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Los Angeles County, CA November 4, 2008 Election
Measure RR
Classroom Repair, Education Improvement, Public Safety/Job Training
Mount San Antonio Community College District
55% Approval Required

Pass: 164,177 / 69.9% Yes votes ...... 70,540 / 30.1% No votes
   164,135 (69.95%) Yes / 70,510 (30.05%) No in Los Angeles County
   42 (58.3%) Yes / 30 (41.7%) No in Orange County

See Also: Index of all Measures
Results as of Nov 28 5:11pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (398/398)
60.4% Voter Turnout (1,167,657 Total/1933669)
  Includes 397/397 Precincts in Los Angeles County as of Nov 28 5:11pm
  Includes 1/1 Precincts in Orange County as of Jan 24 2:38am
Information shown below: Impartial Analysis |

To maintain academic excellence for students/nurses/firefighters by upgrading classrooms/laboratories/fire alarms, repairing roofs/plumbing, removing lead paint/asbestos, retrofitting buildings for earthquake safety/handicap accessibility, increasing energy efficiency, expanding job training, shall Mt. San Antonio Community College District repair, acquire, construct, equip buildings/sites/facilities by issuing $353,000,000 of bonds at legal rates, with annual audits, citizens’ oversight, no money for administrators’ salaries, and no tax rate increase?

Impartial Analysis from Raymond G. Fortner, Jr.
County Counsel
Approval of Measure RR would authorize the Mt. San Antonio Community College District (“District”) to issue general obligation bonds, in an amount not to exceed $353,000,000. Funds received from the sale of the bonds shall be used for the specific purposes set forth in this Measure including, upgrading classrooms/laboratories/fire alarms; repairing roofs/plumbing; removing lead paint/asbestos; earthquake/handicap retrofitting. No funds may be used for teacher and administrator salaries or any other school operating expenses.

Independent performance and financial audits will be performed annually to ensure that funds received from the sale of the bonds are expended as specified by the Measure. All bond expenditures will be monitored by a Citizens’ Oversight Committee to ensure that funds are spent as specified.

The bonds would be issued for a term not to exceed twenty-five (25) years in the case of bonds issued under the authority of the Education Code, and forty (40) years in the case of bonds issued under the authority of the Government Code. The tax levied shall not exceed $25 per $100,000 of taxable property within the District. The bonds would be issued at an interest rate that does not exceed the maximum legal rate. By issuing the bonds the District may be eligible to receive matching funds.

This Measure requires a fifty-five percent (55%) vote for passage.

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Mt. San Antonio Community College District
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Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

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