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## Contents

* 1 Acalanes-Cypress
* 2 Del Norte-Los Angeles
* 3 Mammoth-Rosemead
* 4 San Diego-Willows
* 5 Other school questions
* 6 See also
* 7 External links

Ninety-six local school bond measures were on the November 4, 2008 ballot in public school districts around the state of California. There were also 21 school district parcel tax levies on the November 4 ballot, for a total of 116 local ballot measures related to local public school financing in California.

* A total of about $22.5 billion was sought in elementary, high school and community college bonds.
* 87 of the 96 school bond requests were approved, or more than 90%.
* 81% of the school parcel tax requests passed.
* See also: November 4, 2008 ballot measures in California

A supermajority vote of 55% is required to approve a school bond measure.

* See California school bond elections, November 2008, ranked by amount requested

### Acalanes-Cypress[edit]

Measure  | County  | Amount  | % Yes (rounded)  | Outcome

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Acalanes Union, Measure E | Contra Costa | $93.0 million  | 64  | a
Acton-Agua Dulce, Measure CF | Los Angeles | $13.0 million  | 56  | a
Alhambra Schools Measure MM | Los Angeles | $50.0 million  | 75  | a
Beaumont Unified, Measure Z | Riverside | $125.0 million  | 61  | a
Bellevue Union, Measure J | Sonoma | $19.0 million  | 75  | a
Beverly Hills Measure E | Los Angeles | $334.0 million  | 65  | a
Biggs Schools Measure E | Butte | $6.9 million  | 44 | d
Bishop Union Measure A | Inyo | $3.0 million  | 70  | a
Bonita Schools Measure AB | Los Angeles | $83.6 million  | 61  | a
Bret Harte Measure K | Calaveras | $18.0 million  | 60  | a
Cascade Union Measure C | Shasta | $12.4 million  | 67  | a
Centinela Valley Measure CV | Los Angeles | $98.0 million  | 71  | a
Center Schools Measure N | Sacramento | $500.0 million  | 62  | a
Central Elementary Measure A | San Bernardino | $31.0 million  | 71  | a
Central Unified Measure B | Fresno | $152.0 million  | 63  | a
Ceres Unified Measure U | Stanislaus | $60.0 million  | 73  | a
Cesar Chavez (Planada) Measure O | Merced | $2.9 million  | 69  | a
Cold Spring, Measure C | Santa Barbara | $2.4 million  | 60  | a
Colfax elementary, Measure Q | Placer | $2.5 million  | 54 | d
College of the Sequoias, Measure I | Tulare | $28.0 million  | 66  | a
College of the Sequoias, Measure J | Kings and Tulare | $60.0 million  | 62  | a
Colton Unified, Measure G | San Bernardino and Riverside | $225.0 million  | 73  | a
Columbia Elementary, Measure D | Shasta | $9.5 million  | 54 | d
Cypress schools, Measure M | Orange | $53.6 million  | 70  | a

### Del Norte-Los Angeles[edit]

Measure  | County  | Amount  | % Yes (rounded)  | Outcome

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Del Norte, Measure A | Del Norte | $24.99 million  | 58  | a
El Monte Measure D | Los Angeles | $75.00 million  | 74  | a
El Monte Measure KC | Los Angeles | $75.00 million  | 73  | a
El Segundo Measure M | Los Angeles | $14.00 million  | 67  | a
Escondido Proposition T | San Diego | $98.00 million  | 58  | a
Gateway Schools Measure G | Shasta | $19.00 million  | 58  | a
Gilroy Schools Measure P | Santa Clara | $150.00 million  | 68  | a
Gold Oak Union Measure E | El Dorado | $8.95 million  | 56  | a
Grossmont Union Proposition U | San Diego | $417.00 million  | 56  | a
Happy Valley Union Measure E | Shasta | $3.80 million  | 63  | a
Helendale Schools Measure X | San Bernardino | $20.00 million  | 68  | a
John Swett Measure A | Contra Costa | $20.00 million  | 73  | a
Klamath-Trinity Measure H | Humboldt | $5.95 million  | 71  | a
Lake Tahoe Measure G | El Dorado | $64.50 million  | 59  | a
Lakeside Union Elementary Measure V | San Diego | $79.55 million  | 64  | a
Lakeside Union, Measure I | Kern | $22.50 million  | 78  | a
Lemon Grove Proposition W | San Diego | $28.00 million  | 72  | a
Long Beach Schools Measure K | Los Angeles | $1,200.00 million  | 72  | a
Los Alamitos Measure K | Orange | $126.00 million  | 65  | a
Los Angeles Community College Measure J | Los Angeles | $3,500.00 million  | 69  | a
Los Angeles Unified Measure Q | Los Angeles | $7,000.00 million  | 69  | a
Los Rios Community College, Measure M | Sacramento | $475.00 million  | 58  | a

