Mark Wyland

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has added a $900 million bond to buy homes for veterans to the November 4 ballot in California.

Schwarzenegger's office announced Tuesday that he'd signed S.B. 1572, by State Sen. Mark Wyland (R-Carlsbad), which puts the bond on the ballot.

If approved by voters, $900 million in bonds would be available for the California Department of Veterans Affairs to fund the purchase of homes and farms for veterans under the CalVet Home Loan Program, without impacting the state's General Fund.

State Senate Pro Tem Don PerataCalifornia state senators fired off angry statements at each other Wednesday after a bill on low-performing school district accountability and funding failed to get a required two-thirds vote in that chamber.

The bill, SB 606, would have allowed low-performing districts to use $19 million in federal money that would've otherwise reverted to the federal government. It would have also helped local school boards work to improve their schools with state oversight.