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Bonds may help get state economy moving

SACRAMENTO — Two years ago, California voters approved the sale of nearly $43 billion in state bonds for housing, transportation, education and water projects. Today, the borrowing is beginning to pay off, one job at a time. A pot of bond money is now delivering road jobs in Santee in San Diego County, in Lincoln in the Sierra foothills and in Marysville in the Sacramento Valley. Hundreds more projects are in the works in Southern California now that the governor and the Legislature have agreed on a state budget, almost three months after the constitutional deadline. For the full story visit www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-roadjobs22-2008sep22,0,73549.story

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