General Shafter School District, California, Bond Issue, Measure C (June 2016)

* Text of measure
* Ballot question
* Path to the ballot
* See also
* External links
* Footnotes
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Measure C: General Shafter School District Bond Issue

The basics
Election date:
June 7, 2016
Status:
d Defeated
Majority required:
55%
Topic:
Local school bonds
Amount: $40 million
Tax: $29.97 per $100,000 in value
Matures in: Legal limit
Related articles
Local school bonds on the ballot

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June 7, 2016 ballot measures in California

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Kern County, California ballot measures
See also
General Shafter School District, California

A bond issue measure was on the ballot for General Shafter School District voters in Kern County, California, on June 7, 2016. It was defeated by a margin of one vote.

| A yes vote was a vote in favor of increasing the district's debt by $40 million through issuing general obligation bonds in that amount.

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| A no vote was a vote against increasing the district's debt by $40 million through issuing general obligation bonds in that amount.

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District officials estimated the total debt service cost for the loan—including principal and interest—at $113,159,833. District officials also estimated that a property tax rate of $29.97 per $100,000 in assessed value would be required to repay the bonds.

A 55 percent supermajority vote was required for the approval of Measure C.

## Contents

* 1 Election results
* 2 Text of measure
* 2.1 Ballot question
* 3 Path to the ballot
* 4 Recent news
* 5 See also
* 6 External links
* 7 Footnotes

## Election results

General Shafter School District, Measure C

Result| Votes| Percentage
d No| 67| 45.58%
Yes|  80|  54.42%

Election results from Kern County Elections Office

## Text of measure[edit]

### Ballot question[edit]

The following question appeared on the ballot:[1]

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To continue to provide high quality education by acquiring, constructing, furnishing, and equipping a new multi-purpose room, repairing, renovating, replacing, redesigning and expanding school district facilities, to include, as needed, additional sites and facilities, shall the General Shafter School District issue $40,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with specific citizen oversight, independent audits, no money for administrators' salaries, all funds benefitting General Shafter School District students?[2]

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## Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in California

This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing officials of General Shafter School District, California.

## Recent news[edit]

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms General Shafter School District Local school bonds. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

General Shafter School District, California, Bond Issue, Measure C (June 2016) - Google News

## See also[edit]

Local measures

* Local measures in 2016
* Local school bonds ballot measures

* Kern County measures

California

* June 7, 2016 measures in California
* Local ballot measures, California
* General Shafter School District, California

News and analysis

* State and local preemption conflicts
* Measures advancing national agendas

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## External links[edit]

| Suggest a link

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* Kern County Elections Office website

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Kern County Elections Office, "Ballot Measures: June 7, 2016 election," accessed June 4, 2016
2. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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