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)

As Mark Twain once said, “Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”

After the passage of Proposition 39 lowered the threshold to 55%, much of the financial industry turned their back on two-thirds elections for California school districts.

Not so fast, was our response. Sure, 55% is a whole lot easier than two-thirds, but it’s not always the best solution. Funding constraints, election delays, another layer of oversight bureaucracy. There are plenty of reasons a district should still consider a two-thirds bond election.

In fact, not only are they not dead, they’re doing quite well, thank you. Since the passage of Proposition 39, nearly $2 billion in successful two-thirds California school district bond elections have been passed by California's voters.

Harder to pass? You bet. But with the right doses of planning, patience, and political footwork, we’ve proved they’re still winnable.