General Election 2022

PROJECT LIST

The Board of Trustees of the Santa Monica Community College District (the “District”) certifies that it has evaluated the District’s urgent and critical capital needs, including District and student safety issues, enrollment trends, energy efficiency and computer technology, seismic safety requirements, and aging, outdated or deteriorating District buildings in developing the scope of projects to be funded. In developing the scope of projects, the District has prioritized the key health and safety and sustainability needs so that the most critical school site needs are addressed. The Board conducted an evaluation at all District sites and received input in developing the scope of projects to be funded. In approving this Project List, the Board of Trustees determines that the District should: 

Adhere to specific COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY safeguards such as these: 

(a) All bond expenditures are subject to review by a Citizens Oversight Committee which reports to the public, as provided in Education Code Section 15278 et seq. 

(b) The District will involve faculty, staff and students in curriculum development at financed facilities throughout the life of the bond construction program. 

(c) The District will provide an opportunity for input from community and neighborhood residents during the development of projects to be funded by this bond measure. 

(d) The District will apply energy-saving and sustainability standards to all repairs and improvements. 

(e) The District will enter into or extend Cooperative Use Agreements with the City of Santa Monica, the City of Malibu and the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District in order to make the most efficient use of bond funds whenever feasible. 

The Project List includes the following types of projects: 

All $375 million of bond proceeds will be spent within the Cities of Santa Monica and Malibu or at sites that share a boundary and are contiguous with the Cities of Santa Monica or Malibu. 

None of the bond proceeds can be taken away by the State of California. 

All projects funded by bond proceeds will be available for educational and public uses authorized in this Project List.

Replacement safety and modernization projects were identified by means of an independent facilities assessment. Replacement projects and projects to meet new educational needs have been presented to and approved by the District Board of Trustees and are included as priority items in the District’s Capital Improvement Plan on file with the State Chancellor’s Office. 

The items proposed for financing in whole or in part with the proceeds of the District’s general obligation bonds include the following capital projects at any or all District facilities: 

• provide facilities, classrooms and/or equipment for career education programs in such fields as nursing, respiratory therapy, computer technology, computer science, new media, early childhood education, business, graphic design, photography, film, and other occupations in more than 80 fields of study; 

• development and implementation of facilities master plans and related requirements such as environmental impact reports and soils testing, architectural, engineering and similar planning costs; 

• demolition of temporary and/or obsolete and unsafe facilities; 

• installation and/or upgrading of emergency lighting, fire alarm and security systems; 

• installation, upgrade or repair of roadways, walkways, grounds, parking lots and garages; 

• entrance improvements; upgrade facilities to comply with Federal mandated Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) handicap accessibility requirements and State of California seismic standards; 

• signage for safety and public information; 

• upgrade and/or construction of new and existing restrooms; 

• installation, repair and/or replacement of heating, air conditioning and ventilation systems; upgrade of facilities for energy efficiency and to reduce fire risks; 

• repair and replacement of worn-out and leaky roofs, windows, walls, doors and drinking fountains; 

• installation of wiring and electrical systems to safely accommodate computers, technology and other electrical devices and needs; 

• resurfacing or replacing hard courts, turf and irrigation systems and campus landscaping; 

• building new and/or renovating existing athletic facilities and lockers; 

• upgrading or replacing inadequate libraries, and administrative spaces; 

• installing interior and exterior painting and floor covering; installing covered walkways; construction of various forms of storage and support spaces; 

• replacing water and sewer lines and other plumbing systems; 

• financing/refinancing of real property leases; financing/refinancing of previously approved bond-financed projects; 

• acquiring related furnishings and equipment for all renovation, improvement and/or new and existing construction project components; 

• the relocation and/or acquisition of temporary facilities during the renovation, improvement and/or new construction of project components as necessary to maintain education programs in operation during construction; 

• the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of District facilities, including the furnishing and equipping of District facilities, or the acquisition or lease of real property for District facilities; 

• acquiring, refinancing and/or entering into arrangements for the use and/or joint use of real property for existing and future classrooms, student services, child care and/or other uses; making site improvements, building infrastructure and/or constructing additional facilities for the purpose of expanding instructional programs to meet future educational demands of District students. 

SAFETY AND MODERNIZATION PROJECTS 

Replacement of a shop-lab building designed to train students for obsolete industrial jobs in the 1950s and 1960s with modern classrooms where students can learn today’s career skills. The State has identified the former Technology Building (Drescher Hall) as needing replacement and has placed it in line to receive partial State funding. Replacement facilities will benefit accounting, administration of justice, business, computer science, computer information systems (CIS), cosmetology, photography, fashion design, media studies, and STEM. 

Replacement of the Student Activities Building. This 1952 building lacks fire sprinklers and is in poor condition, subject to flooding and utility outages. A replacement building will provide improved and additional resources for the Student Health Center and for student basic needs programs, including food resources and mental health. 

Upgrading the Veterans Success Center. SMC’s Veterans Success Center provides support to a student’s transition from the military to college. The program is currently in temporary quarters. 

