San Jose|Evergreen Community College District

Measure I - 2/3 Approval Required

Do you care about equity? Equal access to opportunity? A quality, affordable education for anyone who needs it? Then vote YES on I.

This is the most significant election of our generation. The national discussion on how to create true pathways to success for students and people of color can succeed and become a reality right here in the South Bay – by voting YES ON I.

Attending a UC now costs TEN TIMES what our colleges do. Community colleges like Evergreen Valley and San Jose City Colleges are a key pathway to higher education for low-income students and students of color.

Many of our local students depend on our colleges for training in high-demand jobs that pay good wages, provide good benefits, and allow young people or re-entry students to move into the middle class.

As we face massive unemployment and a recession, it is more important than ever to invest in this critical training. Vote YES on I.

Your YES on I vote increases opportunities for South Bay students to earn college credits, certifications, and job skills at a reasonable price – keeping college education affordable through the economic recovery for families relying on our colleges to save tens of thousands of dollars.

YES on I supports programs allowing high school students to get a jump start on earning college credit by taking college courses even before they graduate. Measure I maintains these critical programs that save families money on tuition during these tough times.

YES on I includes strict accountability requirements, including annual audits to ensure all funds are used as promised locally, for students in our communities.

Please join Mayor Sam Liccardo, Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education Vice President Chris Norwood, County Supervisor Cindy Chavez, and parents and students throughout our neighborhoods on voting YES on I.

While many businesses are closed, most schools are closed and tens of thousands are out of work wondering if they can pay the rent/mortgage or even put food on the table, and that’s when the San Jose-Evergreen Community College School Districts decides to saddle us with a tax increase???

Wow, talk about when someone is down, kick them and let them know they are down!

With the closure of colleges’ campuses comes huge savings: electricity, HVAC, maintenance, and water usage should all be way way down.

Does the district really need an additional $4,500,000 for the next 9 years?

Let us see:

According the Measure X Bond Oversight Committee Annual Report dated June 30, 2019, the district has NOT spent $741,762,130 of that bond fund and has received interest form bond funds of $1,772.542.

·         Source: http://cboc.sjebond.com/AR1819/x_bond_overview.html

With the closure of the colleges’ campuses, the entire athletics department is shut down along with their associated expenses, the vocational center is shut down, no arts, no theater programs, no music events, etc. Etc. Etc.

The Fiscal Year 20-21 tentative budget from the June 9, 2019 report shows a $20,623,534 beginning fund balance, with revenues of $134,053,363 and expenses of $134,088,529. The delta is a mere - $35,166, not $4,500,000.

The district does NOT need the $18 per parcel from you!

Like us, you can be for schools, for students and for teachers, but against Measure I.

For more information: www.svtaxpayers.org