Los Angeles Community College District

Proposition A/AA Bond Program

Program Overview

The Los Angeles Community College District's Proposition A/AA Bond Program is providing more than $2.2 billion for new construction and modernization projects at each of its nine colleges: Los Angeles City College; East Los Angeles College; Los Angeles Harbor College; Los Angeles Mission College; Pierce College; Los Angeles Southwest College; Los Angeles Trade-Technical College; Los Angeles Valley College; and West Los Angeles College.

Background:

• Proposition A was passed by Los Angeles voters in 2001, providing $1.245 billion to the Los Angeles Community College District for modernization, renovation, improvement, and new construction projects for each of its nine colleges.
• Proposition AA was passed by Los Angeles voters in 2003, providing an additional $980 million for the modernization program.
• The Los Angeles Community College District is currently undertaking the largest public sector sustainable building effort in the United States.  As directed by the District's Board of Trustees, all new buildings funded with Proposition A/AA Bond funds by 50 percent or more will be 'green' buildings.

Construction Projects:

• Total Number of Projects – 457
• Expenditures to Date – $568 million (October 2006)
• Projects Completed to Date – 110
• Expenditures Incurred by March 2007 – $1.4 billion
• Projects Completed by March 2007 – 168
• Projects in Process – 122 in Design and 60 in Construction

Involving Local Communities:

• Since 2004, the Proposition A/AA Bond Program's e7 Internship program has created 237 internship opportunities in professional settings for students enrolled at any of the nine Los Angeles Community Colleges.
• To date, the Business Outreach Program has achieved its goal to include participation from local, small, emerging or disabled-veteran business enterprises.  More than 70 percent of the total contract dollars have gone to L/S/E/DV business enterprises.  
• The program's Business Outreach team provides ongoing training opportunities for small contractors interested in working on bond-related projects with its free Boot Camp and Estimating classes. 
• The Bonding Assistance program, the first of its kind for higher education, will also expand the pool of available contractors for construction projects by providing bonding, contract specific financing, and technical assistance to smaller firms.

For more information, visit www.PropositionA.org