you can vote ‘no’ on bond measures to have some measure of control over this. make legislators make considered choices during the budgeting process rather than

you can vote ‘no’ on bond measures to have some measure of control over this. make legislators make considered choices during the budgeting process rather than giving them more borrowed money to play with. if a new program is as important as claimed, they’ll find a way to fund it with existing funds. measures that include an alternative funding source (e.g., new revenue, new taxes, grants, etc) can be considered on their own merits (measure M in SoCal, for example).