Tahoe Truckee Unified School District Measure U, 2008
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To pass, it needed a supermajority of 55% of those voting in the election.
Measure U was defeated with 50.8% of the vote.
It called for a $93.53 million bond. Measure U was placed on the ballot by the Tahoe Truckee school board after the loss in June 2008 of Measure L, the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District Measure L (June 2008), which was essentially identical.
The ballot language of Measure U said:
- To improve energy efficiency, replace portable classrooms, upgrade computer/instructional technology, expand career/vocational classrooms, meet seismic safety/snow load requirements, shall Facilities Improvement District No. 1 of the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District issue $93,530,000 of bonds at legal rates to renovate, acquire, construct, repair, equip Truckee area schools, sites, facilities, with independent financial audits, citizens’ oversight, no money for administrators’ salaries and maintain 1999 voter approved tax rates?
Election results
| County | Yes | No |
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| Nevada County | 3,839 | 3,722 |
| Placer | 431 | 453 |
| Total | 4,270 (50.56%) | 4,175 (49.44%) |
Comparison
Altogether, there were 95 school bond measures on the November 4 ballot across California. Of the 95, just eight were defeated. Measure U is one of the eight that were defeated.
External links
- Placer County election results for Measure U
- Nevada County election results for Measure U
- Cal-Tax report on the November school bond elections
- Background information on Measure U
- Pro-Measure U brochure
- Measure U sets the records straight
- How school measures fared
