SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger is putting his financial muscle behind a California ballot measure to fund after-school and early morning programs.
The November initiative has received $3.6 million so far, with the actor kicking in $1 million, new campaign finance reports show.
The measure, Proposition 49, is widely viewed as a way for Schwarzenegger to establish his policy credentials and to provide a prelude to his eventually seeking public office.
The initiative would earmark as much as $550 million a year for after- and before-school programs for elementary and junior high school students.
A. Jerold Perenchio, chairman of the Spanish-language Univision network, also donated $1 million to the measure, according to campaign finance reports. (As reported by the Associated Press)
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