Expanding the overcrowded Respiratory Therapy program. Additional facilities will also support new pathway programs in Health and in Home Health. 

Constructing a Santa Monica College Police Department sub-station. The current police facility is antiquated and undersized. A new facility will improve public and campus safety. 

Student Housing. Bond funds will provide a local match to State funds for constructing student housing for full-time students who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Bond funds may also be used to provide a match to public and private funds for purposes of student housing. 

Replacement of Temporary Classrooms. Built in the 1950s, 1970s, and 1990s, these facilities are past their time of usable service. 

Landscaping/ Water Conservation Improvements and Completing Pico Boulevard Frontage Improvements. Applying bond proceeds for landscaping improvements, including landscaping improvements to complete the main campus Pico Boulevard frontage, will improve water conservation through water reclamation and installation of drought resistant landscaping. 

Converting Library Interiors. Conversion of existing Library floor space used for book stacks to construct and install additional student study areas, tutoring and collaborative learning spaces that will support student success. 

Making Environmental Performance Improvements. Bond funds will be used to upgrade District facilities to achieve energy or resource use efficiency and water conservation and achieve sustainability for District operations. 

Upgrading Technology Infrastructure. Bond proceeds will be applied to renovate, replace, upgrade, acquire, install and integrate major site, building and utility systems, equipment and related infrastructure, including lighting, electrical, wiring and related infrastructure for modern technology, classroom instructional technology, communications and security technology (including security cameras and monitoring systems), data, voice, public address and audio-visual communication, energy efficiency, management monitoring systems, networks, fixtures, controls and equipment, cable infrastructure, network expansion, wireless access points, enterprise resource planning systems, student information systems, and other communications systems. 

COMMUNITY JOINT USE PROJECTS 

Providing for a Joint Use Project in the City of Malibu. The Malibu High School Auditorium no longer meets the instructional needs of its students, or the public use needs of the Malibu community. The District will make available bond funds as needed to assist the school district in replacing the auditorium and expanding its use to support media studies and public programs. 

Pearl Street Improvements. The District will contribute funding for Pearl Street upgrades to improve public access and public safety, particularly for users of the John Adams Performing Arts Center, the SMC Planetarium, and the SMC Observatory. 

ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS 

The allocation of bond proceeds may be affected by the District’s receipt of State matching funds and the final costs of each project. In the absence of State matching funds, which the District will aggressively pursue to reduce the District’s share of the costs of the projects, the District may undertake fewer than all of the projects listed above. Some projects may be undertaken as joint use projects in cooperation with other local public or non-profit agencies. 

Necessary site preparation/ restoration may occur in connection with new construction, renovation or remodeling, including ingress and egress, removing, replacing or installing irrigation, storm drain, and utility lines, trees and landscaping, relocating fire access roads, and acquiring any necessary easements, licenses, or rights of way to the property. Proceeds of the bonds may be used to pay or reimburse the District for the costs of District staff when performing work on or necessary and incidental to bond projects. Bond proceeds shall only be expended for the specific purposes identified herein. 

NO ADMINISTRATOR SALARIES. PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THE BONDS AUTHORIZED BY THIS PROPOSITION SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, REHABILITATION, OR REPLACEMENT OF DISTRICT FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING OF FACILITIES, AND NOT FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE, INCLUDING TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR SALARIES OR PENSIONS OR OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES. 

FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY. THE EXPENDITURE OF BOND MONEY ON THESE PROJECTS IS SUBJECT TO STRINGENT FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS. BY LAW, PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL AUDITS WILL BE PERFORMED ANNUALLY, AND ALL BOND EXPENDITURES WILL BE MONITORED BY AN INDEPENDENT CITIZENS’ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (EDUCATION CODE SECTION 15278 ET SEQ.) TO ENSURE THAT FUNDS ARE SPENT AS PROMISED AND SPECIFIED. THE CITIZENS’ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MUST INCLUDE, AMONG OTHERS, REPRESENTATIVES OF A BONA FIDE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION, A BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND A SENIOR CITIZENS ORGANIZATION. NO DISTRICT EMPLOYEES OR VENDORS ARE ALLOWED TO SERVE ON THE CITIZENS’ OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 

BOND AUTHORIZATION 

By approval of Measure SMC by at least 55 percent of the registered voters voting on the measure, the District will be authorized to issue and sell bonds of up to $375,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at interest rates not in excess of the legal limit and to provide financing for the specific District facilities projects listed in the Project List as set forth above, subject to the accountability requirements specified below. The Bonds may be issued under the provisions of the California Education Code (starting at Section 15100), under the provisions of the California Government Code (starting at Section 53506), or under any other provision of law authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds by community college districts. The Bonds may be issued in series by the District from time to time, and each series of Bonds shall mature within the legal limitations set forth in the applicable law under which the Bonds are issued. 

FUNDS PROTECTED FOR LOCAL USE 

Proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by Measure SMC will be used solely on local projects and will not be subject to appropriation by agencies outside of the District. 

ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENTS 

The provisions in this section are specifically included in Measure SMC in order that the voters and taxpayers in the District may be assured that their money will be spent wisely. Expenditures to address specific facilities needs of the District will be in compliance with the requirements of Article XIII A, Section 1(b)(3), of the State Constitution and the Strict Accountability in Local School Construction Bonds Act of 2000 (codified at Education Code Sections 15264 and following). The proceeds from the sale of the bonds will be deposited into a Building Fund to be held by the Los Angeles County Treasurer, as required by the California Education Code, and will be used only for the purposes specified in Measure SMC and not for any other purpose. 

Evaluation of Needs: The Board has identified detailed facilities needs of the District and has determined which projects to finance from a local bond at this time. The Board hereby certifies that it has evaluated enrollment growth, student safety, class size accommodation, repairs/upgrades to older facilities, and information technology needs in developing the Project List as set forth above. 

Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee: The Board shall establish an Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee under Education Code Section 15278 to ensure bond proceeds are expended only on the college facilities projects listed above. The Committee will be established within 60 days of the date when the results of the election appear in the minutes of the Board. 

Performance Audits: The Board shall conduct an annual, independent performance audit to ensure that the bond proceeds have been expended only on the college facilities projects listed as set forth above. 

Financial Audits: The Board shall conduct an annual, independent financial audit of the bond proceeds until all of those proceeds have been spent for the college facilities projects listed above. 

Annual Report: The Superintendent/President of the District is required to cause an annual report to be filed with the Board, the first report to be filed not later than one year after the issuance of the first series of the Bonds, which report shall contain pertinent information regarding the amount of funds collected and expended, as well as the status of the projects listed in Measure SMC as required by Sections 53410 and 53411 of the Government Code. 

COMPLETION OF PROJECTS 

Completion of the bond projects listed above is subject to the availability of adequate funding to the District. Approval of the Bond Measure does not guarantee that the proposed projects in the District that are the subject of Bonds under the measure will be funded beyond the local revenues generated by the Bond Measure. The District’s proposal for the projects may assume the receipt of matching State funds, which could be subject to appropriation by the Legislature or approval of a Statewide bond measure or additional measures. The proceeds from the sale of the Bonds will be used only for the purposes specified in Measure SMC, and not for any other purpose. 

SCOPE OF PROJECTS 

Bond proceeds will be expended to update, repair, replace, renovate, construct, acquire, equip, furnish, rebuild and otherwise improve educational and support facilities within the District. Projects which are described above include all related and incidental costs, including their share of the costs of the election and bond issuance and costs of design, engineering, architectural and other professional services, inspections, site preparation, utilities, landscaping, construction management and other planning, legal, accounting and similar costs, independent annual financial and performance audits, a customary construction contingency, and other costs incidental to and necessary for completion of the listed projects. 

Bond proceeds may also be expended to acquire real property (or any interest in real property) for future educational and support facilities and to acquire and install furniture, fixtures and equipment at any classrooms and other educational facilities within the District. The District may alter the scope and nature of any of the specific projects which are described above as required by conditions that arise during the course of design and construction. 

Whenever specific items are included in the above list, they are presented to provide examples and are not intended to limit the generality of the broader description of authorized projects. The order in which particular projects are listed is not intended to indicate priority for funding or completion. 

TAX RATE STATEMENT

An election will be held in Santa Monica Community College District (the “District”) on November 8, 2022 for the purpose of submitting to the electors of the District the question of incurring bonded indebtedness of the District in the principal amount of $375 million. If such bonds are authorized and sold, the principal thereof and interest thereon will be payable from the proceeds of taxes levied on the taxable property in the District. The following information regarding tax rates is given in compliance with Section 9401 of the California Elections Code. This information is based upon the best estimates and projections presently available from official sources, upon experience within the District and other demonstrable factors. 

Based upon the foregoing and projections of the assessed valuations of taxable property in the District, and assuming the entire debt service on the bonds will be paid through property taxation: 

1. The best estimate of the average annual tax rate that would be required to be levied to fund the bond issue over the entire duration of the bond debt service, based on assessed valuations available at the time of the filing of this statement, or a projection based on experience within the same jurisdiction or other demonstrable factors is 2.1 cents per $100 of assessed valuation of all property to be taxed. It is estimated that the final fiscal year in which the tax is anticipated to be collected is 2051-52. 

2. The best estimate of the highest tax rate that would be required to be levied to fund the bond issue, and an estimate of the year in which that rate will apply, based on estimated assessed valuations available at the time of the filing of this statement, or a projection based on experience within the same jurisdiction or other demonstrable factors, is 2.5 cents per $100 of assessed valuation of all property to be taxed and the year is 2029-2030. 

3. The best estimate of the total debt service, including the principal and interest, that would be required to be repaid if all the bonds are issued and sold is approximately $629,504,320. 

Attention of voters is directed to the fact that the foregoing information is based upon projections and estimates only. The actual timing of sales of the bonds and the amount to be sold at any time will be governed by the needs of the District and other factors. The actual interest rates at which the bonds will be sold, which will not exceed the maximum permitted by law, will depend upon the bond market at the time of sale. The actual assessed valuations in future years will depend upon the value of property within the District as determined in the assessment and the equalization process. Assessed valuation is not the same as market price of real property. Therefore, the actual tax rates and the years in which those tax rates will be applicable may vary from those presently estimated and stated above. 

