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Challenges –including the cleanup, financing and City Hall debate over the scope of the development – extended the interim rental of base housing to civilians from a few years to more than 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The arrangement has dragged on so long that the electrical infrastructure is wearing out, subjecting residents of adjacent Treasure and Yerba Buena islands to nearly 40 outages this year.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Yerba Buena Island tenants face a Dec. 31 deadline to choose apartments elsewhere on the island to make way for a proposed 2014 groundbreaking of the first phase of the 8,000-unit mixed-use development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is a partner in the site’s redevelopment, and local officials hope to use Mayor Ed Lee’s star power as San Francisco’s first Asian American mayor to help woo Chinese officials into approving a $1.7 billion loan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lee canceled a November trip to China, blaming the delay on the recent ascension of former Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, who became general secretary of the Communist Party.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Making big decisions on the financing at a time when there was a change in leadership in China could have introduced uncertainty,” Lee told The Bay Citizen. “We just want to be sure we’re in good standing and hope that the funding remains a priority.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mayor’s office referred questions about loan details to Lennar Corp., which is leading the development consortium. But when asked about terms, status and backup financing, a Lennar spokesman offered no comment. Previously, reports have linked the deal to a development contract with the China Railway Construction Corp.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At last week’s meeting, Yerba Buena Island residents were less concerned about international financing than more personal concerns: crime rates on neighboring Treasure Island and whether replacement units there measure up to their current duplexes. Some expressed concern that they would be moving into a radioactive waste cleanup site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime renters at Yerba Buena Island, where former Navy family housing rents for upward of $1,813 per unit, have been offered the option of apartments of similar size and value at Treasure Island. There, they’ve been promised a version of rent control, where rates will rise at a fraction of inflation. Rental benefits also will apply to housing in the new development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those who opt not to move to Treasure Island are eligible for a $5,000 opt-out premium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twelve-year Yerba Buena Island resident Ken Masters said he doesn’t trust Navy officials’ reassurances that radioactive waste on Treasure Island poses no public health threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re saying, ‘Just take our word for it; it’s safe,’ ” Masters said. “Never mind the radioactive signs. Never mind the guys in the decontamination suits doing soil tests. Never mind that you can’t eat a vegetable out of your garden. You’re safe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Masters is a plaintiff in a lawsuit alleging that the development’s environmental review was inadequate. 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Prospective candidates will be able to apply at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.matter.vc/\" target=\"_blank\">web site\u003c/a>, which went live today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED and Knight Foundation are kicking in $1.25 million each to fund the initiative over two years, potentially taking an equity stake in businesses that develop within the program. PRX will help run the project. The media accelerator was \u003ca href=\"http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/08/public-media-gets-its-own-accelerator-led-by-corey-ford-from-eric-schmidts-innovation-endeavors/\" target=\"_blank\">previously announced last December by PRX and Knight under the name Public Media X\u003c/a>, and now KQED has come aboard. The CEO, as reported last year, will be Corey Ford, formerly of Runway, an incubator in ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt's venture capital fund, Innovation Endeavors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED is a San Francisco-based, member-supported public media organization best known for its radio and TV broadcasts. 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The structured program will kick off with an intensive design thinking and entrepreneurship bootcamp followed by a regular series of design reviews, mentoring session and educational workshops ... At the end of the four-month program, teams will pitch at a demo day to the Matter community and potential investors.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The application deadline is Jan 6. The first round of participants will start the program in February, 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->KQED's Joshua Johnson recently interviewed Corey Ford, because he's the Matter CEO, and KQED President and CEO John Boland, because Joshua knew where to find him on the third floor. And because he wanted to ask him, you know, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/02/matter-ventures-media-accelerato/#boland\">what's a nice org like you doing in a space like this\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We don't want to get too self-involved here. For those of you interested in issues facing public media organizations like KQED, as well as the disruptive effect on business models and content delivery that digital technology has had on all media, have at these. For the rest of you, here are some \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/11/28/11-creative-images-of-the-bay-area-rain/\" target=\"_blank\">awesome images of the Bay Area rain\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://matter.vc/#apply\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Sign up for application details\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I will say this: Joshua's first question posits the idea that the cultures of Silicon Valley and public media are \"diametrically opposed.\" As someone who has worked within both now, I think that's an interesting starting point for a pair of good discussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, CEO Corey Ford, who described the new Matter accelerator as a place \"where the values of public media meet the mindset of Silicon Valley.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both of the following transcripts have been edited for length and readability...