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- Propositions On The 2020 Ballot
- Lausd Measure Rr 2020
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Measure RR, a $7 billion bond measure aimed at providing the Los Angeles Unified School District with a steady flow of money to improve its facilities and technology, as well as increase safety measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, was overwhelmingly approved by district voters.
The measure received support from nearly 71 percent of voters, according to preliminary results of Tuesday's election released early Wednesday. An unknown number of ballots still need to be counted, but they are unlikely to impact the outcome of the election.
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Measure RR asks voters to decide on whether current real estate tax rates should be extended to help fund upgrades at Los Angeles public schools. Measure RR— School upgrades and safety measure. Approval of this measure from 55% of the voters within the Los Angeles Unified School District will permit LAUSD to issue and sell bonds of up to $7 billion to provide financing for specific school facilities and projects. LAUSD will also qualify to receive state grant funding. Endorsement: Yes on Measure RR to fund L.A. Schools Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News 3 months ago. As the school-age populations ballooned, students were squeezed into classrooms on year-round schedules that shorted instructional time.Then came the. As of date: time: 17:11 votes percent los angeles unified school measure q - school improvement bonds - yes 885,467 69.11 (55% of votes cast) - no 395,852 30.89 total precincts 2,019 precincts reporting 2,019 100.00 registration 1,770,975.
Backers said the funds will address school facility inequities, reduce and remove asbestos, address earthquake and water quality hazards and replace/renovate aging school classrooms/buildings.
What You Need To Know
- Measure RR is a $7 billion bond measure aimed at providing LAUSD with money to improve facilities and technology, as well as increase COVID-19 safety measures
- It was was overwhelmingly approved by district voters Tuesday, receiving support from nearly 71 percent
- Measure RR needed 55 percent of the vote to pass because it would raise property taxes, per California state law
- There was no organized opposition to the measure, according to documents from the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission
According to LAUSD documents, the lion's share of the funds — about $3 billion — would be used to upgrade the 70 percent of district facilities in desperate need of repairs, and to create modern learning environments within them.
The money would also be subject to independent audits and citizen oversight, and no funds would be used for administrative salaries, according to the ballot language.
Superintendent Austin Beutner expressed his gratitude in a statement released Wednesday morning.
'On behalf of the entire Los Angeles Unified school community, thank you, voters. The students are the real winners today, this victory is theirs. Because of voter support, and the support of labor, business and community leaders, more students will get access to safe and updated schools and learning technology,' Beutner said.
'We acted boldly during these uncertain times by placing Measure RR on the ballot, knowing we needed to continue to address needs in school facilities. We are grateful voters overwhelmingly supported this effort.'
The LAUSD Board of Education voted unanimously to place Measure RR on the ballot, and in its overview document of the measure, school officials said the district has more than $50 billion in needed repairs and upgrades.
Measure RR needed 55 percent of the vote to pass because it would raise property taxes, per California state law. The cost of repaying the bonds would be taxed at about $2.17 per $100,000 of assessed property value. The measure is expected to raise about $329 million annually until 2055.
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Measure RR is similar to the last $7 billion LAUSD school facilities bond measure that was passed in 2008, Measure Q, although that measure was mostly reserved solely for making immediate repairs to school buildings.
There was no organized opposition to the measure, according to documents from the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, which tracks LAUSD election campaign spending.
In turn, the political action committee 'Yes on RR-Committee for Safe, Updated, Modernized Schools,' has so far garnered more than $1.5 million in support of the measure — mostly from labor unions — and it has spent a little more than $1 million of that money on political advertising, Ethics Commission documents show.
Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education races have grown increasingly contentious in recent years, and this election was no exception, with the traditional debate over charter schools fueling the battle.
Incumbent Scott Schmerelson in District 3, which represents the western San Fernando Valley, appeared to defeat Granada Hills Charter High School staffer Marilyn Koziatek, pending a determination of outstanding ballots still to be counted.
Schmerelson, who had 54 percent of the vote, was strongly backed by the United Teachers Los Angeles teachers union and Koziatek was backed heavily by the California Charter Schools Association.
In District 7, Tanya Ortiz Franklin defeated Patricia Castellanos, collecting 58 percent of the vote.
Castellanos is a co-founder of Reclaim Our Schools L.A. and Ortiz Franklin is a former teacher who works with the Partnership for L.A. Schools.
Castellanos was also heavily backed by UTLA, while Franklin had support from a variety of charter school backers.
The seat was open due to Richard Vladovic being termed out of office. District 7 covers an area that includes South Los Angeles, Gardena, Watts and San Pedro.
Incumbent board members Jackie Goldberg and George McKenna were both reelected in the March primary in Districts 5 and 1, respectively.
The new board will have to deal with a raft of politically sensitive issues, such as managing the continuing learning challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic and an increasingly intense push to 'defund' the School Police Department.
There may be a housing shortage in Los Angeles, but another key issue is overcrowding in the public school system. For that particular problem, the Los Angeles Unified School District wants property owners to pay up.
The city's board of education is pushing for a ballot question that would ask residents to approve raising taxes to fund the school district, according to the L.A. Times. The measure would tax property owners 16 cents per square foot of habitable space in single-family homes, apartments and commercial buildings.
The tax proposal would affect owners of large commercial buildings in particular, putting them on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars a year. Apartment building landlords would likely pass the hike along to tenants, according to the report.
