Measure PV is a Bond to Fund School Infrastructure
for the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District

The Election was March 3, 2020

Here are results with 55% reported:

If approved, each property owner within the PVPUSD (Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District) will pay $38 per $100K of assessed value (assessed value is often lower than your property's current market value); this is in addition to the existing four PVPUSD taxes for Measures K, R, S and M. The new Bond assessment will include about $400 million in expenditures and another $400 million in interest for a total of about $800 million to be collected over as much as 38 years. The Facilities Advisory Committee (FAC) began its work this past Spring to update the costs of the 2017 Facilities Master Plan and to prioritize facilities projects related to “safety, security and modernization” according to the PVPUSD, although the Citizens for Responsible Education Spending disputes that description (asserting that less than $80 million of the $400 million in spending (not including the $400 million in interest) is for “safety, security and modernization”. The FAC presented its report to the Board of Education October 10, 2019, and included with that report updated costing information from Cumming USA (view report).  The Board of Education further considered the FAC information at its meeting on October 24, 2019 resulting in a final list of prioritized projects. 

PVrrg takes no position on the measure, but is pleased to try to present information from both sides of the issue so you can make a more informed decision; however, we cannot confirm the statements by others on the links on this page (whether from the pvpusd or either the “Yes” or “no” sides).  

Sources of Information

Info on the Measure from the PVPUSD

• PVPUSD website — click here

• PVPUSD Facilities Advisory Committee Final Report and Recommendations to the Board — click here

• Resolution No. 3 – 2019/20 Ordering a School Bond Election, and Authorizing Necessary Actions in Connection — click here

• PVPUSD Cumming Study of Facility Condition Assessment (FAC Scope) Master Planning Statement of Probable Cost

  • Oct 1 (12 pages) — click here

  • Sep 27 (75 pages) — click here

• Relevant Board Meetings on this topic

  • October 10th, 2019: The Facilities Advisory Committee provided its report as item K1. For video, click here. For Attachments including the FAC Report and Recommendations, click here.

  • October 23rd, 2019: The Board discussed many aspects of a potential facilities bond from the legal, financial and work to be done perspectives as items N1, N2 and N3. For video, click here. For agenda and documents, click here.

  • November 6, 2019: The Board actually authorized the placement of Measure PV on the March 3rd ballot as item O1. For video, click here. For agenda and attachments including the resolution of what is actually being voted on including the tax information statement and the project list, click here.

Arguments for Voting Yes

• YesOn PV website from Yes on Measure PV - Safer Schools for Our PVP Kids Committee, click here

• YesOnPV Foldout Flyer, click here

• YesOnPV Mailer, click here

• Letter to PVP Watch on “yes” — click here

• Pro Argument from the Sample Ballot — click here

• NextDoor post by Matt Brach which counters some of the
  No arguments — click here

• Facebook Live videos from Suzanne Seymour— click here