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: I think that, intuitively, people understand the ethos of Silicon Valley, and people who watch and listen to KQED or other public stations understand the ethos of public media – and those seem to be almost diametrically opposed. 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What it really comes down to is having a culture of experimentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: How did this project come about?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FORD\u003c/strong>: It all started, I believe, with a conversation between \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/01/why-prx-knight-created-an-accelerator-for-public-media018.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Shapiro\u003c/a> of PRX and John Bracken from the Knight Foundation, saying if you look at what's going on in Silicon Valley and how much innovation these accelerator programs are producing, is there a way that we can leverage that type of model to support innovations in the areas we care about, in the future of media that matters?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And at the same time, I used to produce films for \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/\" target=\"_blank\">Frontline\u003c/a> on Public Television. I loved what we did and I believed really deeply in what we did, but around 2005 it felt like the world was changing dramatically and it didn't feel like we were changing at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so I stepped away from one of the best jobs in public television because I wanted to learn more about entrepreneurship, about innovation and leadership so I could apply them, potentially, back to public media, either in the current institutions or by helping build startups that would put that mission forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">It's not just owning how is content produced or delivered but what is the business model around that, one of the key problems to solve within the media-that-matters space.\n\u003cp>--Matter CEO Corey Ford\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: And the one biggest thing that you learned that you would like to see apply to public media is…?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FORD\u003c/strong>: It's really about building a culture of experimentation, one that is audience-centered and designed for their emerging needs, and that's not about getting it perfect. It's about taking your idea and building it in a way where you can get feedback from your audience, and then iterating on that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Why doesn't that exist in Public Media today?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FORD\u003c/strong>: Well, I am not saying that it doesn't exist in public media today...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Then more broadly...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FORD\u003c/strong>: Right. I think it's challenging almost anywhere. You have to be really intentional about thinking about how to build a culture of experimentation, and I think any institution that's been around for a while, once they've had their successes, it's more risky to experiment with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So part of what we are doing is creating this place where we can think about the world from a blank-slate perspective. We can ask ourselves, if we are going to build a meaningful media institution, how might we do that leveraging emerging technologies, seeking new business models, and I think most importantly designing explicitly for the needs and emerging behaviors of our audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: What kind of startups are you looking for?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FORD\u003c/strong>: The one constant in early-stage entrepreneurship is everything is going to change, so you really want to find the people and the teams who are driven by a similar mission that we're looking for. They have a vision for how their startups are going to impact society in a way that makes its citizens more informed, engaged or empowered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In terms of specific ideas, I think they can range from participatory platforms -- think Twitter -- business-to-business services, mobile-first applications. 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Is it something that is celebrated by the top leadership and reverberates so that it says I can experiment and I can learn and adjust based on that? And I think Silicon Valley has that nailed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"boland\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>End interview. Here's the interview with KQED President and CEO John Boland...\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOSHUA JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: This sounds like new territory for a public media organization -- to be involved and, literally, invested in a venture like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED's JOHN BOLAND\u003c/strong>: It is something new and it also fits perfectly with our strategy for KQED, which is to develop and invent a new model for public media. The reason we are doing that is the needs of our audience are changing so drastically and things in the community are changing rapidly, largely because of digital technology. So we feel we need to innovate and reinvent at a fairly rapid clip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: I often deal with KQED audience members who want everything to stay exactly the way it is -- they don't want any kind of change and if you change it, I am taking my membership dollars back. But the reality is we really are in an era in which all the rules are being thrown out. So what is KQED experiencing, specifically?