The measure will also provide $120 million a year for treatment programs.
The measure, he added, "would provide significant benefits to the national economy."
The measures are providing some relief to those who have used them.
Both measures provide added funding to the police department and other public safety services.
The new measure would provide an additional $3 million for the current fiscal year.
The measure would provide for $10 million to be spent over three years to train unemployed women.
And the groups say that the measure would provide added public accountability to the budget process.
The measure would provide for some public financing of campaigns.
The measure should provide more in the way of public funding or other clean resources to replace special interest money.
The other measure provides for the $30 billion with no strings attached.