To upgrade job training/instructional classrooms, science/computer labs; improve student safety, emergency communication/security systems, shall Merced Community College District’s measure authorizing $247,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, levying $25/$100,000 assessed valuation ($14,600,000 annually) while bonds are outstanding be approved, requiring audits/citizen oversight, no money for administrators’ salaries, all funds used locally to improve opportunities for veterans, remove asbestos/lead paint and acquire, construct, repair sites, facilities, equipment?
3, Merced County • 2020 • Measure
Failed
Result: 47.1% yes, 52.9% no (39,920 votes cast)
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This measure would have authorized the Merced Community College District to issue $247 million in bonds to upgrade classrooms and labs, improve safety systems, remove hazardous materials, and construct or repair facilities and equipment. The bonds would have been repaid through a property tax of $25 per $100,000 of assessed valuation while the bonds remained outstanding.