School bond elections in California
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In California, school bond elections are local ballot measures that ask voters to decide on whether the school district that is sponsoring the measure should be allowed to issue bonds and to incur the additional indebtedness that bonds bring with them.
All public school districts in California are allowed to refer bond issues to the local ballot.
California also has a statewide school building program known as the School Facilities Fund, which is supported by statewide bond measures, such as Proposition 51 in 2016. Statewide bond measures require a simple majority to pass.
Local school districts can also issue school construction bonds and levy property taxes to pay for them, as long as the voters in the district approve.
Prior to 2001, districts needed two-thirds supermajority vote approval to pass local general obligation bond measures. More than 40 percent of local school bond ballot questions failed. In November 2000, California voters passed Proposition 39. Proposition 39 reduced the supermajority needed to pass a bond issue ballot question from 66.67 percent to 55 percent. Proposition 39 also imposed restrictions on the allowable amount of the bond and included accountability requirements. Since the passage of Proposition 39, districts have had the choice of whether to seek a two-thirds supermajority approval or to comply with the additional restrictions to qualify for the 55 percent approval requirement.
Approval rates
Seventy-two percent of local school bond proposals were approved in California from 2008 through 2022. About two-thirds of local school bond proposals in California were approved in the decade that ran from 1998 to 2008.[1]
Approval rates of CA school bond measures, 2008-2023 | ||||
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Year | % Approved | % Defeated | ||
2023 | 100% | 0% | ||
2022 | 71% | 29% | ||
2021[2] | N/A | N/A | ||
2020 | 51% | 49% | ||
2019[3] | N/A | N/A | ||
2018 | 84% | 16% | ||
2017 | 33% | 67% | ||
2016 | 93% | 7% | ||
2015 | 90% | 10% | ||
2014 | 82% | 18% | ||
2013 | 78% | 22% | ||
2012 | 81% | 19% | ||
2011 | 70% | 30% | ||
2010 | 74% | 26% | ||
2009 | 50% | 50% | ||
2008 | 86% | 14% |
Elections
2024
Ballot Measure | County | Jurisdiction | Outcome | Amount | Length | Purpose | Election date |
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Measure I | Mono | Mammoth Unified School District | On the ballot | $70 million | Schools | March 5, 2024 | |
Measure A | Nevada | Twin Ridges Elementary School District | On the ballot | $2.6 million | Schools | March 5, 2024 |
2023
Ballot Measure | County | Jurisdiction | Outcome | Amount | Length | Purpose | Election date |
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Measure S | Monterey | San Lucas Union School District | Approved | $3.6 million | Schools | May 2, 2023 |
2022
Ballot Measure | County | Jurisdiction | Outcome | Amount | Length | Purpose | Election date |
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Measure B | Alameda | Alameda Unified School District | Approved | $298 million | Schools | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure S | Santa Clara | Alum Rock Union School District | Approved | $71.5 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure J | Riverside | Alvord Unified School District | Approved | $248,000,000 | General | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure H | Amador | Amador County Unified School District | Defeated | $64 million | School facilities | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure M | Mendocino | Anderson Valley Unified School District | Approved | $13 million | School funding | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure E | Placer | Auburn Union Elementary School District | Defeated | $45 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure Q | El Dorado | Black Oak Mine Unified School District | Defeated | $28.9 million | School facilities | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure R2022 | Santa Barbara | Buellton Union School District | Approved | $8.8 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure B | Calaveras | Calaveras Unified School District | Defeated | $39.3 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure B | Napa, Sonoma | Calistoga Joint Unified School District | Approved | $41 million | Educational facilities | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure T | Santa Clara | Campbell Union School District | Approved | $96 million | Improvements to school facilities | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure G | Orange | Capistrano Unified School District | Defeated | $114 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure G | Sacramento | Sacramento | Approved | $31.9 million | Recreation and parks | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure S | Madera | Chowchilla Union High School District | Approved | $25,100,000 | Schools | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure X | Fresno, Monterey, San Benito | Coalinga-Huron Joint Unified School District | Approved | $39.2 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure C | Tulare | Tulare | Approved | $95 million | Community college facilities and programs funding | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure Y2022 | Santa Barbara | College School District | Defeated | $23 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure AAA | Los Angeles | Compton Unified School District | Approved | 350 million | Educational facilities | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure K | Los Angeles | Downey Unified School District | Approved | 504 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure N | Santa Clara | East Side Union High School District | Approved | $572 million | Improvements to school facilities | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure ES | Los Angeles | Eastside Union School District | Approved | $23 million | School facilities | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure G | Kern | Edison School District | Approved | $3.4 million | School upgrades | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure C | Imperial | El Centro Elementary School District | Approved | $17.505 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure E | Imperial | El Centro Elementary School District | Approved | $17.495 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure Y | Imperial | El Centro Elementary School District | Defeated | $37.8 million | Schools | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure P | Sacramento, Placer | Elverta Joint Elementary School District | Defeated | $4 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure L | Yolo | Esparto