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Long Beach Unified School District bond proposition, Measure K (November 2008)
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A Long Beach Unified School District bond proposition, Measure K ballot question was on the November 4, 2008 ballot for voters in the Long Beach Unified School District in Los Angeles, California, where it was approved.
Measure K authorized the district to borrow $1.2 billion. This will cost $60 per $100,000 of assessed property value annually for 25 years. The average home price in the Long Beach schools area is $400,000, so the average homeowning family will pay about $240 more in taxes during the 25-year life of the loan.[1]
A 55 percent supermajority vote was required for approval.
Voters in the school district also voted on a county-wide sales tax increase.
Election results
| Measure K | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
 Yes | 123,253 | 72.12% | ||
| No | 47,639 | 27.88% | ||
- These final, certified, election results are from the Los Angeles County elections office.
Ballot question
The question on the ballot:
| MEASURE K: "To make essential health/safety repairs, retain teachers, qualify for matching grants, shall Long Beach Unified School District retrofit schools for earthquake safety/handicap accessibility, repair restrooms/plumbing/roofs/fire safety, remove lead paint/asbestos, upgrade vocational classrooms/technology/energy efficiency, expand after-school programs, reduce overcrowding, by acquiring, repairing, constructing, equipping sites, facilities, joint-use buildings, and issuing $1,200,000,000 in bonds at legal rates with independent audits, citizen’s oversight, and no money for administrators’ salaries?"[2] |
Parcel tax in 2009
After Measure K passed in November 2008, the Long Beach school board voted to put Measure T, a $92 annual parcel tax on the November 3, 2009 ballot.[3]
Measure T was defeated.
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ Press Telegram, "Is $385 more a year too much?" September 27, 2008
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Contra Costa Times, "LBUSD to put parcel tax on ballot," July 20, 2009