Voters should note that estimated tax rates are based on the ASSESSED VALUE of taxable property on the County’s official tax rolls, not on the property’s market value. Property owners should consult their own property tax bills to determine their property’s assessed value and any applicable tax exemptions.

Dated: June 7, 2022

Dr. Kathryn E. Jeffery
Superintendent/President
Santa Monica Community College District

By Dawyn Harrison, Acting County Counsel 

Approval of Measure SMC ("Measure") would authorize the Board of Trustees ("Board") of the Santa Monica Community College District ("District") to issue general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $375,000,000. The District placed the Measure on the ballot by Resolution No. 2022-06-07.31, "Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the Santa Monica Community College District of the County of Los Angeles, California Ordering an Election to Authorize the Issuance of General Obligation Bonds, Establishing Specifications of the Election Order, and Requesting Consolidation with Other Elections Occurring on November 8, 2022," adopted by the Board on June 7, 2022. 

Proceeds from the sale of the bonds authorized by the Measure will be used only for the purposes specified in the Measure, including repairing, acquiring, constructing and upgrading classrooms and other school facilities; removing hazardous materials; repairing and replacing gas, electrical, sewer, plumbing, heating and air systems, windows, walls, doors, and roofs; upgrading for energy efficiency and to comply with water, sustainability, accessibility, earthquake and fire safety regulations and standards; and improving roads and pedestrian paths, lighting, and technology infrastructure. 

A complete list of the allowed project expenditures is included in the full text of the Measure. Bond proceeds may not be expended on teacher and administrator salaries and other operating expenses. 

The Board will cause independent performance and financial audits to be conducted annually to ensure that bond proceeds are spent only for projects identified in the Measure. The Board will appoint an independent Citizens' Oversight Committee in compliance with Education Code section 15278 no later than 60 days after the Board enters the election results in its minutes. Bond proceeds will be deposited into a Building Fund held by the County Treasurer as required by the California Education Code, and the District will comply with the reporting requirements of Government Code section 53410. 

Approval of the Measure does not guarantee that projects described in the Measure will be funded beyond the local revenues generated by the Measure. The District's proposal for certain projects may assume receipt of matching State funds that are subject to appropriation by the Legislature or approval of a Statewide bond measure. 

The bonds will not exceed the maximum interest rate as allowed by law. According to the District's Tax Rate Statement, the best estimate of the average tax rate required to fund the bonds, based on assessed valuations available when the District filed the statement, is $21 per $100,000 of assessed valuation. The best estimate of the highest tax rate required to fund the bonds is $25 per $100,000 of assessed valuation in fiscal year 2029- 2030. The final fiscal year in which the tax to be levied to fund this bond is anticipated to be fiscal year 2051- 2052. The estimate of debt service, including principal and interest, is $629,504,320. 

This Measure requires approval by fifty-five percent (55%) of the qualified voters voting in the election for passage.

Vote Yes on Measure SMC! 

Help Santa Monica College continue to build great futures for local students. 

Measure SMC provides these important educational benefits to Santa Monica and Malibu: 

–Replacing and upgrading obsolete classroom and instructional labs. 

–Improving access to new career training programs including respiratory therapy, fashion design and photography. 

–Providing technology and facilities for hybrid in-person and online learning. 

–Upgrading the college's Veterans Success Center. 

–Housing for SMC's homeless and qualified low-income students. 

–A state-of-the-art language learning center. 

–Replacing Malibu High School's auditorium to support college and high school media studies. 

–Modernizing energy systems and achieving energy savings. 

–Providing fire safety and environmental upgrades. 

Santa Monica College is recognized as one of the very best community colleges in the nation. 

Tens of thousands of Santa Monica and Malibu students have used SMC to affordably complete their first two years of college. 

Santa Monica College has the highest number of transfers to the University of California, UCLA, and USC in the state. 

Many more have learned valuable job skills in over 100 fields of study and professions, including medical, information technology, communications and media, science, engineering, business, and accounting. 

Today, SMC faces new challenges and an urgent need to replace or upgrade outdated classrooms and instructional labs, provide technology for effective hybrid in-person and online learning, enhance opportunities for veterans and first-generation college students, and expand career training programs. 

Measure SMC will provide funding to help Santa Monica College give our local students the bright future they deserve. 

All funds must be used locally. None of the bond proceeds can be taken away by the State. Independent audits are required. 

Measure SMC is supported by educators, parents, and local business and community leaders throughout our community. 

Vote Yes on Measure SMC! 

DR. LOUISE JAFFE
Chair, Santa Monica College Board of Trustees 

DENNIS ZANE
Co-founder, Santa Monicans for Renters' Rights 

TED WINTERER
Co-Chair, Community for Excellent Public Schools 

CHRIS WIZNER
President & Chairman, Malibu Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commerce 

RICHARD BLOOM
Member of the California State Assembly

Santa Monica "Community" College is now a Cal State LA-sized regional institution, migrating to 4-yeardegrees, with a growing international student population. They don't want us to know that the number of local students attending is minimal. Yet they want us to pay. 