### Mammoth-Rosemead[edit]

Measure  | County  | Amount  | % Yes (rounded)  | Outcome

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Mammoth Schools, Measure K | Mono | $65.00 million  | 48 | d
Manhattan Beach Schools, Measure BB | Los Angeles | $67.48 million  | 62  | a
Marysville Schools, Measure P | Butte | $47.00 million  | 62  | a
Merced Union High, Measure M | Merced | $149.45 million  | 67  | a
Millbrae Schools, Measure X | San Mateo | $30.00 million  | 70  | a
Mojave Schools, Measure G | Kern | $14.00 million  | 70  | a
Moorpark Schools, Measure S | Ventura | $39.50 million  | 65  | a
Mount San Antonio Community College, Measure RR | LA and Orange | $353.00 million  | 70  | a
Newman Crows Landing, Measure R | Stanislaus | $25.00 million  | 64  | a
Oak Grove Schools, Measure S | Santa Clara | $125.00 million  | 75  | a
Oak Park Schools, Measure R | Ventura | $29.45 million  | 57  | a
Oroville Union Schools, Measure G | Butte | $12.00 million  | 58  | a
Pachecho Union, Measure B | Shasta | $11.00 million  | 56  | a
Pasadena Schools, Measure TT | Los Angeles | $350.00 million  | 75  | a
Patterson Schools, Measure V | Santa Clara | $50.00 million  | 66  | a
Plumas Schools, Measure A | Yuba | $20.00 million  | 54 | d
Pomona Schools, Measure PS | Los Angeles | $235.00 million  | 75  | a
Richland Schools, Measure J | Kern | $23.00 million  | 71  | a
Rim of the World, Measure W | San Bernardino | $23.24 million  | 62  | a
Rosemead Schools, Measure O | Los Angeles | $30.00 million  | 73  | a

### San Diego-Willows[edit]

Measure  | County  | Amount  | % Yes (rounded)  | Outcome

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San Diego Unified School District bonds, Proposition S (November 2008) | San Diego | $2,100.00 million  | 68  | a
San Lorenzo Unified School District bond proposition, Measure O (November 2008) | Alameda | $82.00 million  | 74  | a
Santa Monica College Measure AA | Los Angeles | $295.00 million  | 61  | a
Santa Paula Union High School District bond proposition, Measure Q (November 2008) | Ventura | $39.00 million  | 70  | a
Savanna Elementary School District bond proposition, Measure N (November 2008) | Orange | $24.94 million  | 72  | a
Sierra Unified Measure V | Fresno | $12.00 million  | 49 | d
Sierra Unified Measure W | Fresno | $10.00 million  | 51 | d
Siskiyou Union, Measure Q | Siskiyou | $12.50 million  | 58  | a
Stanislaus Union school bond election, Measure T, 2008 | Stanislaus | $39.80 million  | 71  | a
South Bay Union School District bonds, Proposition X (November 2008) | San Diego | $17.00 million  | 76  | a
Southwestern Community College, Proposition R | San Diego | $389.00 million  | 71  | a
Southern Kern Unified School District bond proposition, Measure H (November 2008) | Kern | $24.00 million  | 68  | a
Susanville Elementary School District bond proposition, Measure S (November 2008) | Lassen | $9.00 million  | 66  | a
Tahoe Truckee Unified School District bond proposition, Measure U (November 2008) | Nevada and Placer | $93.53 million  | 51 | d
Terra Bella Elementary, Measure K | Tulare | $3.30 million  | 67  | a
Torrance Schools Measure Y | Los Angeles | $265.00 million  | 74  | a
Torrance Schools Measure Z | Los Angeles | $95.00 million  | 71  | a
Tracy Unified School District bond proposition, Measure S (November 2008) | San Joaquin | $43.10 million  | 71  | a
Tustin Unified School District bond proposition, Measure L (November 2008) | Orange | $95.00 million  | 58  | a
Victor Elementary School District bond proposition, Measure E (November 2008) | San Bernardino | $150.00 million  | 67  | a
Victor Valley Community College District bond proposition, Measure JJ (November 2008) | Los Angeles | $297.50 million  | 57  | a
Victor Valley Union High School District bond proposition, Measure V (November 2008) | San Bernardino | $500.00 million  | 68  | a
West Hills Community College Measure C | Fresno | $11.60 million  | 66  | a
West Hills Community College Measure E | Fresno | $31.00 million  | 59  | a
Westminster School District bond proposition, Measure O (November 2008) | Orange | $130.00 million  | 63  | a
Westside Union Elementary School District bond proposition, Measure WS (November 2008) | Los Angeles | $63.50 million  | 63  | a
Wheatland School District bond proposition, Measure R (November 2008) | Yuba | $5.70 million  | 66  | a
Whittier Union High School District bond proposition, Measure W (November 2008) | Los Angeles | $75.00 million  | 72  | a
William S. Hart Union High School District bond proposition, Measure SA (November 2008) | Los Angeles | $300.00 million  | 61  | a
Willows Unified School District bond proposition, Measure N (November 2008) | Glenn | $20.70 million  | 49  | d