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BOLAND\u003c/strong>: We have to be all things to all people. Television and radio are still around and continuing, and we fully intend to continue those services in a very robust way. But we know that people are increasingly using laptops and smart phones and tablets, and they are not only accessing media in different ways, the media is being created in different ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, audiences are engaging in a kind of a two-way conversation in a way they never could with radio and television. We are definitely getting the signal from folks that you need to deliver KQED with this new digital content and services, and with the community that is convening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Explain what some of the challenges are in terms of innovation in public media, which seems to deal with some specific kinds of strictures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BOLAND\u003c/strong>: I think we have some specific strictures and some specific opportunities. I think the opportunity part is that public media, although it is a nonprofit and that's always a struggle financially, has a financial model in terms of community support that's still working, whereas the ad-supported model in commercial media has really fallen apart on the digital side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the difficulty is we are so busy keeping up with the needs of the community as we see them now and delivering the services as we see them now that it's hard to find room and resources for trying new things. A lot of the ideas are coming from entrepreneurs and people with concepts that not only are designed to become the next Google and make lots of money, but really to change the world and media in positive ways. A lot of that is happening outside our ecosystem, and we feel like we need to make that connection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: So why don't we see more independent producers now, walking into their local PBS station or NPR station, saying, \"I've got a great idea for this thing and it takes this much and it can be done this way and... ta-da!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BOLAND\u003c/strong>: What's interesting is that we get a lot of independent radio or TV producers coming in with great ideas, and we engage them, but we don't necessarily get people coming in saying, \"I have a new technology application that will really help you connect and serve your audience better.\" And the reason is they don't feel a public media organization is going to have the resources to invest in them, so they show up at a venture capital firm or an incubator or an accelerator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Talk about where the dollars for this come from. This is a huge investment that KQED is making. I can imagine someone saying, \"I'd rather you just put that toward something you are already doing and keep me happy the way you're already doing it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BOLAND\u003c/strong>: The dollars won't come away from the services we provide now or even their growth. What people don't realize is that KQED makes investments like this every year. We invest in a new radio transmitter, a new television master control. So this is coming out of that, our capital reserve fund, from which every year we spend several million dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: For KQED members and audiences who think this is just an awesome idea but it seems hard to wrap their arms around, anything else they should know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BOLAND\u003c/strong>: I think it's legitimate for people to raise the question -- and people have raised it-- \"Is this a risky thing for KQED to do?\" And I would say not really, because we are not investing in this to get a big financial return. We're smart enough to know most startups do not become Google or Apple. What we are really looking for is an innovation return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If out of this investment we get some great ideas that are going to help us do better work, if we meet some great people whose company maybe doesn't take off but they end up coming to work for KQED, if we find some great technology that we can leverage, then I think it will be a worthwhile investment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: One of the things that I have discussed with Corey Ford is the nature of failure in innovation. If this venture fails, how does that reflect on KQED?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BOLAND\u003c/strong>: I think it reflects that we are willing to take risks because the fact is we are in an environment now where you hear the phrase \"fail forward.\" You have to try things. And I am confident we are going to learn something from this. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->KQED's Joshua Johnson recently interviewed Corey Ford, because he's the Matter CEO, and KQED President and CEO John Boland, because Joshua knew where to find him on the third floor. And because he wanted to ask him, you know, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/12/02/matter-ventures-media-accelerato/#boland\">what's a nice org like you doing in a space like this\u003c/a>?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We don't want to get too self-involved here. For those of you interested in issues facing public media organizations like KQED, as well as the disruptive effect on business models and content delivery that digital technology has had on all media, have at these. For the rest of you, here are some \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2012/11/28/11-creative-images-of-the-bay-area-rain/\" target=\"_blank\">awesome images of the Bay Area rain\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://matter.vc/#apply\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cstrong>Sign up for application details\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>I will say this: Joshua's first question posits the idea that the cultures of Silicon Valley and public media are \"diametrically opposed.\" As someone who has worked within both now, I think that's an interesting starting point for a pair of good discussions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, CEO Corey Ford, who described the new Matter accelerator as a place \"where the values of public media meet the mindset of Silicon Valley.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both of the following transcripts have been edited for length and readability...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: I think that, intuitively, people understand the ethos of Silicon Valley, and people who watch and listen to KQED or other public stations understand the ethos of public media – and those seem to be almost diametrically opposed. How do you get them to work together?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FORD\u003c/strong>: I don't see them as diametrically opposed. I believe you can be mission-driven and you can pursue and use the best practices of sustainable, scalable, entrepreneurship all in one. What it really comes down to is having a culture of experimentation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: How did this project come about?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FORD\u003c/strong>: It all started, I believe, with a conversation between \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2012/01/why-prx-knight-created-an-accelerator-for-public-media018.