1. $49,999,957
   REDONDO BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
   GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
   (Los Angeles County, California)
2. $45,905,000
   KERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
   REFUNDING CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
   (Kern County, California)
3. $8,000,000
   ORLAND JOINT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
   GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
   (Counties of Glenn and Tehama, California)
4. $65,000,000
   STOCKTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
   GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
   (San Joaquin County, California)
5. $117,190,000
   GOLDEN EMPIRE SCHOOLS FINANCING AUTHORITY
   2008 LEASE REVENUE REFUNDING NOTES
   (Kern County, California)
6. $7,999,828.50
   ENTERPRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT
   GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
   (Shasta County, California)
7. $9,998,688
   SISKIYOU JOINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
   GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
   (Counties of Siskiyou and Shasta, California)
8. $9,720,000
   PACIFIC GROVE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
   GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
   (Monterey County, California)
9. $40,000,000
   HEMET UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
   GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
   (Riverside County, California)
10. $50,000,000
    GAVILAN JOINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
    GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
    (Santa Clara County, California)
11. $100,000,000
    PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
    GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
    (Alameda County, California)
12. $47,275,000
    KERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
    2007 REFUNDING CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
    (Kern County, California)
13. $42,000,000
    PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
    GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
    (Riverside County, California)
14. $8,499,984.80
    DINUBA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
    GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
    (Tulare County, California)
15. $11,545,000
    EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
    GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS
    (Santa Clara County, California)
16. $19,997,738.75
    EAST SIDE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
    GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
    (Santa Clara County, California)
17. $2,600,000
    LOS OLIVOS SCHOOL DISTRICT
    GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
    (Santa Barbara County, California)
18. $23,650,000
    SANTA BARBARA SCHOOLS FINANCING AUTHORITY
    2007 GENERAL OBLIGATION REVENUE BONDS
    (Santa Barbara County, California)
19. $13,265,000
    SANTA BARBARA SCHOOLS FINANCING AUTHORITY
    2007 GENERAL OBLIGATION REVENUE BONDS
    (Santa Barbara County, California)
20. $60,000,000
    STOCKTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
    GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
    (San Joaquin County, California)

Divide and conquer?

Sometimes there’s no other choice. The truth is not every school district or community college district is a single, neatly packaged, homogeneous community. The needs and concerns of one part of a district may be 180 degrees apart from the their friends over the hill.

School Facility Improvement Districts can be a powerful tool in developing a winning general obligation bond election strategy in certain districts. They allow a district to design specific “financing districts’” to address the special needs of the specific communities within their boundaries.

After their formation, a bond election is held within these special boundaries to fund projects specifically used within the designated areas.

This ability to bring politics down to a more localized level can have a powerful impact. For example, after losing three straight district-wide elections, West Hills CCD brought in Dale Scott & Company and 8th Floor Campaigns. After significant survey and demographic research, we divided the District into three SFIDs. The first SFID was on the ballot in June 2008 and won overwhelmingly.