California school district bond elections, November 2008

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Ninety-six local school bond measures were on the November 4, 2008 ballot in public school districts around the state of California. There were also 21 school district parcel tax levies on the November 4 ballot, for a total of 116 local ballot measures related to local public school financing in California.

• A total of about $22.5 billion was sought in elementary, high school and community college bonds.
• 87 of the 96 school bond requests were approved, or more than 90%.
• 81% of the school parcel tax requests passed.
• See also: November 4, 2008 ballot measures in California

A supermajority vote of 55% is required to approve a school bond measure.

• See California school bond elections, November 2008, ranked by amount requested

Acalanes-Cypress

Measure	County	Amount	% Yes (rounded)	Outcome
Acalanes Union, Measure E	Contra Costa	$93.0 million	64	a
Acton-Agua Dulce, Measure CF	Los Angeles	$13.0 million	56	a
Alhambra Schools Measure MM	Los Angeles	$50.0 million	75	a
Beaumont Unified, Measure Z	Riverside	$125.0 million	61	a
Bellevue Union, Measure J	Sonoma	$19.0 million	75	a
Beverly Hills Measure E	Los Angeles	$334.0 million	65	a
Biggs Schools Measure E	Butte	$6.9 million	44	d
Bishop Union Measure A	Inyo	$3.0 million	70	a
Bonita Schools Measure AB	Los Angeles	$83.6 million	61	a
Bret Harte Measure K	Calaveras	$18.0 million	60	a
Cascade Union Measure C	Shasta	$12.4 million	67	a
Centinela Valley Measure CV	Los Angeles	$98.0 million	71	a
Center Schools Measure N	Sacramento	$500.0 million	62	a
Central Elementary Measure A	San Bernardino	$31.0 million	71	a
Central Unified Measure B	Fresno	$152.0 million	63	a
Ceres Unified Measure U	Stanislaus	$60.0 million	73	a
Cesar Chavez (Planada) Measure O	Merced	$2.9 million	69	a
Cold Spring, Measure C	Santa Barbara	$2.4 million	60	a
Colfax elementary, Measure Q	Placer	$2.5 million	54	d
College of the Sequoias, Measure I	Tulare	$28.0 million	66	a
College of the Sequoias, Measure J	Kings and Tulare	$60.0 million	62	a
Colton Unified, Measure G	San Bernardino and Riverside	$225.0 million	73	a
Columbia Elementary, Measure D	Shasta	$9.5 million	54	d
Cypress schools, Measure M	Orange	$53.6 million	70	a

Del Norte-Los Angeles

Measure	County	Amount	% Yes (rounded)	Outcome
Del Norte, Measure A	Del Norte	$24.99 million	58	a
El Monte Measure D	Los Angeles	$75.00 million	74	a
El Monte Measure KC	Los Angeles	$75.00 million	73	a
El Segundo Measure M	Los Angeles	$14.00 million	67	a
Escondido Proposition T	San Diego	$98.00 million	58	a
Gateway Schools Measure G	Shasta	$19.00 million	58	a
Gilroy Schools Measure P	Santa Clara	$150.00 million	68	a
Gold Oak Union Measure E	El Dorado	$8.95 million	56	a
Grossmont Union Proposition U	San Diego	$417.00 million	56	a
Happy Valley Union Measure E	Shasta	$3.80 million	63	a
Helendale Schools Measure X	San Bernardino	$20.00 million	68	a
John Swett Measure A	Contra Costa	$20.00 million	73	a
Klamath-Trinity Measure H	Humboldt	$5.95 million	71	a
Lake Tahoe Measure G	El Dorado	$64.50 million	59	a
Lakeside Union Elementary Measure V	San Diego	$79.55 million	64	a
Lakeside Union, Measure I	Kern	$22.50 million	78	a
Lemon Grove Proposition W	San Diego	$28.00 million	72	a
Long Beach Schools Measure K	Los Angeles	$1,200.00 million	72	a
Los Alamitos Measure K	Orange	$126.00 million	65	a
Los Angeles Community College Measure J	Los Angeles	$3,500.00 million	69	a
Los Angeles Unified Measure Q	Los Angeles	$7,000.00 million	69	a
Los Rios Community College, Measure M	Sacramento	$475.00 million	58	a

