The sewer systems at two Los Angeles community colleges are about to fail — “catastrophically.” Nearby, in Torrance, a community college shut down multiple buildings, some for weeks at a time, because the heating and cooling system is so old it broke.
Seismic engineers delivered a dire prediction to a Sacramento community college last year: a central building on campus might collapse.
Come Nov. 5, California voters will have a chance to help repair these ailing community college facilities. A “yes” vote on Proposition 2 will allow the state to borrow $10 billion to construct new buildings or fix ailing ones at community colleges, public K-12 schools, and charter schools. While most of the money would favor K-12 districts, especially those in communities with high property values, 15%, or $1.5 billion, would help community colleges.
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