To upgrade facilities preparing students/veterans for university transfer/careers like healthcare, technology, emergency response, and recruit/retain quality faculty by modernizing, repairing aging classrooms, technology, science labs; acquire construct, repair facilities, equipment, sites; shall San JoséEvergreen Community College District’s measure authorizing $858,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying 1.75¢ per $100 assessed valuation, raising approximately $53,000,000 annually while bonds are outstanding, with audits/no money for administrators’ salaries, be adopted?
3, Santa Clara County • 2020 • Measure
Failed
Result: 53.1% yes, 46.9% no (337,422 votes cast)
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This measure would have authorized the San José-Evergreen Community College District to issue $858 million in bonds to modernize and repair classrooms, laboratories, and facilities, funded by a property tax of 1.75 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The bonds would have raised approximately $53 million annually to upgrade educational facilities and equipment for student programs in areas like healthcare, technology, and emergency response.