![]() ![]() That all sounds like pretty important, urgent stuff. Unsurprisingly, the Malibu City Council voted 5-0, unanimously, to oppose this unbalanced bond measure.Īccording to Sawicki, the new bond is to create a "comprehensive green room, virtual reality, and sound stage facilities where faculty can record and stream high-quality, interactive learning content a health sciences 'skills lab' featuring simulated hospital units for Respiratory Care majors a state-of-the-art language learning center for group study, tutoring, and cultural events a centralized area for the Photography program with a combined studio/classroom space for photo lab classes a centralized facility for housing and loaning equipment to students such as Chromebooks, laptops, cameras, art kits, and more and a Fashion Design digital lab and fabrication space with industry-standard software tools." They'd be kicking in $125 million and might not see a single dollar in return, as the college is under no legal obligation to spend any of the money in Malibu. If that seems bad for Santa Monica voters, imagine how it must look to Malibu residents. That's $564.86 per square foot of the 38 acre campus. That adds up to a whopping, and truly incredible $935 million-almost a BILLION DOLLARS, in only twenty years. Since 2002, Santa Monica College has successfully passed Measure U ($160 million, 2002) Measure S ($135 million, 2004) Measure AA ($295 million, 2008) and Measure V ($345 million, 2016). SMC already burdens your property tax bill. Incredibly, if you are a Malibu homeowner (with Malibu's much higher average valuations), on average you would pay annually $796.15 - JUST FROM THIS BOND MEASURE ALONE. I appeal especially to MALIBU voters, who may well wield the power to shoot down this latest outrage from SMC.Īccording to a Santa Monica Daily Press article of October 12 by reporter Emily Sawicki, if you own your Santa Monica home and the property is assessed at $1 million, on average, you would pay $293.19 per year more on your property tax were this measure to pass. May I be so forward as to suggest that readers vote a resounding NO on November 8. SMC has long fostered a heart-warming, virtuous/cozy/fuzzy community image, while hiding a voracious, seemingly insatiable appetite for your money. Measure SMC is Santa Monica College's LATEST attempt to pick your pocket, for a whopping $375 million-one of a seemingly endless stream of bond measures both passed and proposed by this fire-breathing dragon down on Pico. The statements should also summarize YOUR feelings. OctoThe above statements by Mary Trump and Nancy Reagan summarize perfectly my feelings on Measure SMC. "Too Much and Never Enough"-Mary Trump, July 14, 2020 ![]()
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