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San Bernardino Community College District

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San Bernardino, Colton, Grand Terrace, Highland, Loma Linda, Redlands, Rialto, Yucaipa, Big Bear Lake, Fontana; unincorporated Mentone, Lake Arrowhead, Crestline, Running Springs

On the ballot: Measure Y

Key findings

  • Measure Y is an $898M bond for San Bernardino Valley College and Crafton Hills College. Repayment is estimated at about $1.9B through 2058–59, at $25 per $100K of assessed value a year. It needs 55%. [1][2]
  • This would be the district's third bond since 2008, after Measure M (2008, $500M) and Measure CC (2018, $470M). Both still have active projects in the oversight committee's 2024–25 report, including a $56.9M technical building and a $45M performing arts center. [3]
  • No argument against was filed. Signers for include a nurse, a local fire chief and a member of the district's own bond oversight committee. [4]
  • The district covers the East Valley and mountains; parts of Fontana and other cities are in other college districts. Check your sample ballot.

Measure Y: $898M college facilities bond

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What it does: Up to $898M in bonds, limited to projects on the measure's list: career training facilities (firefighting, trades, nursing, teaching), asbestos and mold removal, gas line repairs, safe drinking water, earthquake retrofits, classroom and HVAC upgrades, and a new community college center in the mountains. Annual financial and performance audits and a citizens' oversight committee. 55% to pass. [2]

Track record

Bond Year Amount Status
Measure M 2008 $500M Projects still listed in 2024–25
Measure CC 2018 $470M Projects still listed in 2024–25, including a $56.9M technical building and a $45M performing arts center
Measure Y 2026 $898M $25 per $100K through 2058–59; ~$1.9B to repay
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Money and conflicts: Signers for: Yolanda Simental (nurse), Rich Sessler (fire chief), Judy D. White (small business owner), Don Averill (citizens' oversight committee member), Richard Jaramillo (trades graduate). An oversight committee member signing for a new bond is worth noting, since the committee's job is to check the district's spending. [4]

Does it solve a lasting problem? Aging buildings and trade-training space are real needs. But the district hasn't finished spending its 2018 bond, and repayment runs more than 30 years for buildings with shorter useful lives. Before voting, ask for the oversight committee's list of finished Measure CC projects and their final costs.

Sources 4

3 official1 other
  1. ^ a b Measure Y tax rate statement SB County Registrar Official
  2. ^ a b County Counsel, Measure Y impartial analysis SB County Registrar Official
  3. ^ a b SBCCD Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee, report to the community 2024–25 sbccd.edu Other
  4. ^ a b Measure Y argument in favor SB County Registrar Official