Unified School District | Defeated | $19.9 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure S | Solano, Napa | Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District | Approved | $249 million | School infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure Z | Tulare | Farmersville Unified School District | Approved | $8.6 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure Q | Humboldt | Ferndale Unified School District | Defeated | $7.7 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure G | Ventura | Fillmore Unified School District | Approved | $41.6 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure D | Sonoma | Forestville Union Elementary School District | Approved | $6.5 million | School infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure G | Santa Clara | Fremont Union High School District | Approved | $275 million | School funding | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure H | Kern | Fruitvale School District | Defeated | $23 million | School facilities improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure J | Butte | Gridley Unified School District | Approved | $16.3 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure V2022 | Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | Approved | $8.5 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure W2022 | Santa Barbara | Santa Barbara | Approved | $8.49 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure H | San Mateo | Hillsborough City School District | Approved | $140 million | Local School Funding | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure E | Sonoma | Horicon School District | Approved | $10.4 million | School infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure B | Imperial | Imperial | Approved | $130 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure A | Imperial | Imperial Unified School District | Defeated | $50 million | Schools | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure D | Imperial | Imperial Unified School District | Defeated | $50 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure J | San Mateo | Jefferson Elementary School District (Daly City) | Approved | $45 million | Local School Funding | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure F | Sonoma | Kenwood School District | Approved | $17 million | School infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure E | Kern | Kern High School District | Approved | $160 million | School facilities improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure K | Kings (CA) | Kings River-Hardwick Union Elementary School District | Defeated | 4 million | Educational facilities | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure R | San Mateo | La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District | Approved | $15 million | School facilities and infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure K | El Dorado | Lake Tahoe Unified School District | Defeated | $107 million | School facilities renovation | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure S | Ventura, Los Angeles | Las Virgenes Unified School District | Approved | $340 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure Q | San Diego | Lemon Grove School District | Approved | $27 million | Classrooms and infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure LL | Los Angeles | Little Lake City School District | Approved | $36 million | Education | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure G | Alameda, Contra Costa | Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District | Defeated | $450 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure A2022 | Santa Barbara | Lompoc Unified School District | Defeated | $125 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure Q | Los Angeles | Long Beach Unified School District | Approved | $1.7 billion | School facilities | November 8, 2022 | |
Proposition LA | Los Angeles | Los Angeles Community College District | Approved | $5.3 billion | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure E | Calaveras | Mark Twain Union Elementary School District | Defeated | $9.3 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure K | Contra Costa | Martinez Unified School District | Defeated | $90 million | School modernization | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure T | Merced | Merced River School District | Defeated | $3.5 million | Schools | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure E | San Mateo | Millbrae School District | Defeated | $90 million | Local school funding | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure G | Marin | Mill Valley School District | Approved | $194 million | Schools | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure L | Stanislaus | Modesto City High School District | Approved | $198 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure MM | Los Angeles | Monrovia Unified School District | Approved | $75 million | School facilities | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure J | Ventura | Mupu School District | Approved | $800,000 | School modernization | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure K | Ventura | Mupu School District | Approved | $800,000 | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure B | San Bernardino, Kern | Muroc Joint Unified School District | Approved | $21,000,000 | Schools | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure A1 | Napa | Napa Valley Unified School District | Defeated | $200 millon | School infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure A2 | Napa | Napa Valley Unified School District | Approved | $25 million | School infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure P | Santa Clara | Oak Grove School District | Approved | $236 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure D | Fresno | Orange Center School District | Approved | $6 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure I | Ventura | Oxnard School District | Approved | $215 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure PRM | Los Angeles | Palmdale School District | Approved | $120 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure I | Kern | Panama-Buena Vista Union School District | Approved | $99 million | School facilities improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure PCC | Los Angeles | Los Angeles | Approved | $565 million | School facilities | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure E | Stanislaus, Santa Clara | Patterson Joint Unified School District | Approved | $74 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure A | Merced | Planada Elementary School District | Approved | $3.1 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure I | Alameda | Pleasanton Unified School District | Approved | $395 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure R | Yuba | Plumas Lake Elementary School District | Defeated | $45 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure I | San Mateo | Ravenswood City Elementary School District | Approved | $110 million | Local School Funding | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure S | San Mateo | Redwood City Elementary School District | Approved | $298 million | School infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure A | San Bernardino | Rialto Unified School District | Approved | $340 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure H | Ventura | Rio Elementary School District | Approved | $72 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure G | Monterey | Salinas City Elementary School District | Approved | $74.5 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure H | Monterey | Salinas City Elementary School District | Approved | $75 million | School modernization | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure U | San Diego | San Diego Unified School District | Approved | $3.2 billion | Classrooms and school infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure C | Monterey | San Lucas Union School District | Defeated | $3.6 million | School facilities improvements | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure C-22 | San Luis Obispo | San Luis Coastal Unified School District | Approved | $349 million | School repairs and renovations | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure C | Marin | San Rafael City Elementary School District | Approved | $152 million | Schools | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure B | Marin | San Rafael City High School District | Approved | $216 million | Schools | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure K | Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | Approved | $249 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure L | Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz | Approved | $122 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure SMC | Los Angeles | Santa Monica | Approved | $375 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure R | Monterey | Santa Rita Union School District | Approved | $24.9 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure G | Sonoma | Santa Rosa Elementary School District | Approved | $125 million | Classrooms and school infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure C | Sonoma | Santa Rosa High School District | Approved | $398 million | Classrooms and school infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure L | Fresno | Selma Unified School District | Approved | $36 million | School facilities improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure W | San Mateo | Sequoia Union High School District | Approved | $591 million | School infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure C | San Bernardino, Kern | Sierra Sands Unified School District | Defeated | $52,800,000 | Schools | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure T | San Mateo | South San Francisco Unified School District | Approved | $436 million | School infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure C | San Joaquin | Stockton Unified School District | Approved | Schools | November 8, 2022 | ||
Measure W | Tulare | Sundale Union Elementary School District | Defeated | $4 million | School facilities improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure X | Tulare | Sundale Union Elementary School District | Defeated | $3.8 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure J | Alameda | Sunol Glen Unified School District | Approved | $10.9 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure M | Solano | Travis Unified School District | Defeated | $64 million | School infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure J | Placer, Sacramento | Twin Rivers Unified School District | Approved | $120 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure K | Sacramento, Placer | Twin Rivers Unified School District | Approved | $150 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure R | Santa Clara | Union School District | Approved | $128 million | School facilities improvments | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure Q | Solano | Vacaville Unified School District | Defeated | $229.5 million | School classrooms and infrastructure | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure E | Ventura | Ventura Unified School District | Approved | $434.5 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure J | Contra Costa | Walnut Creek Elementary School District | Approved | $134 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure K | Monterey | Monterey | Defeated | $13.5 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure J | Stanislaus | Waterford Unified School District | Defeated | $5.57 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure G | Placer | Western Placer Unified School District | Defeated | $185 million | School improvements | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure K | Fresno, Madera | Fresno | Approved | $25.1 million | School facilities improvement | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure J | Fresno | Fresno | Defeated | $8.6 million | Construction of school facilities and other changes | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure J | Kings (CA) | Kings | Defeated | 8.6 million | Educational facilities | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure W | Imperial | Westmorland Union Elementary School District | Approved | $3.75 million | Schools | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure Z | Imperial | Westmorland Union Elementary School District | Approved | $3.75 million | Schools | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure A | Fresno | Westside Elementary School District | Approved | $30 per parcel | Schools | June 7, 2022 | |
Measure P | Yuba | Wheatland Union High School District | Approved | $16 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure Q | Yuba | Wheatland Union High School District | Defeated | $8.7 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 | |
Measure EE | Los Angeles | Wiseburn Elementary School District | Approved | $98 million | Schools | November 8, 2022 |
2021
No local school bond measures were on the ballot in California in 2021.
2020
In addition to the local bond measures listed below, California voters decided a statewide $15 billion school and college facilities bond measure—Proposition 13—on March 3, 2020. Voters rejected Proposition 13, making it the first statewide education-related bond issue that voters rejected since 1994.