Mammoth-Rosemead

Measure	County	Amount	% Yes (rounded)	Outcome
Mammoth Schools, Measure K	Mono	$65.00 million	48	d
Manhattan Beach Schools, Measure BB	Los Angeles	$67.48 million	62	a
Marysville Schools, Measure P	Butte	$47.00 million	62	a
Merced Union High, Measure M	Merced	$149.45 million	67	a
Millbrae Schools, Measure X	San Mateo	$30.00 million	70	a
Mojave Schools, Measure G	Kern	$14.00 million	70	a
Moorpark Schools, Measure S	Ventura	$39.50 million	65	a
Mount San Antonio Community College, Measure RR	LA and Orange	$353.00 million	70	a
Newman Crows Landing, Measure R	Stanislaus	$25.00 million	64	a
Oak Grove Schools, Measure S	Santa Clara	$125.00 million	75	a
Oak Park Schools, Measure R	Ventura	$29.45 million	57	a
Oroville Union Schools, Measure G	Butte	$12.00 million	58	a
Pachecho Union, Measure B	Shasta	$11.00 million	56	a
Pasadena Schools, Measure TT	Los Angeles	$350.00 million	75	a
Patterson Schools, Measure V	Santa Clara	$50.00 million	66	a
Plumas Schools, Measure A	Yuba	$20.00 million	54	d
Pomona Schools, Measure PS	Los Angeles	$235.00 million	75	a
Richland Schools, Measure J	Kern	$23.00 million	71	a
Rim of the World, Measure W	San Bernardino	$23.24 million	62	a
Rosemead Schools, Measure O	Los Angeles	$30.00 million	73	a

San Diego-Willows

Measure	County	Amount	% Yes (rounded)	Outcome
San Diego Unified School District bonds, Proposition S (November 2008)	San Diego	$2,100.00 million	68	a
San Lorenzo Unified School District bond proposition, Measure O (November 2008)	Alameda	$82.00 million	74	a
Santa Monica College Measure AA	Los Angeles	$295.00 million	61	a
Santa Paula Union High School District bond proposition, Measure Q (November 2008)	Ventura	$39.00 million	70	a
Savanna Elementary School District bond proposition, Measure N (November 2008)	Orange	$24.94 million	72	a
Sierra Unified Measure V	Fresno	$12.00 million	49	d
Sierra Unified Measure W	Fresno	$10.00 million	51	d
Siskiyou Union, Measure Q	Siskiyou	$12.50 million	58	a
Stanislaus Union school bond election, Measure T, 2008	Stanislaus	$39.80 million	71	a
South Bay Union School District bonds, Proposition X (November 2008)	San Diego	$17.00 million	76	a
Southwestern Community College, Proposition R	San Diego	$389.00 million	71	a
Southern Kern Unified School District bond proposition, Measure H (November 2008)	Kern	$24.00 million	68	a
Susanville Elementary School District bond proposition, Measure S (November 2008)	Lassen	$9.00 million	66	a
Tahoe Truckee Unified School District bond proposition, Measure U (November 2008)	Nevada and Placer	$93.53 million	51	d
Terra Bella Elementary, Measure K	Tulare	$3.30 million	67	a
Torrance Schools Measure Y	Los Angeles	$265.00 million	74	a
Torrance Schools Measure Z	Los Angeles	$95.00 million	71	a
Tracy Unified School District bond proposition, Measure S (November 2008)	San Joaquin	$43.10 million	71	a
Tustin Unified School District bond proposition, Measure L (November 2008)	Orange	$95.00 million	58	a
Victor Elementary School District bond proposition, Measure E (November 2008)	San Bernardino	$150.00 million	67	a
Victor Valley Community College District bond proposition, Measure JJ (November 2008)	Los Angeles	$297.50 million	57	a
Victor Valley Union High School District bond proposition, Measure V (November 2008)	San Bernardino	$500.00 million	68	a
West Hills Community College Measure C	Fresno	$11.60 million	66	a
West Hills Community College Measure E	Fresno	$31.00 million	59	a
Westminster School District bond proposition, Measure O (November 2008)	Orange	$130.00 million	63	a
Westside Union Elementary School District bond proposition, Measure WS (November 2008)	Los Angeles	$63.50 million	63	a
Wheatland School District bond proposition, Measure R (November 2008)	Yuba	$5.70 million	66	a
Whittier Union High School District bond proposition, Measure W (November 2008)	Los Angeles	$75.00 million	72	a
William S. Hart Union High School District bond proposition, Measure SA (November 2008)	Los Angeles	$300.00 million	61	a
Willows Unified School District bond proposition, Measure N (November 2008)	Glenn	$20.70 million	49	d

Other school questions

• Creation of a Camarillo Unified School District, Measure U (November 2008). d

See also

• California 2008 local ballot measures
• California 2008 ballot propositions (statewide)
• November 4, 2008 California ballot proposition election results, getting ready to track November 4 election results.
• Local ballot measures, California

External links

• Cal Tax: November 4, 2008 election results
• Cal Tax final election results for November 4
• California City Finance: Local Revenue Measures November 4, 2008
• Ballot measures as diverse as the California cities they come from