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

Del Norte-Los Angeles

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

Mammoth-Rosemead

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

San Diego-Willows

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

Other school questions

• Camarillo Unified School District creation, Measure U, 2008.

See also

• California 2008 local ballot measures
• California 2008 ballot measures (statewide)
• November 4, 2008 California ballot proposition election results, getting ready to track November 4 election results.
• California city and county ballot initiatives

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
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