2024 Election Results: School bond measures, Fontana Unified, Redlands Unified, Lake Elsinore Unified and IE area
Voters across the Inland Empire were to decide on bond measures to upgrade public schools across the area.
Early election results on Tuesday, Nov. 5, show many of the bonds in the lead.
Many school districts, from Pomona to Redlands, asked voters to approve local measures . The projects vary, but include building and upgrading classrooms, repairs of roofs and plumbing or electrical systems and the addition of technology to campuses.
Advocates argued that aging campuses need work and that school districts have few ways to pay for such improvements. Foes said bond measures are too vague about the projects that would be funded and that bond oversight committees can lack the independence to critically review spending.
The timing wasn't a coincidence as the statewide Proposition 2, if passed, would offer up $10 billion for school construction work. To receive state construction dollars, school districts need to pay large amounts of money. Usually the state pays half the cost of new buildings and 60% of renovations, the state Legislative Analyst's Office reports.
The local bond measures need 55% of votes cast to pass.
ee a chart of the latest vote counts
Here's a look at selected Inland Empire bonds and the early results.
San Bernardino CountyMeasure BB — Colton Joint Unified School District, $225 million
Yes: 64.56%
No: 35.44%
Measure D — Redlands Unified School District , $500 million
Yes: 58.96%
No: 41.04%
Measure G — Alta Loma School District, $71 million
Yes: 50.62%
No: 49.38%
Measure H — Mountain View School District, $56 million
Yes: 58.25%
No: 41.75%
Measure I — Fontana Unified School District, $408 million
Yes: 62.42%
No: 37.58%
Riverside CountyMeasure C — San Jacinto Unified School District, $78 million
Yes: 64.60%
No: 35.40%
Measure CC — Riverside Community College District , $954 million
Yes: 54.84%
No: 45.16%
Measure E — Beaumont Unified School District, $148 million
Yes: 52.45%
No: 47.55%
Measure H — Perris Elementary School District, $38 million
Yes: 65.57%
No: 34.43%
Measure I — Romoland School District, $58.45 million
Yes: 56.47%
No: 43.53%
Measure K — Nuview Union School District, $15 million
Yes: 56.29%
No: 43.71%
Measure O — Banning Unified School District, $74 million
Yes: 62.17%
No: 37.83%
Measure R — Menifee Union School District, $205 million
Yes: 55.26%
No: 44.74%
Measure T — Lake Elsinore Unified School District, $198 million
Yes: 57.47%
No: 42.53%
Measure V — Jurupa Unified School District, $180 million
Yes: 62.18%
No: 37.82%
Measure X — Moreno Valley Unified School District , $240 million
Yes: 65.57%
No: 34.43%
Los Angeles CountyMeasure UU — Pomona Unified School District, $385 millionYes: 66.49%
No: 33.51%