The ballot question — aimed for the June election — would be put to all voters in the L.A. school district and would require two-thirds support. The tax would be in effect for 12 years and estimates are it would raise around $500 million per year, adding a significant portion to the city public school system's $7.5 billion annual budget.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti supports the proposed tax. His office calculates that most homeowners would pay between $100 and $450 extra per year. The higher number is based on taxes for a roughly 2,800-square-foot home.
L.A. homeowners are already some of the highest-taxed in the country. Home values are among the highest in the country and recent tax hikes have made it more expensive to own property in L.A., and the rest of California. Still, many high net-worth Angelenos aren't decamping to low-tax states like Florida, as they are in New York and other places.
Propositions On The 2020 Ballot
What You Need To Know
- Measure RR is a $7 billion bond measure aimed at providing LAUSD with money to improve facilities and technology, as well as increase COVID-19 safety measures
- It was was overwhelmingly approved by district voters Tuesday, receiving support from nearly 71 percent
- Measure RR needed 55 percent of the vote to pass because it would raise property taxes, per California state law
- There was no organized opposition to the measure, according to documents from the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission
According to LAUSD documents, the lion's share of the funds — about $3 billion — would be used to upgrade the 70 percent of district facilities in desperate need of repairs, and to create modern learning environments within them.
The money would also be subject to independent audits and citizen oversight, and no funds would be used for administrative salaries, according to the ballot language.
Superintendent Austin Beutner expressed his gratitude in a statement released Wednesday morning.
'On behalf of the entire Los Angeles Unified school community, thank you, voters. The students are the real winners today, this victory is theirs. Because of voter support, and the support of labor, business and community leaders, more students will get access to safe and updated schools and learning technology,' Beutner said.
'We acted boldly during these uncertain times by placing Measure RR on the ballot, knowing we needed to continue to address needs in school facilities. We are grateful voters overwhelmingly supported this effort.'
The LAUSD Board of Education voted unanimously to place Measure RR on the ballot, and in its overview document of the measure, school officials said the district has more than $50 billion in needed repairs and upgrades.
Measure RR needed 55 percent of the vote to pass because it would raise property taxes, per California state law. The cost of repaying the bonds would be taxed at about $2.17 per $100,000 of assessed property value. The measure is expected to raise about $329 million annually until 2055.
Related Stories
Measure RR is similar to the last $7 billion LAUSD school facilities bond measure that was passed in 2008, Measure Q, although that measure was mostly reserved solely for making immediate repairs to school buildings.
There was no organized opposition to the measure, according to documents from the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, which tracks LAUSD election campaign spending.
In turn, the political action committee 'Yes on RR-Committee for Safe, Updated, Modernized Schools,' has so far garnered more than $1.5 million in support of the measure — mostly from labor unions — and it has spent a little more than $1 million of that money on political advertising, Ethics Commission documents show.
Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education races have grown increasingly contentious in recent years, and this election was no exception, with the traditional debate over charter schools fueling the battle.
Incumbent Scott Schmerelson in District 3, which represents the western San Fernando Valley, appeared to defeat Granada Hills Charter High School staffer Marilyn Koziatek, pending a determination of outstanding ballots still to be counted.
Schmerelson, who had 54 percent of the vote, was strongly backed by the United Teachers Los Angeles teachers union and Koziatek was backed heavily by the California Charter Schools Association.
In District 7, Tanya Ortiz Franklin defeated Patricia Castellanos, collecting 58 percent of the vote.
Castellanos is a co-founder of Reclaim Our Schools L.A. and Ortiz Franklin is a former teacher who works with the Partnership for L.A. Schools.
Castellanos was also heavily backed by UTLA, while Franklin had support from a variety of charter school backers.
The seat was open due to Richard Vladovic being termed out of office. District 7 covers an area that includes South Los Angeles, Gardena, Watts and San Pedro.
Incumbent board members Jackie Goldberg and George McKenna were both reelected in the March primary in Districts 5 and 1, respectively.
The new board will have to deal with a raft of politically sensitive issues, such as managing the continuing learning challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic and an increasingly intense push to 'defund' the School Police Department.
There may be a housing shortage in Los Angeles, but another key issue is overcrowding in the public school system. For that particular problem, the Los Angeles Unified School District wants property owners to pay up.
The city's board of education is pushing for a ballot question that would ask residents to approve raising taxes to fund the school district, according to the L.A. Times. The measure would tax property owners 16 cents per square foot of habitable space in single-family homes, apartments and commercial buildings.
The tax proposal would affect owners of large commercial buildings in particular, putting them on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars a year. Apartment building landlords would likely pass the hike along to tenants, according to the report.
The ballot question — aimed for the June election — would be put to all voters in the L.A. school district and would require two-thirds support. The tax would be in effect for 12 years and estimates are it would raise around $500 million per year, adding a significant portion to the city public school system's $7.5 billion annual budget.
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Mayor Eric Garcetti supports the proposed tax. His office calculates that most homeowners would pay between $100 and $450 extra per year. The higher number is based on taxes for a roughly 2,800-square-foot home.
L.A. homeowners are already some of the highest-taxed in the country. Home values are among the highest in the country and recent tax hikes have made it more expensive to own property in L.A., and the rest of California. Still, many high net-worth Angelenos aren't decamping to low-tax states like Florida, as they are in New York and other places.
Propositions On The 2020 Ballot
Lausd Measure Rr 2020
Among other things, the money would go toward reducing class sizes, attracting teachers, and providing more counseling, nursing, and library services to students. Senior citizens and residents receiving disability payments would be exempt from the tax. [LAT] — Dennis Lynch