With Measure SMC, all SMCC bonds since 2022 would total $1.3 billion. 

That's $2.6 billion (with interest) coming essentially from additions to our mortgage payments and rents, just to SUBSIDIZE THE STUDENTS FROM OTHER CITIES AND COUNTRIES WHO BENEFIT. 

The funding requests demonstrate the unending growth: 

2002 -- Measure U $160 million
2004 -- Measure S $135 million
2008 -- Measure AA $295 million
2016 -- Measure V $345 million
+ 2022 -- Measure SMC $375 million 

There is NO END to their requests. 

More $$ for more buildings while SMC is now leasing its unused facilities to our school district! So why build more? 

HOW DOES IT MAKE ANY SENSE FOR SANTA MONICA AND MALIBU RESIDENTS TO FOOTTHE BILL? 

SMCC officials never discuss with residents their overall expansion plans and how they will impact our neighborhoods and family budgets. Vague lists of repairs and improvements appear on every SMC bond measure, but the result is huge development projects with big impacts. 

The College has been fiscally irresponsible and not transparent. It throws out crumbs about improving our parks and schools in order to entice us to vote yes, but it rarely delivers. 

No more bleeding local residents for little return. 

VOTE NO! 

MARC L. VERVILLE
City of Santa Monica Audit Subcommittee Vice Chair 

NANCY COLEMAN
North of Montana Association Chair 

ROBERT H. TAYLOR
Ocean Park Association Co-Founder 

ARMEN MELKONIANS
Wilshire Montana Neighborhood Coalition Board Member 

GERALDINE KENNEDY
Former Santa Monica Planning Commissioner

Santa Monica Community College wants more of OUR money. Again! 

In the last 20 years, local residents gave SMC nearly $1 BILLION in bonds that will cost us (with interest) $2 BILLION in taxes! 

And yet they still have a whopping $230 Million of our money that has not even been spent! 

THEY WANT MORE???...Yes, $375 Million more for their regional and international plans that do not directly benefit us. 

This development scheme calls for more buildings, higher density, more traffic, more commuters in an area already gridlocked. 

YOU WILL HAVE NO SAY in how any of this money is spent! SMC is exempt from local land-use laws. It can build more buildings and generate more traffic without any public review. The SMC 2010 Facilities Master Plan estimated 5,600 new daily car trips, increasing traffic congestion at 36 intersections. 

An overwhelming majority of SMC students live outside Santa Monica and Malibu, yet we get stuck paying. 

The taxes on our homes and apartments should not go to their already bloated piggy bank. And to add insult to injury, we suffer all the consequences. 

Students who live in wealthy Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Marina del Rey come here. Yet taxpayers from those communities don't contribute one dime for SMC facilities. Is that fair? 

Let's not forget that SMC promised us $20 million to renovate Memorial Park with the last bond. That was 6 years ago. Despite massive funds in their bank account, they have yet to pay! Would you give more money to someone who owes you? 

They've taken in excess and hoarded what's yours. Vote NO. 

ZINA JOSEPHS
Friends of Sunset Park President 

BRIAN O'NEIL
Pico Neighborhood Association Co-Chair 

PATRICIA (TRICIA) CRANE
Chair, Northeast Neighbors 

PETER TIGLER
Former Santa Monica City Charter Review Commissioner 

MARIO FONDA-BONARDI
City of Santa Monica Planning Commissioner

Yes on Measure SMC. 

Opponents' claims against Measure SMC are simply false. Supporting education is the issue here. 

Neighbor communities are committing to the same level of support for their community colleges as proposed by Measure SMC. 

Repairing and modernizing SMC classrooms protects our community's investment in SMC and gives our local residents facilities designed for a 21st Century education. 

SMC has the State's best faculty. Failing to repair our classrooms risks losing great teachers in future years. 

Measure SMC helps fund much-needed updates to existing SMC career training facilities and provides technology upgrades to meet emerging needs in the post-pandemic world. 

SMC has kept its promises: 

FACT: SMC's award-winning public transit program, in place since 2008, reduced car trips 40% and is now the County of Los Angeles model for schools. 

FACT: SMC's increase in online education will reduce its footprint and reduce car trips. 

FACT: 50% of Santa Monica High School students attend SMC. 

FACT: More than 27,500 Santa Monica and Malibu residents have attended Santa Monica College in the past decade. 

FACT: SMC has safeguarded funds for Memorial Park and is pleased that the City has restarted the project. 

FACT: SMC housing for homeless and qualified low-income students will prioritize local families and individuals. 

SMC remains number one in transfers to the University of California, UCLA, and USC. 

Measure SMC is supported by educators, parents, and local business and community leaders. 

Have more questions? Call Dr. Kathryn Jeffery, SMC President, 310-434-4200 or visit VoteYESforSMC.com. 

Vote Yes for Measure SMC. 

