For those who are curious, on the Assembly side, I got some intel on how GOPers voted:
On the $19.5 Billion Education Bond:
Passed 62 – 14 (54 needed to pass).
The 14 "no" votes were all Republicans.
They were: Bogh, Cogdill, DeVore, Harmon, Haynes, La Malfa, LaSuer, Maze, Mountjoy, Nakanishi, Spitzer, Strickland, Tran, Walters.
There was one Republican who was present and did not vote:
Mike Villines, who I am told simply felt he did not have enough information on how the bill would impact his district to cast a vote.
Any GOPers not mentioned above voted "aye" on this bond.
For the $4.15 Levee Bond:
Passed 67-4 (54 needed to pass).
The 4 "no" votes were all Republicans.
They were: Harman, Haynes, Mountjoy, Strickland.
There were two Republicans who were present and did not vote: LaSuer and Maze.
Any GOPers not mentioned above voted "aye" on this bond.
I spoke with Assemblyman Chuck DeVore (my legislator) who told me that for him, a key point in gaining his support for the levee bond was that it provided for the ability, via a Gubernatorial Declaration of Emergency, for repairs to levees to take place without all of the cumbersome and costly CEQA and other impediments. He also pointed out the urgency surrounding the fact that levees could break at any time, and there was a present need to take action.