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jake Shapiro\u003c/a> of PRX and John Bracken from the Knight Foundation, saying if you look at what's going on in Silicon Valley and how much innovation these accelerator programs are producing, is there a way that we can leverage that type of model to support innovations in the areas we care about, in the future of media that matters?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And at the same time, I used to produce films for \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/\" target=\"_blank\">Frontline\u003c/a> on Public Television. I loved what we did and I believed really deeply in what we did, but around 2005 it felt like the world was changing dramatically and it didn't feel like we were changing at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And so I stepped away from one of the best jobs in public television because I wanted to learn more about entrepreneurship, about innovation and leadership so I could apply them, potentially, back to public media, either in the current institutions or by helping build startups that would put that mission forward.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">It's not just owning how is content produced or delivered but what is the business model around that, one of the key problems to solve within the media-that-matters space.\n\u003cp>--Matter CEO Corey Ford\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: And the one biggest thing that you learned that you would like to see apply to public media is…?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FORD\u003c/strong>: It's really about building a culture of experimentation, one that is audience-centered and designed for their emerging needs, and that's not about getting it perfect. It's about taking your idea and building it in a way where you can get feedback from your audience, and then iterating on that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Why doesn't that exist in Public Media today?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FORD\u003c/strong>: Well, I am not saying that it doesn't exist in public media today...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Then more broadly...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FORD\u003c/strong>: Right. I think it's challenging almost anywhere. You have to be really intentional about thinking about how to build a culture of experimentation, and I think any institution that's been around for a while, once they've had their successes, it's more risky to experiment with them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So part of what we are doing is creating this place where we can think about the world from a blank-slate perspective. We can ask ourselves, if we are going to build a meaningful media institution, how might we do that leveraging emerging technologies, seeking new business models, and I think most importantly designing explicitly for the needs and emerging behaviors of our audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: What kind of startups are you looking for?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FORD\u003c/strong>: The one constant in early-stage entrepreneurship is everything is going to change, so you really want to find the people and the teams who are driven by a similar mission that we're looking for. They have a vision for how their startups are going to impact society in a way that makes its citizens more informed, engaged or empowered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In terms of specific ideas, I think they can range from participatory platforms -- think Twitter -- business-to-business services, mobile-first applications. Maybe a Kickstarter business model, designed for mobile first, which appeals to millennials, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And finally what I would call not content but content-production engines. We are looking for people who think of their startups as a venture. It's not just owning how is content produced or delivered but what is the business model around that, one of the key problems to solve within the media-that-matters space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: What is it about this geographic area that you think makes a good fit for innovating public media?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FORD\u003c/strong>: There is a culture to Silicon Valley that is really hard to copy anywhere else. For me, and I think it is really misunderstood in some places, what it comes down to is what does failure look like in your organization? Is it something that is celebrated by the top leadership and reverberates so that it says I can experiment and I can learn and adjust based on that? And I think Silicon Valley has that nailed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca name=\"boland\">\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>\u003cem>End interview. Here's the interview with KQED President and CEO John Boland...\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOSHUA JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: This sounds like new territory for a public media organization -- to be involved and, literally, invested in a venture like this.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED's JOHN BOLAND\u003c/strong>: It is something new and it also fits perfectly with our strategy for KQED, which is to develop and invent a new model for public media. The reason we are doing that is the needs of our audience are changing so drastically and things in the community are changing rapidly, largely because of digital technology. So we feel we need to innovate and reinvent at a fairly rapid clip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: I often deal with KQED audience members who want everything to stay exactly the way it is -- they don't want any kind of change and if you change it, I am taking my membership dollars back. But the reality is we really are in an era in which all the rules are being thrown out. So what is KQED experiencing, specifically?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BOLAND\u003c/strong>: We have to be all things to all people. Television and radio are still around and continuing, and we fully intend to continue those services in a very robust way. But we know that people are increasingly using laptops and smart phones and tablets, and they are not only accessing media in different ways, the media is being created in different ways.