MARIA LEON-VASQUEZ
Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education, President 

GREG MORENA
Chairman, Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce 

IAN ROVEN, ESQ.
Malibu Chamber of Commerce past Chair; Malibu High School and SMC alumnus 

JENNIFER FERRO
KCRW President 

BEN ALLEN
California State Senator

Por Dawyn Harrison, Abogada del Condado en Función

La aprobación de la Iniciativa de Ley SMC ("Iniciativa") autorizaría a la Junta de Síndicos ("Junta") del Distrito de Colegios Comunitarios de Santa Monica ("Distrito") a emitir bonos de obligación general por un monto que no supere los $375,000,000. El Distrito incluyó la Iniciativa de Ley en la boleta electoral mediante la Resolución N.° 2022-06-07.31, "Resolución de la Junta de Síndicos del Distrito de Colegios Comunitarios de Santa Monica del Condado de Los Angeles, California que Ordena una Elección para Autorizar la Emisión de Bonos de Obligación General, Estableciendo las Especificaciones de la Orden de Elección y Solicitando la Consolidación con Otras Elecciones que Tendrán Lugar el 8 de noviembre de 2022", adoptada por la Junta el 7 de junio de 2022. 

El producto de la venta de los bonos autorizados por la Iniciativa de Ley se utilizará únicamente para los propósitos especificados en la Iniciativa de Ley, incluyendo la reparación, adquisición, construcción y mejora de aulas y otros establecimientos escolares; la eliminación de materiales peligrosos; la reparación y el reemplazo de sistemas de gas, electricidad, alcantarillado, plomería, calefacción y aire, ventanas, paredes, puertas y techos; la mejora para la eficiencia energética y para cumplir con las regulaciones y los estándares de agua, sostenibilidad, accesibilidad, seguridad contra terremotos e incendios; y la mejora de las carreteras y los senderos peatonales, la iluminación y la infraestructura tecnológica. 

En el texto completo de la Iniciativa de Ley se incluye una lista completa de los gastos de proyectos permitidos. Los ingresos provenientes de bonos no se pueden gastar en salarios de maestros y administradores ni en otros gastos operativos. 

La Junta hará que se realicen auditorías financieras y de desempeño independientes anualmente para garantizar que los ingresos provenientes de bonos se gasten solo en proyectos identificados en la Iniciativa de Ley. La Junta nombrará un Comité de Supervisión Ciudadana independiente en cumplimiento con la sección 15278 del Código de Educación a más tardar 60 días después de que la Junta ingrese los resultados electorales en sus actas. Los ingresos provenientes de bonos se depositarán en un Fondo de Construcción en poder del Tesorero del Condado según lo exige el Código de Educación de California, y el Distrito cumplirá con los requisitos de informes de la sección 53410 del Código del Gobierno. 

La aprobación de la Iniciativa de Ley no garantiza que los proyectos descritos en la Iniciativa serán financiados más allá de las rentas locales generadas por la Iniciativa de Ley. La propuesta del Distrito para ciertos proyectos puede suponer la recepción de fondos de contrapartida del Estado que estén sujetos a apropiación por parte de la Legislatura o a la aprobación de una iniciativa de ley de bonos a Nivel Estatal. 

Los bonos no excederán la tasa de interés máxima permitida por la ley. Según la Declaración de la Tasa Impositiva del Distrito, la mejor estimación de la tasa impositiva promedio requerida para financiar los bonos, según las valuaciones fiscales disponibles cuando el Distrito presentó la declaración, es de $21 por cada $100,000 de valuación fiscal. La mejor estimación de la tasa impositiva más alta requerida para financiar los bonos es de $25 por cada $100,000 de valuación fiscal en el año fiscal 2029-2030. Se prevé que el último año fiscal en el que se gravará el impuesto para financiar este bono será el año fiscal 2051-2052. La estimación del servicio de la deuda, incluyendo el capital y los intereses, es de $629,504,320. 

Esta Iniciativa de Ley requiere la aprobación del cincuenta y cinco por ciento (55%) de los electores habilitados que voten en la elección para su aprobación.

¡Vote Sí en la Iniciativa de Ley SMC! 

Ayude al Colegio de Santa Monica a continuar construyendo grandes futuros para los estudiantes locales. 

La Iniciativa de Ley SMC provee estos importantes beneficios educacionales a Santa Monica y Malibu: 

–Reemplazar y mejorar aulas y laboratorios educativos obsoletos. 

–Mejorar el acceso a nuevos programas de capacitación profesional que incluyen terapia respiratoria, diseño de moda y fotografía. 

–Proporcionar tecnología y establecimientos para el aprendizaje híbrido en persona y en línea. 

–Mejorar el Centro de Éxito para Veteranos del colegio. 

–Vivienda para estudiantes sin hogar y de bajos ingresos calificados del SMC (Colegio Santa Monica). 

–Un centro de aprendizaje de idiomas de última generación. 

–Reemplazo del auditorio de la Escuela Secundaria Malibu para apoyar los estudios de medios de comunicación del colegio y la escuela secundaria. 

–Modernizar los sistemas de energía y lograr ahorros de energía. 