At the November 3 election, voters decided on 60 local school bond measures. The approved 48 measures (80%), and rejected 12 measures (20%).
At the March 3 election, voters decided 122 local school bond measures. They approved 44 measures (36.1%), and rejected 78 measures (63.9%). From 2008 through 2020, the average approval rate for local school bond measures in California was 73%.
2019
No local school bond measures were on the ballot in California in 2019.
2018
2017
In 2017, there were six school bond measures on the ballot in California. A bond in the amount of $149 million was approved for La Cañada Unified School District, and a bond in the amount of $5.95 million was approved for Mountain Valley Unified School District. The four remaining measures were defeated. Two of the defeated measures had been proposed for North Monterey County Unified School District, and together, the bonds would have amounted to $76 million.
2017 school bond question election overview | ||||
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Status | Number | Win/Loss % | Dollars | Dollar % |
Approved | 2 | 33.33% | $154,950,000 | 44.4% |
Defeated | 4 | 66.67% | $194,000,000 | 55.6% |
Totals: | 6 | 100% | $348,950,000 | 100% |
Ballot Measure: | County: | Outcome: | Amount: | Tax: | Matures in: | Election date |
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Measure D: McFarland Unified School District Bond Issue | Kern | $20 million | $60 per $100,000 in value | Legal limit | July 25, 2017 | |
Measure E: North Monterey County Unified School District Bond Issue | Monterey | $36 million | $59 per $100,000 in value | Legal limit | November 7, 2017 | |
Measure F: North Monterey County Unified School District Bond Issue | Monterey | $40 million | $59 per $100,000 in value | Legal limit | November 7, 2017 | |
Measure GG: Glendora Unified School District Bond Issue | Los Angeles | $98,000,000 | $49 per $100,000 in value | Legal limit | November 7, 2017 | |
Measure LCF: La Cañada Unified School District Bond Issue | Los Angeles | $149,000,000 | $44.26 per $100,000 in value | Legal limit | November 7, 2017 | |
Measure J: Mountain Valley Unified School District Bond Issue | Trinity | $5.95 million | $60 per $100,000 in value | Legal limit | November 7, 2017 |
2016
2016 school bond question election overview | ||||
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Status | Number | Win/Loss % | Dollars | Dollar % |
Approved | 215 | 93% | $28,889,826,000.00 | 91% |
Defeated | 16 | 7% | $2,860,300,000.00 | 9% |
Totals: | 231 | 100% | $31,795,726,000 | 100% |
2015
2015 school bond question election overview | ||||
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Status | Number | Win/Loss % | Dollars | Dollar % |
Approved | 9 | 90.0% | $1,143,025,000 | 84.6% |
Defeated | 1 | 10.0% | $208,000,000 | 15.4% |
Totals: | 10 | 100% | $1,351,025,000 | 100% |
2014
2014 school bond question election overview | ||||
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Status | Number | Win/Loss % | Dollars[6] | Dollar % |
Approved | 128 | 82.15% | $12,614,740,000 | 85.50% |
Defeated | 29 | 17.85% | $2,139,480,000 | 14.50% |
Totals: | 157 | 100% | $14.754 Billion | 100% |
2013
2013 school bond question election overview | ||||
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Status | Number | Win/Loss % | Dollars | Dollar % |
Approved | 7 | 77.78% | $320,550,000 | 67.01% |
Defeated | 2 | 22.22% | $157,800,00 | 32.99% |
Totals: | 9 | 100% | $478,350,000 | 100% |
Ballot Measure: | Outcome: | Yes (%): | No (%): |
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Proposition BUSD-S | 4,663 (61.78%) | 2,884 (38.21%) | |
Measure Y | 176 (94.12%) | 11 (5.88%) | |
Measure A | 754 (68.98%) | 339 (31.02%) | |
Measure G | 2,828 (52.17%) | 2,593 (47.83%) | |
Measure H | 2,453 (61.04%) | 1,566 (38.96%) | |
Measure P | 8,002 (46.5%) | 9,195 (53.5%) | |
Measure S | 2,305 (73.9%) | 812 (26.1%) | |
Measure W | 4,222 (75.3%) | 1,383 (24.7%) | |
Measure G | 6,995 (68.44%) | 3,225 (31.56%) |
2012
November 6:
106 public school bond propositions were on the November 6, 2012, ballot in 33 counties.
