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78 Page 2 . Proposition 1 C (Housing) - Provides $3 billion for emergency shelters for battered women and affordable housing for seniors, low-income families. and the disabled. . Proposition 1 D (Schools) - Provides $10 billion to make public schools earthquake~safe, relieve overcrowding, and build science and career training centers at colleges and high schools. . Proposition 1 E (Flood Prevention) - Provides $4 billion to strengthen river levees and flood control to protect clean drinking water, prevent pollution, and safeguard the state from devastating floods. Of particular note is Proposition 1 A, which closes a loophole which has allowed diversion of Proposition 42 gas tax funds to other, non-transportation related uses. For Redwood City, this represents the protection of revenue estimated at $16 million to $19 million over 20 years. Proposition 1A effects a constitutional amendment, as supported by the City Council by resolution on March 27, 2006. Proposition 84, the Clean Water, Parks and Coastal Protection Bond, is a $5.4 billion bond measure which will provide funds to: . assist each region of California in improving local water supply reliability and local water quality; . develop river parkways, restore and protect urban streams. and keep contaminated storm water runoff out of rivers, lakes, and streams; . help preserve ocean and major bays, including San Francisco Bay and its watersheds; . strengthen flood protection efforts through the identification and mapping of high~ risk flood areas, and the inspection and repair of levees and flood control facilities, thereby reducing future flood risk and maximizing the public benefit; . expand and restore the state park system, create local and regional parks, especially in communities that are park~poor, and provide for nature education opportunities at institutions including natural history museums, aquariums, research facilities, and botanical gardens; . create programs needed to protect California's forests and wildlife, as well as preserve working forests, farms, and ranches; . support the "greening" of our cities, schools, and neighborhoods, while stimulating investments in water use efficiency and conservation and to reduce energy consumption. It's likely that the effort to restore Sair Island to natural tidal wetlands, a project in which the City is deeply involved, will benefit from the passage of this proposition. Together, these propositions offer Redwood City an unparalleled opportunity for local funding across a wide array of infrastructural needs, and the Council is encouraged to offer its support by passing the attached resolution.