### Other school questions[edit]

* Creation of a Camarillo Unified School District, Measure U (November 2008). d

## See also[edit]

* California 2008 local ballot measures
* California 2008 ballot propositions (statewide)
* November 4, 2008 California ballot proposition election results, getting ready to track November 4 election results.
* Local ballot measures, California

## External links[edit]

* Cal Tax: November 4, 2008 election results
* Cal Tax final election results for November 4
* California City Finance: Local Revenue Measures November 4, 2008
* Ballot measures as diverse as the California cities they come from

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Local ballot measures in California

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Analysis|

Laws governing local ballot measures in California • Ballot measure information on California county websites • Costs of administering local elections • Required approval rates for local California ballot measures

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Political topics|

Advisory votes • Binding arbitration • Business taxes • City charters • Election and voting laws • Gambling • Gann overrides • Hotel taxes • Incorporations • Immigration • Jurisdictional boundaries • Labor • Marijuana • Marijuana taxes • Mottos • Municipal bonds • Parcel taxes • Pensions • Project-Labor Agreements • Recall • Red light cameras • Rent control • Salaries of local officials • Sales taxes • School bonds • Term limits • Utility user taxes • Vehicle registration taxes • Zoning and land use

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Tax measures|

Business taxes • Hotel taxes • Marijuana taxes • Oil and gas • Parcel taxes • Real estate transfer taxes • Sales taxes • Utility user taxes • Vehicle registration taxes

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Local ballot measures in California

Counties|

Alameda • Alpine • Amador • Butte • Calaveras • Colusa • Contra Costa • Del Norte • El Dorado • Fresno • Glenn • Humboldt • Imperial • Inyo • Kern • Kings • Lake • Lassen • Los Angeles • Madera • Marin • Mariposa • Mendocino • Merced • Modoc • Mono • Monterey • Napa • Nevada • Orange • Placer • Plumas • Riverside • Sacramento • San Benito • San Bernardino • San Diego • San Francisco • San Joaquin • San Luis Obispo • San Mateo • Santa Barbara • Santa Clara • Santa Cruz • Shasta • Sierra • Siskiyou • Solano • Sonoma • Stanislaus • Sutter • Tehama • Trinity • Tulare • Tuolumne • Ventura • Yolo • Yuba

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Analysis|

Laws governing local ballot measures in California • Ballot measure information on California county websites • Costs of administering local elections • Required approval rates for local California ballot measures

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Political topics|

Advisory votes • Binding arbitration • Business taxes • City charters • Election and voting laws • Gambling • Gann overrides • Hotel taxes • Incorporations • Immigration • Jurisdictional boundaries • Labor • Marijuana • Marijuana taxes • Mottos • Municipal bonds • Parcel taxes • Pensions • Project-Labor Agreements • Recall • Red light cameras • Rent control • Salaries of local officials • Sales taxes • School bonds • Term limits • Utility user taxes • Vehicle registration taxes • Zoning and land use

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Tax measures|

Business taxes • Hotel taxes • Marijuana taxes • Oil and gas • Parcel taxes • Real estate transfer taxes • Sales taxes • Utility user taxes • Vehicle registration taxes