CUSD trustees are currently discussing placing a General Obligation (GO) Bond in the amount of $889 million on the November ballot. This Bond will soar to an over $1.8 billion burden on CUSD taxpayers, including fees and interest. The GO Bond is going in front of the Board of Trustees on July 13th when they will discuss what type of bond they will place on the November ballot. If this Bond makes it on the Ballot, it will only need 55% of the vote to pass. If it passes, each property will have to pay up to $60 a year per every $100,000 of assessed value of your home (this is the maximum allowed by law).... So if your home is assessed at $800,000, you will be required to pay an additional $480 a year on your tax bill for the next 25 years, equaling an obligation of $12,000 over the life of the Bond. Newer areas with Mello-Roos will pay more in taxes than older areas as the older areas assessed home values are lower; however, the older areas will get most of the money, probably all of the state matching funds and will get funding sooner than other areas.
What does the General Obligation Bond do?
The GO Bond adds a tax on every property owner to pay for facilities for the entire district and not necessarily in the city where the taxes are collected. This is especially troubling for communities like Aliso Viejo, parts of Mission Viejo, Ladera Ranch and Talega that already have Community Facility District Bonds that pay for the schools in their neighborhoods. This means these communities will be double and triple taxed bringing their tax obligation to the highest in the County and the least likely to receive the funding.
In addition, CUSD is planning to exclude one CUSD community from the GO Bond, the new Rancho Mission Viejo community, "The Ranch". Why would they omit this area that has 14,000 homes and will be possibly the newest, largest, wealthiest community in CUSD? If this is truly an "all for one and one for all" mentality, why would they leave The Ranch out? Could this be because the district is worried that this influential developer Rancho Mission Viejo will turn on CUSD and put their tremendous power behind defeating the bond? Seems likely, especially since serveral board members stated this during the June 2016 CUSD board meetings.
Option 2 is School Facility Improvement District (SFID) Bonds. What are they?
SFID Bonds are smaller bonds that are broken down by specific geography. This means that the district will identify the needs of each schools in each SFID; draft a geographic specific bond to address those needs and then ask taxpayers in that area to approve the bond and if 55% of the voters in the SFID vote to issue a bond, the taxes collected in the SFID must be spent in the SFID. Taxpayers in those areas will have a say about what is needed and how their money is spent. Taxpayers in areas deemed not in need of funds will then not be additionally taxed.
Sign this petition and tell CUSD NO to the $1 Billion tax obligation!
Updates
August 18, 2016
We hit 500 signatures today. Post this link on your Facebook page right now so we keep growing this pressure. Call the district office and demand they stop the bond proposal.
Reached 500 supporters
August 17, 2016
July 14, 2016
The Board of Trustees is betting that we will not notice the long-term impact of this tax burden on our property bills. Call your representative today to demand they explain why they are ignoring the existing debt burden in our neighborhoods. We are currently preparing to present this list of names directly to the board members at their next public hearing.
Reached 100 supporters
July 12, 2016
July 9, 2016
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need a final surge to prove the district cannot ignore us. Post the link to your Facebook page right now and tag your local CUSD trustee. Contact three of your neighbors today and ensure they know the true cost of this bond.
113 Comments
I am NOT in favor of this GO Bond - its discriminatory. Why isn't the new Rancho Mission Viejo community part of this Bond program. I don't have children in my household; as such, I've had the luxury of paying Mello Roos to financing school building programs in Talega for the last 13 years. I sincerely think that I have paid my fair share!
It sounds like the SFID was specifically put in place to address school facility improvements. The SFID at least requires justification for the spend and has some control through the process of attaining the funds. Why write a blank check for $889M?
We cannot trust CUSD to manage money properly. They did not spend Measure A appropriately. We in Mission Viejo were the BIG LOSERS, having represented 30% of the total district dollars collected from taxpayers, MV only received less than 10% of funds to improve our MV schools.
CUSD literally sits in state of the art buildings while our kids are taught in temporary structures that are decades old. You have the money, but haven't yet shown the taxpayers you know how to use it properly. You shouldn't get more.
CUSD should not be allowed to have this kind of control and power in raising our local taxes, especially given their questionable spending history. Maybe the state should jump in and sell the $53 million admin building they built for themselves to help fund our schools.