They ranged from a low of a $830,000 (Pacific Elementary, Measure M in Santa Cruz County) to a high of $2.8 billion (San Diego Unified, Proposition Z in San Diego County).
Eight of the 106 measures were for community colleges.
Each measure required a 55 percent supermajority vote for approval.
June 5:
- See also: June 5, 2012 ballot measure elections
34 public school bond propositions were on the June 5, 2012 ballot. Twenty-five (or 73.5%) of the bond proposals were approved, and nine (or 26.5%) were defeated.
They ranged from a low of $2.2 million (Trinidad Union, Measure W in Humboldt County) to a high of $350 million (West Valley-Mission Community College District bond proposition, Measure C in Santa Clara County and Santa Cruz County).
Each measure required a 55 percent supermajority vote for approval.
2011
2011 school bond question election overview | ||||
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Status | Number | Win/Loss % | Dollars | Dollar % |
Approved | 7 | 70% | $981,100,000.00 | 41.34% |
Defeated | 3 | 30% | $1,392,000,000 | 58.66% |
Totals: | 10 | 100% | $2,373,100,000 | 100% |
November 8:
Bradley Union School District bond proposition, Measure T
Larkspur School District bond proposition, Measure A
Millbrae School District bond proposition, Measure N
Newark Unified School District bond proposition, Measure G
Newhall School District bond proposition, Measure E
San Bruno Park School District bond proposition, Measure O
San Francisco Unified School District bond, Proposition A
San Mateo Community College District bond proposition, Measure H
April 5:
Glendale Unified School District bond proposition, Measure S
March 8:
Santa Clara Unified School District bond proposition, Measure A
2010
2010 school bond question election overview | ||||
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Status | Number | Win/Loss % | Dollars | Dollar % |
Approved | 61 | 73.5% | $5,053,250,000 | 89.75% |
Defeated | 22 | 26.5% | $576,950,000 | 10.25% |
Totals: | 83 | 100% | $5,630,200,000 | 100% |
June 8:
November 2:
2009
2009 school bond question election overview | ||||
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Status | Number | Win/Loss % | Dollars | Dollar % |
Approved | 2 | 50% | $69,000,000 | 79.1% |
Defeated | 2 | 50% | $18,235,000 | 20.9% |
Totals: | 4 | 100% | $87,235,000 | 100% |
Measure | County | Amount | Outcome |
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Mill Valley, Measure C | Marin | $59,800,000 | |
Shoreline Unified, Measure D | Marin, Sonoma | $9,290,000 | |
Springville Union, Measure O | Tulare | $6,735,000 | |
Springville Union, Measure L | Tulare | $11,500,000 |
2008
2008 school bond question election overview | ||||
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Status | Number | Dollars | District % | Dollar % |
Approved | 140 | 85.9% | ||
Defeated | 23 | 14.1% | ||
Totals: | 163 | - | 100% | 100% |
November 4:
Ninety-six (96) school bond requests were on the November 4 ballot and eighty-seven of these were approved. Altogether, $22 billion in debt was incurred in the 87 school districts where bonds were approved. The most expensive bond request was the $7 billion sought and received by the Los Angeles Unified School District. The least expensive request was that of Cold Spring in Santa Barbara County, which sought and received $2.44 million.
Of the nine bond measures that failed, four received less than 50%. The other five that failed got between 50-54.9% of the vote, but failed because to pass, they needed a supermajority vote of at least 55%.
June 3:
Forty-six school financing measures were on the June 3 ballot in California. This included:
- 33 school bond measures. 26 passed; 7 failed.
- 13 parcel tax measures. 7 passed; 6 failed.
February 5:
39 school districts asked for additional funding on February 5, 2008. 30 of the 39 passed with more than the 55% approval rate required by Prop 39 for their passage, for a total of approximately $3.9 billion in approved local school construction funds.
Eighteen of the thirty that passed would have failed to gain approval before Proposition 39 lowered the success threshold from two-thirds to 55%. The eighteen that passed because of the 55% threshold that would not have passed with a 2/3 threshold added $2.3 billion in new spending.
Statewide bonds, 1996-2020
From 1996 to 2006, California voters approved about $109 billion in school construction bonds at the state and local level. In 2016, voters approved Proposition 51, which authorized $9 billion in school and college construction bonds. Voters rejected Proposition 13, making it the first statewide education-related bond issue that voters rejected since 1994.
