Pass: 97,621 / 75.7% Yes votes ...... 31,405 / 24.3% No votes

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Pursuant to Section 18 of Article XVI and Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution and California Education Code Section 15264 and following, this measure will become effective upon the affirmative vote of at least 55% of the qualified electors voting on this measure. If 55% of those who vote on the Measure vote "yes", the District will be authorized to issue bonds in the amount not to exceed $390,000,000.

Approval of this measure will authorize Alameda County to levy an ad valorem tax on the assessed value of real property within the District by an amount needed to pay the principal and interest on these bonds in each year that the bonds are outstanding. The Tax Rate Statement for Measure A in this Voter Pamphlet reflects the District's best estimates, based upon currently available data and projections, of the property tax rates required to service the bonds. The estimated tax rate required to be levied to fund the bonds in the first fiscal year after the sale of the first series of bonds is $7.65 per $100,000 of assessed valuation; the highest and final tax rate is estimated to be $25.00 per $100,000, as is set forth more fully in the measure's Tax Rate Statement in this Voter Pamphlet.

If fifty-five percent of those voting on this measure do not vote for approval, the measure will fail and the Peralta Community College District will not be authorized to issue the bonds.

s/RICHARD E. WINNIE County Counsel

The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure A, which measure is printed in full in this sample ballot pamphlet. If you desire an additional copy of the measure, please call the Elections Official's office at (510) 272-6933 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.

Aging and inadequate facilities threaten the quality of our community's educational programs. These vital programs provide job training and career advancement for tens of thousands of current and future students. Facilities designed nearly four decades ago to meet yesterday's educational needs are now outdated and threaten the future of education in our community. Measure A will:

• Modernize classrooms, science labs and job training facilities to meet the demands of a changing workforce, providing job and college-transfer counseling centers;
• Upgrade electrical systems for safety and to provide access to technology;
• Provide additional instructional space and instructional equipment for Senior Citizen courses and lifelong-learning opportunities for all;
• Provide expanded access to computer, multi-media and bio-science technologies and state-of-the-art instructional equipment;
• Retrofit for seismic safety;
• Environmental upgrades to existing buildings to provide "green" ecologically appropriate sustainable usage;
• Solar energy system installation and the retrofitting of existing energy system to save energy costs;
• Safety systems, including updating disaster and security preparedness;
• Provide classrooms and buildings for the training of paramedics, nurses, police & fire personnel, homeland security and community safety-worker programs; and
• Provide "smart classrooms" and facilities for enhanced distance-learning.

Please join us, community business and educational leaders in voting YES on Measure A.
s/Barbara Lee
Member of Congress
s/Arabella Martinez
Former CEO of the Unity Council
s/Dick Spees
Former Member Oakland City Council
s/Wilma Chan State
Assemblymember
s/Tom Bates
Berkeley Mayor

(No arguments against Measure A were submitted)

2. The best estimate of the highest tax rate that would be required to fund this bond issue, based on estimated assessed valuations available at the time of filing this statement, is $.02500 per $100 ($25.00 per $100,000) of assessed valuation in fiscal year 2010-11.

3. The best estimate of the tax rate that would be required to fund this bond issue during the first fiscal year after the sale of the last series of bonds, based on estimated assessed valuations available at the time of filing of this statement, is $.02500 per $100 ($25.00 per $100,000) of assessed valuation in fiscal year 2011-12.

4. The average tax rate that would be required to fund this bond issue, based on estimated assessed valuations available at the time of filing of this statement, is $.01908 per $100 ($19.08 per $100,000) of assessed valuation.

These estimates are based on projections derived from information obtained from official sources. The actual tax rates and the years in which they will apply may vary depending on the timing of bond sales, the amount of bonds sold at each sale and actual increases in assessed valuations. The timing of the bond sales and the amount of bonds sold at any given time will be determined by the needs of the District. Actual assessed valuations will depend upon the amount and value of taxable property within the District as determined in the assessment and the equalization process.

s/Thomas L. Smith
Vice Chancellor, Budget & Finance

FURTHER SPECIFICATIONS
No Administrator Salaries.
Proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this proposition shall be used only for the construction, reconstruction and/or rehabilitation of college facilities including the furnishing and equipping of college facilities or acquisition or lease of real property for college facilities and not for any other purpose, including teacher and administrator salaries and other college operating expenses.
The proceeds of the bonds will be deposited into a Building Fund to be held by the Alameda County Treasurer, as required by the California Education Code.