–Proporcionar mejoras medioambientales y de seguridad contra incendios. 

El Colegio Santa Monica es reconocido como uno de los mejores colegios comunitarios de la nación. 

Decenas de miles de estudiantes de Santa Monica y Malibu han utilizado el SMC para completar de manera asequible sus dos primeros años de colegio. 

El Colegio Santa Monica tiene el mayor número de transferencias a la Universidad de California, UCLA (Universidad de California, Los Angeles) y USC (Universidad del Sur de California) en el estado. 

Muchos más han aprendido habilidades laborales valiosas en más de 100 campos de estudio y profesiones, incluyendo medicina, tecnología de la información, comunicaciones y medios de comunicación, ciencias, ingeniería, negocios y contabilidad. 

Hoy, el SMC enfrenta nuevos desafíos y una necesidad urgente de reemplazar o mejorar las aulas y los laboratorios de instrucción obsoletos, proporcionar tecnología para un aprendizaje híbrido efectivo en persona y en línea, mejorar las oportunidades para los veteranos y los estudiantes del colegio de primera generación y expandir los programas de capacitación profesional. 

La Iniciativa de Ley SMC proporcionará financiamiento para ayudar al Colegio Santa Monica a brindarles a nuestros estudiantes locales el futuro brillante que se merecen. 

Todos los fondos deben ser utilizados localmente. El Estado no puede retirar ninguno de los ingresos provenientes de bonos. Se requieren auditorías independientes. 

La Iniciativa de Ley SMC cuenta con el apoyo de educadores, padres y líderes empresariales y comunitarios locales en toda nuestra comunidad. 

¡Vote Sí en la Iniciativa de Ley SMC! 

DRA. LOUISE JAFFE
Presidenta, Junta de Síndicos del Colegio Santa Monica 

DENNIS ZANE
Cofundador, Residentes de Santa Monica por los Derechos de los Inquilinos 

TED WINTERER
Copresidente, Comunidad para Escuelas Públicas Excelentes 

CHRIS WIZNER
Presidente, Cámara de Comercio de Malibu Pacific Palisades 

RICHARD BLOOM
Miembro de la Asamblea Estatal de California

El Colegio "Comunitario" Santa Monica es ahora una institución regional del tamaño de la Universidad del Estado de California, LA (Los Angeles), que está migrando a títulos de 4 años, con una creciente población de estudiantes internacionales. No quieren que sepamos que el número de estudiantes locales que asisten es mínimo. Sin embargo, quieren que paguemos. 

Con la Iniciativa de Ley SMC, todos los bonos del SMCC (Colegio Comunitario Santa Monica) desde 2022 sumarían un total de $1.3 mil millones. 

Son $2.6 mil millones (con intereses) que provienen esencialmente de adiciones a nuestros pagos de hipotecas y alquileres, solo para SUBSIDIAR A LOS ESTUDIANTES DE OTRAS CIUDADES Y PAÍSES QUE SE BENEFICIAN. 

Las peticiones de financiamiento demuestran el crecimiento sin fin: 

2002 -- Iniciativa de Ley U $160 millones
2004 -- Iniciativa de Ley S $135 millones
2008 -- Iniciativa de Ley AA $295 millones
2016 -- Iniciativa de Ley V $345 millones
+ 2022 -- Iniciativa de Ley SMC $375 millones 

Sus solicitudes NO TIENEN FIN. 

¡Más $$ para más edificios mientras el SMC (Colegio Santa Monica) ahora está alquilando sus establecimientos no utilizados a nuestro distrito escolar! Entonces, ¿por qué construir más? 

¿CÓMO TIENE ALGÚN SENTIDO QUE LOS RESIDENTES DE SANTA MONICA Y MALIBU PAGUEN LA FACTURA? 

Los funcionarios del SMCC nunca debaten con los residentes sus planes generales de expansión y cómo afectarán a nuestros vecindarios y presupuestos familiares. Aparecen listas vagas de reparaciones y mejoramiento en cada iniciativa de ley de bonos del SMC, pero el resultado son enormes proyectos de urbanización con gran impacto. 

El Colegio ha sido fiscalmente irresponsable y no ha actuado con transparencia. Arroja migajas sobre la mejora de nuestros parques y escuelas para tentarnos a votar sí, pero rara vez cumple. 

No más residentes locales sangrando a cambio de poco. 

¡VOTE NO! 

MARC L. VERVILLE
Vicepresidente del Subcomité de Auditoría de la Ciudad de Santa Monica 

NANCY COLEMAN
Presidenta de la Asociación del Norte de Montana 

ROBERT H. TAYLOR
Cofundador de la Asociación Ocean Park 

ARMEN MELKONIANS
Miembro de la Junta de la Coalición de Vecinos de Wilshire Montana 

GERALDINE KENNEDY
Ex Comisionada de Planificación de Santa Monica

El Colegio Comunitario Santa Monica quiere más de NUESTRO dinero. ¡Otra vez!