Statewide bond measures
- California Proposition 1, Bonds for Schools (1949)
- California Proposition 24, Bonds for Public Schools (1952)
- California Proposition 2, Bonds for Public School Construction (1954)
- California Proposition 3, Bonds for Educational, Mental and Correctional Institutions (1956)
- California Proposition 2, Bonds for Schools for Handicapped Students (1956)
- California Proposition 3, Bonds for Correctional and Educational Facilities (1958)
- California Proposition 2, Bonds for School Facilities for Handicapped Students (1958)
- California Proposition 1, Bonds for Public Schools (June 1962)
- California Proposition 3, Bonds for Public School Construction (1964)
- California Proposition 1, Bonds for Public Schools (June 1966)
- California Proposition 2, Bonds for Public Education (June 1972)
- California Proposition 1, Bonds for Public Education (1974)
- California Proposition 1, Bonds for Public Schools (June 1976)
- California Proposition 4 (June 1976)
- California Proposition 1, State School Aid Bond Law (June 1978)
- California Proposition 1, School Construction Bonds (1982)
- California Proposition 26, Bonds for Public School Construction (1984)
- California Proposition 53, Green-Hughes School Building Bond Measure (1986)
- California Proposition 75, Bonds for Public Schools (June 1988)
- California Proposition 79, Construction Bonds for Public Schools (1988)
- California Proposition 123, Public School Construction Bond Issue (June 1990)
- California Proposition 146, School Facilities Bond Measure (1990)
- California Proposition 152, Public School Construction and Improvements Bond Measure (June 1992)
- California Proposition 155, Bonds for Elementary Schools (1992)
- California Proposition 1B, School Facilities Bond Act (1994)
- California Proposition 203, Bonds for Educational Facilities (1996)
- California Proposition 1A, Public Education Facilities Bond Issue (1998)
- California Proposition 47, School Construction Bond Measure (2002)
- California Proposition 55, Bonds for Schools (March 2004)
- California Proposition 1D, Education Facility Repairs and Upgrades Bond Measure (2006)
- California Proposition 51, Public School Facility Bonds (2016)
Colleges
Year | Proposition | Amount | Outcome |
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1914 | Proposition 11 | $1,800,000 | |
1962 | Proposition 1A | $270,000,000 | |
1964 | Proposition 2 | $380,000,000 | |
1966 | Proposition 2 | $230,000,000 | |
1968 | Proposition 2 | $65,000,000 | |
1968 | Proposition 3 | $250,000,000 | |
1970 | Proposition 1 | $246,300,000 | |
1972 | Proposition 1 | $160,000,000 | |
1972 | Proposition 2 | $155,900,000 | |
1986 | Proposition 56 | $400,000,000 | |
1988 | Proposition 78 | $600,000,000 | |
1990 | Proposition 121 | $450,000,000 | |
1990 | Proposition 143 | $450,000,000 | |
1992 | Proposition 153 | $900,000,000 | |
1994 | Proposition 1C | $900,000,000 | |
2016 | Proposition 51 | $9,000,000,000 |
Libraries
Year | Proposition | Amount | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
1988 | Proposition 85 | $75,000,000 | |
2000 | Proposition 14 | $350,000,000 | |
2006 | Proposition 81 | $600,000,000 |
Childcare
Year | Proposition | Amount | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|
1990 | Proposition 151 | $30,000,000 |
Process
Year | Proposition | Subject | Outcome |
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1966 | Proposition 4 | 60% Supermajority to Approve School and Library Bonds | |
1993 | Proposition 170 | Simple Majority Vote Needed to Approve School Bonds |
See also
- Voting on school bond and tax measures
- Where to find information about local school bond and tax elections
- School bond election
- Approval rates of local school bond and tax elections
External links
- Cal Tax final election results for November 4
- California City Finance: Local Revenue Measures November 4, 2008
- Never-ending school bonds
- What is a bond? (dead link)
- California's school finance system
- How to get a bond issue passed, from the National Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities (NCEF)
- February 5 approval of local school bonds (dead link)
- Results of tax, bond and loan elections in California school districts, 1971-1972
- Local bond elections in California: Some vital statistics, January 2000.
- School districts, including many in valley, on thin ice in refinancing bond debt
Footnotes
- ↑ The Appeal-Democrat, "Thomas D. Elias: Voters detest new taxes? Not always," June 30, 2009
- ↑ There were no local school bond elections in California in 2021.
- ↑ There were no local school bond elections in California in 2019.
- ↑ This is the annual increase in the district property tax required to repay the bond issue.
- ↑ The time periods listed here represent the maximum time allowed to repay the bonded indebtedness.
- ↑ In millions
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