NO to $889 M CUSD Tax Obligation
opposing the bond
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CUSD trustees are currently discussing placing a General Obligation (GO) Bond in the amount of $889 million on the November ballot. This Bond will soar to an over $1.8 billion burden on CUSD taxpayers, including fees and interest. The GO Bond is going in front of the Board of Trustees on July 13th when they will discuss what type of bond they will place on the November ballot. If this Bond makes it on the Ballot, it will only need 55% of the vote to pass. If it passes, each property will have to pay up to $60 a year per every $100,000 of assessed value of your home (this is the maximum allowed by law).... So if your home is assessed at $800,000, you will be required to pay an additional $480 a year on your tax bill for the next 25 years, equaling an obligation of $12,000 over the life of the Bond. Newer areas with Mello-Roos will pay more in taxes than older areas as the older areas assessed home values are lower; however, the older areas will get most of the money, probably all of the state matching funds and will get funding sooner than other areas.
What does the General Obligation Bond do?
The GO Bond adds a tax on every property owner to pay for facilities for the entire district and not necessarily in the city where the taxes are collected. This is especially troubling for communities like Aliso Viejo, parts of Mission Viejo, Ladera Ranch and Talega that already have Community Facility District Bonds that pay for the schools in their neighborhoods. This means these communities will be double and triple taxed bringing their tax obligation to the highest in the County and the least likely to receive the funding.
In addition, CUSD is planning to exclude one CUSD community from the GO Bond, the new Rancho Mission Viejo community, "The Ranch". Why would they omit this area that has 14,000 homes and will be possibly the newest, largest, wealthiest community in CUSD? If this is truly an "all for one and one for all" mentality, why would they leave The Ranch out? Could this be because the district is worried that this influential developer Rancho Mission Viejo will turn on CUSD and put their tremendous power behind defeating the bond? Seems likely, especially since serveral board members stated this during the June 2016 CUSD board meetings.
Option 2 is School Facility Improvement District (SFID) Bonds. What are they?
SFID Bonds are smaller bonds that are broken down by specific geography. This means that the district will identify the needs of each schools in each SFID; draft a geographic specific bond to address those needs and then ask taxpayers in that area to approve the bond and if 55% of the voters in the SFID vote to issue a bond, the taxes collected in the SFID must be spent in the SFID. Taxpayers in those areas will have a say about what is needed and how their money is spent. Taxpayers in areas deemed not in need of funds will then not be additionally taxed.
Sign this petition and tell CUSD NO to the $1 Billion tax obligation!
Updates
August 18, 2016
We hit 500 signatures today. Post this link on your Facebook page right now so we keep growing this pressure. Call the district office and demand they stop the bond proposal.
Reached 500 supporters
August 17, 2016
July 14, 2016
The Board of Trustees is betting that we will not notice the long-term impact of this tax burden on our property bills. Call your representative today to demand they explain why they are ignoring the existing debt burden in our neighborhoods. We are currently preparing to present this list of names directly to the board members at their next public hearing.
Reached 100 supporters
July 12, 2016
July 9, 2016
We are approaching one hundred signatures and need a final surge to prove the district cannot ignore us. Post the link to your Facebook page right now and tag your local CUSD trustee. Contact three of your neighbors today and ensure they know the true cost of this bond.
113 Comments
I vote NO. A SFID is the only fair option, not a GO bond. This is excessive taxing for the homeowners that have CFD obligations that already pay additional monies into CUSD for facilities. Use our CFD monies appropriately and tax the local areas via SFID to have their school facilities improved.
I am NOT in favor of this GO Bond - its discriminatory. Why isn't the new Rancho Mission Viejo community part of this Bond program. I don't have children in my household; as such, I've had the luxury of paying Mello Roos to financing school building programs in Talega for the last 13 years. I sincerely think that I have paid my fair share!
It sounds like the SFID was specifically put in place to address school facility improvements. The SFID at least requires justification for the spend and has some control through the process of attaining the funds. Why write a blank check for $889M?
We cannot trust CUSD to manage money properly. They did not spend Measure A appropriately. We in Mission Viejo were the BIG LOSERS, having represented 30% of the total district dollars collected from taxpayers, MV only received less than 10% of funds to improve our MV schools.
CUSD literally sits in state of the art buildings while our kids are taught in temporary structures that are decades old. You have the money, but haven't yet shown the taxpayers you know how to use it properly. You shouldn't get more.
CUSD should not be allowed to have this kind of control and power in raising our local taxes, especially given their questionable spending history. Maybe the state should jump in and sell the $53 million admin building they built for themselves to help fund our schools.
NO to $889 M CUSD Tax Obligation
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I vote NO. A SFID is the only fair option, not a GO bond. This is excessive taxing for the homeowners that have CFD obligations that already pay additional monies into CUSD for facilities. Use our CFD monies appropriately and tax the local areas via SFID to have their school facilities improved.