To provide students additional opportunities for career and academic success at local schools, including Hawthorne, Lawndale, and Leuzinger High Schools, and to optimize athletic facilities for joint use with local communities, shall School Facilities Improvement District No. 2016-1 of the Local Public Schools Funding Authority issue $125 million in bonds, at legal rates, averaging $8.5 million annually while bonds are outstanding, at 3¢ per $100 assessed value, to upgrade and construct classrooms, athletic facilities and fields, with mandatory audits and independent citizens oversight, and all money for local schools?
1, Los Angeles County • 2020 • Measure
Passed
Result: 69.2% yes, 30.8% no (18,232 votes cast)
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This ballot measure authorized School Facilities Improvement District No. 2016-1 to issue $125 million in bonds to upgrade and construct classrooms, athletic facilities, and fields at local schools including Hawthorne, Lawndale, and Leuzinger High Schools. The bonds would be repaid through property taxes at a rate of 3 cents per $100 of assessed value and include mandatory audits and independent citizens oversight.