Proposition 153 Higher Education Bond

Supporters of Proposition 152--a $1.9-billion school construction bond measure--argued Tuesday that approval is needed to relieve severe overcrowding in public schools and to provide an infusion of new construction jobs to help revive a weakened state economy.

Supporters of Proposition 152--a $1.9-billion school construction bond measure--argued Tuesday that approval is needed to relieve severe overcrowding in public schools and to provide an infusion of new construction jobs to help revive a weakened state economy.

A dispute over the price of a 140-acre lemon grove just west of Camarillo will delay the opening of a new Cal State University campus in Ventura County by at least a year, according to a college official. Santa Barbara resident Michael Mohseni, who owns more than two-thirds of the 200 acres sought by Cal State for a new campus, has rejected the state's purchase offer, said David Leveille, Cal State's director of institutional relations.