League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	Contra Costa County, CA November 6, 2012 Election
	Measure I Parcel Tax Chabot-Las Positas Community College District 2/3 Approval Required Fail: 58 / 57.43% Yes votes ...... 43 / 42.57% No votes See Also: Index of all Measures

Arguments For Measure I

Arguments Against Measure I

We strongly urge you to vote Yes on Measure I for Chabot College and Las Positas College. Because State budget cuts have slashed funding for our local community colleges, thousands of local students are being turned away from the classes they need to transfer to a four-year university or to prepare for their careers. Measure I will ensure that the students at Chabot College and Las Positas College get the core classes they need to succeed. Chabot College and Las Positas College are vital to the higher education of our community. They serve as safety nets for our local students, providing access to college courses that many might otherwise be unable to afford. Measure I will allow Chabot College and Las Positas College to remain a leading source of training our community for jobs of the 21st Century. Measure I will allow Chabot College and Las Positas College to: Protect core academic programs in science, math and English Restore funding to increase access to classes and lab offerings Update classroom technology Maintaining student support services Maintain and enhance job training programs to prepare adults for jobs in the new economy With Measure I: Every penny will stay at Chabot College and Las Positas College Funds cannot be taken away by the State Independent citizens' oversight will ensure that funds are spent as promised No funds will be used for administrators' salaries Please join us in supporting Measure I to give Chabot College and Las Positas College the resources to restore core programs and classes and remain a vital local educational source. Ellen M. Corbett California State Senator Dale Eldridge Kays President/CEO Livermore Valley Chamber of Commerce Patrick M. Lofft Member Alameda Tax Payer Association; Accountant Janet Lockhart Las Positas Foundation Board Past Chair, Former Dublin Mayor Francisco Zermeno Hayward City Councilman, Professor, Chabot College Rebuttal to Arguments For None filed.

None filed.

Full Text of Measure I

CHABOT-LAS POSITAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY MEASURE I Chabot-Las Positas Community College District INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE To protect Chabot College and Las Positas College from State budget cuts, provide local funding that cannot be taken away by the State and preserve affordable, quality education for students, Chabot-Las Positas Community College District proposes to establish an education parcel tax for a period of six years, beginning July 1, 2013, at the rate of $28 per year, on each assessor's parcel located within the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District, and to implement accountability measures in connection with the temporary levy to ensure the funds are used to: (a) update classrooms technology; (b) maintain core academic classes such as math, science, and English; (c) attract and retain high quality teachers; (d) restore funding to increase the number of classes and lab offerings; (e) prepare students to transfer to four-year colleges and universities in a timely manner; (f) maintain job training programs to help prepare adults for 21st (g) preserve student support services. AMOUNT OF EDUCATION PARCEL TAX; PERIOD OF ASSESSMENT The education parcel tax shall be $28 (or less as provided below) per year for six (6) full years assessed against each parcel. The proceeds of the education parcel tax shall be deposited into a separate account created by the District. DEFINITION OF "PARCEL" For purposes of the special tax, the term "Parcel- means any parcel of land which lies wholly or partially within the boundaries of the ChabotLas Positas Community College District, that receives a separate tax bill for ad valorem property taxes from either the Alameda County or Contra Costa County Assessor/Tax Collector's office. All property that is otherwise exempt from or upon which are levied no ad valorem property taxes in any year shall also be exempt from the education parcel tax in such year. For purposes of this special tax, any such "Parcels- which are (i) contiguous, (ii) used solely for owner-occupied, single-family residential purposes, and (iii) held under identical ownership may, by the owner submitting evidence of such facts by June 15 of any year to the Board of Trustees of the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District, be treated as a single "parcel- for purposes of the levy of this education parcel tax. REDUCTION IN TAX IF RESULT IS LESS OTHER GOVERNMENT SUPPORT The collection of the education parcel tax is not intended to decrease or offset any increase in local, state or federal government sources that would otherwise be available to the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District during the period of the education parcel tax. In the event that the levy and collection does have such an effect, the ChabotLas Positas Community College District shall cease the levy or shall reduce the education parcel tax to the extent that such action would restore the amount of the decrease or offset in other revenues. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE TAX Current applicable California law does not provide any exemptions from the payment of the educational parcel tax, including exemptions for owners of parcels who are either 65 years of age or older or receive Supplemental Social Security income for a disability, regardless of age. However, in the event applicable law changes during the term of this educational parcel tax, the District intends to grant both seniors and disabled persons receiving SSI an exemption, to the extent legally permissible. ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES In accordance with the requirements of California Government Code Sections 50075.1 and 50075.3, the following accountability measures, among others, shall apply to the education parcel tax levied in accordance with this Measure: (a) the specific purposes of the education parcel tax shall be those purposes identified above; (b) the proceeds of the education parcel tax shall be applied only to those specific purposes identified above; (c) a separate, special account shall be created into which the proceeds of the education parcel tax must be deposited; and (d) an annual written report shall be made to the Board of Trustees of the District showing (i) the amount of funds collected and expended from the proceeds of the education parcel tax and (ii) the status of any projects or programs required or authorized to be funded from the proceeds of the education parcel tax, as identified above. Under no circumstances shall any of the proceeds of the educational special parcel tax be used for administrators' salaries or benefits. Parcel tax proceeds shall only be spent for Chabot College and Las Positas College. CITIZEN OVERSIGHT In addition to the accountability measures required by State law, an Oversight Committee shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees to monitor the expenditures of these funds by the District and will report on an annual basis to the Board and community on how these funds have been spent.