San Mateo Union High School District bond proposition, Measure O (November 2010)

Bond elections
2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 2010 • 2009 • 2008 All years and states
Property tax elections
2018 • 2017 • 2016 • 2015 2014 • 2013 • 2012 • 2011 2010 • 2009 • 2008 All years and states
See also
State comparisons How voting works Approval rates

A San Mateo Union High School District bond proposition, Measure O was on the November 2, 2010 ballot for voters in the San Mateo Union High School District in San Mateo County. It was approved.

Measure O allows the school board of the San Mateo Union High School District to borrow $186 million. The money will be spent on "classrooms/labs for science, math, and job-training, updat[ing] educational facilities to meet current safety codes, provid[ing] modern classroom technology/ computers, support[ing] academic programs/ teachers by eliminating debt, and repair[ing], construct[ing] and acquir[ing] equipment, sites, schools/ facilities."

Election results

• Yes: 43,252 (61.92%) a
• No: 26,602 (38.08%)

Election results are from the San Mateo County elections division as of November 27, 2010.

A 55 percent supermajority vote was required for approval.

Text of measure

The question on the ballot:

Measure O: "To better prepare local students for college/ 21st century jobs, shall San Mateo Union High School District provide classrooms/ labs for science, math, and job-training, update educational facilities to meet current safety codes, provide modern classroom technology/ computers, support academic programs/ teachers by eliminating debt, and repair, construct and acquire equipment, sites, schools/ facilities, by issuing $186,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with citizen oversight, no money for administrators’ salaries and all funds supporting only local schools?"

See also

• School bond elections in California
• California school district bond elections in 2010

External links

• Full text of Measure O
• Analysis of Measure O
• Argument in favor of Measure O
• Argument against Measure O
• Rebuttals to the "for" arguments
• Rebuttals to the "against" arguments

---

This local ballot measure article is a sprout; we plan on making it grow in the future. If you would like to help it grow, please consider donating to Ballotpedia.