectively] are just big numbers that scare voters.”