 ¡En los últimos 20 años, los residentes locales dieron al SMC (Colegio Santa Monica) casi $1 MIL MILLONES en bonos que nos costarán (con intereses) $2 MIL MILLONES en impuestos! 

¡Y, sin embargo, todavía tienen los descomunales $230 Millones de nuestro dinero que ni siquiera se han gastado! 

¿¿¿QUIEREN MÁS???...Sí, $375 Millones más para sus planes regionales e internacionales que no nos benefician directamente. 

Este esquema de urbanización exige más edificios, mayor densidad, más tráfico, más viajeros en un área que ya está paralizada. 

¡NO TENDRÁ NADA QUE DECIR sobre cómo se gasta este dinero! El SMC está exento de las leyes locales de uso del suelo. Puede construir más edificios y generar más tráfico sin ninguna revisión pública. El Plan Maestro de Establecimientos del SMC de 2010 estimó 5,600 nuevos viajes diarios en automóvil, lo que aumentó la congestión del tráfico en 36 intersecciones. 

Una abrumadora mayoría de los estudiantes del SMC viven fuera de Santa Monica y Malibu, pero nos quedamos atascados pagando. 

Los impuestos sobre nuestros hogares y apartamentos no deberían ir a su alcancía ya excesiva. Y para colmo de males, sufrimos todas las consecuencias. 

Los estudiantes que viven en los lugares ricos de Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades y Marina del Rey vienen aquí. Sin embargo, los contribuyentes de esas comunidades no aportan ni un centavo para los establecimientos del SMC. ¿Es eso justo? 

No olvidemos que el SMC nos prometió $20 millones para renovar Memorial Park con el último bono. Eso fue hace 6 años. A pesar de los fondos masivos en su cuenta bancaria, ¡todavía tienen que pagar! ¿Le daría más dinero a alguien que le debe? 

Han tomado en exceso y atesorado lo que es de usted. Vote NO. 

ZINA JOSEPHS
Presidenta de Amigos de Sunset Park 

BRIAN O'NEIL
Co-Presidente de la Asociación Vecinal de Pico 

PATRICIA (TRICIA) CRANE
Presidenta, Vecinos del Noreste 

PETER TIGLER
Ex Comisionado de Revisión de la Carta Constitutiva de Santa Monica 

MARIO FONDA-BONARDI
Comisionado de Planificación de la Ciudad de Santa Monica

Sí en la Iniciativa de Ley SMC. 

Las afirmaciones de los oponentes de la Iniciativa de Ley SMC son simplemente falsas. Apoyar la educación es el asunto aquí. 

Las comunidades vecinas se están comprometiendo con el mismo nivel de apoyo para sus colegios comunitarios, según lo propuesto por la Iniciativa de Ley SMC. 

Reparar y modernizar las aulas del SMC (Colegio Santa Monica) protege la inversión de nuestra comunidad en el SMC y brinda a nuestros residentes locales establecimientos diseñados para una educación del Siglo 21. 

El SMC tiene el mejor personal de enseñanza del Estado. Si no reparamos nuestras aulas, corremos el riesgo de perder grandes maestros en los próximos años. 

La Iniciativa de Ley SMC ayuda a financiar modernizaciones muy necesarias para los establecimientos de capacitación profesional existentes del SMC y proporciona modernizaciones tecnológicas para satisfacer las necesidades emergentes en el mundo posterior a la pandemia. 

El SMC ha cumplido sus promesas: 

HECHO: El galardonado programa de transporte público del SMC, en funcionamiento desde 2008, redujo los viajes en automóvil en un 40% y ahora es el modelo para las escuelas del Condado de Los Angeles. 

HECHO: El aumento de la educación en línea del SMC reducirá su huella y reducirá los viajes en automóvil. 

HECHO: El 50% de los estudiantes de la Escuela Secundaria de Santa Monica asisten al SMC. 

HECHO: Más de 27,500 residentes de Santa Monica y Malibu han asistido al Colegio Santa Monica en la última década. 

HECHO: El SMC ha salvaguardado los fondos para Memorial Park y se complace en que la Ciudad haya reiniciado el proyecto. 

HECHO: Las viviendas del SMC para estudiantes sin hogar y de bajos ingresos calificados darán prioridad a las familias y los individuos locales. 

El SMC sigue siendo el número uno en transferencias a la Universidad de California, UCLA y USC. 

La Iniciativa de Ley SMC cuenta con el apoyo de educadores, padres y líderes empresariales y comunitarios locales. 

¿Tiene más preguntas? Llame a la Dra. Kathryn Jeffery, Presidenta del SMC, al 310-434-4200 o visite VoteYESforSMC.com. 

Vote Sí en la Iniciativa de Ley SMC. 

MARIA LEON-VASQUEZ
Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Unificado de Santa Monica-Malibu, Presidenta 

 GREG MORENA
Presidente, Cámara de Comercio de Santa Monica 

IAN ROVEN, ABOG.
Ex Presidente de la Cámara de Comercio de Malibu; Ex Alumno de la Escuela Secundaria Malibu y el SMC 

JENNIFER FERRO
Presidenta de KCRW 

BEN ALLEN
Senador Estatal de California