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also, audiences are engaging in a kind of a two-way conversation in a way they never could with radio and television. We are definitely getting the signal from folks that you need to deliver KQED with this new digital content and services, and with the community that is convening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>JOHNSON\u003c/strong>: Explain what some of the challenges are in terms of innovation in public media, which seems to deal with some specific kinds of strictures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>BOLAND\u003c/strong>: I think we have some specific strictures and some specific opportunities. I think the opportunity part is that public media, although it is a nonprofit and that's always a struggle financially, has a financial model in terms of community support that's still working, whereas the ad-supported model in commercial media has really fallen apart on the digital side.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I think the difficulty is we are so busy keeping up with the needs of the community as we see them now and delivering the services as we see them now that it's hard to find room and resources for trying new things. A lot of the ideas are coming from entrepreneurs and people with concepts that not only are designed to become the next Google and make lots of money, but really to change the world and media in positive ways. 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"content": "\u003cp>Would you take out a loan if you had to pay interest worth 10 or more times the amount you borrowed? Dozens of school districts in nearly all Bay Area counties have issued bonds under those terms, according to the \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-school-bond-20121129,0,4035729,full.story\" target=\"_blank\">LA Times\u003c/a>, and property owners will ultimately have to pay them off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_76320\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/09/school-bus.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-76320\" title=\"school bus\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/09/school-bus-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">David McNew/Getty Images\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>State Treasurer Bill Lockyer thinks the deals are a big mistake. “My personal view is that voters are going to have to defeat some people running for school board, and fire school superintendents who have done this stuff,” he told KQED’s Stephanie Martin on Thursday. “It’s irresponsible and it’s going to require a public reaction that’s severe to stop it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the world of public finance, Lockyer said, the ratio of money borrowed to money owed is typically more like one to three. But some districts in the Bay Area, as well as all \u003ca href=\"http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/education/article_c83343e8-ddd5-11e1-bfca-001a4bcf887a.html\" target=\"_blank\">around California\u003c/a>, will owe 11, 12, or 13 times as much as they borrow, according to the Times' \u003ca href=\"http://spreadsheets.latimes.com/capital-appreciation-bonds/\">database\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bonds in question are known as Capital Appreciation Bonds, or CABs. They give districts a longer term to pay back the loans. But in exchange, the districts must pay more interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, in 2010 the West Contra Costa Unified School District in Richmond issued bonds worth $2,499,949. Over the course of 26.1 years, the district will have to pay $33,820,000. That’s an amount 13.5 times more than what the district borrowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the other Bay Area districts with debt ratios of 10 to 1 or more are Acalanes Union High School in Lafayette (10.0 to 1), John Swett Unified School District in Rodeo (11.3 to 1) and Bellevue Union Elementary School District in Santa Rosa (10.8 to 1).\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://spreadsheets.latimes.com/capital-appreciation-bonds/\" target=\"_blank\">Risky school district bonds by county\u003c/a> (LA Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/education/article_c83343e8-ddd5-11e1-bfca-001a4bcf887a.html\">Where Borrowing $105 Million Will Cost $1 Billion\u003c/a> (Voice of San Diego)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://lostcoastoutpost.com/2012/nov/30/paying-56-million-borrow-4-million-school-district/\">Paying $56 Million to Borrow $4 Million: CABs in Humboldt County\u003c/a> (Lost Coast Output)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>We called these districts to find out how they decided to issue bonds under these terms; so far only Paul Disario, a fiscal advisor to John Swett Unified School District, has agreed to an interview. Disario said he wasn’t advising the district in 2009 when it issued a bond for $266,175 that will cost property owners $3,020,000 over 24.9 years. But he cites a district bond for $19,583 at a cost of $140,000 (a ratio of 7.1 to 1) as an example of why the district would enter into a high debt-ratio deal. To pay the cost of refurbishing a high school, he said, voters in the district approved a property tax in 2008, but when real estate prices in the district crashed, the money wasn’t enough to pay for the repairs. In order to come up with the additional money needed, the district used the CAB, which allowed it to borrow all the money immediately because it had a longer term to pay back the interest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you can’t get the money quickly enough, the project would be delayed and the cost of the project would go up,” said Disario. “So the advantage of the CAB would be that you can get the money sooner so you don’t have to delay the project.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school district will have no trouble paying back the bond as long as property values don’t drop again, Disario said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said capital appreciation bonds caught on after 1978, when Proposition 13 made it much harder for districts to raise money through property taxes. In 2000, Proposition 39 amended Proposition 13, lowering the threshold for school districts to raise property taxes to pay for construction projects from a two-thirds majority to 55 percent. But Proposition 39 set a limit of $60 in taxes per $100,000 of assessed value, limiting the amount school districts could raise. When property values dropped after the real estate crash of 2008, districts had to rely more on capital appreciation bonds to stay within the $60 per year limit that property owners had to pay. “You try not to do it,” said Disario. “You really don’t want to do it. But these districts are caught between the pressure to do these projects and the CABs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-school-bond-20121129,0,4035729,full.story\">LA Times\u003c/a> talked to other school districts that also said state limits on taxation have left them with few good funding options.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Poway Supt. John P. Collins said the bond deal was one of the only options the district had. Property taxes are limited by voter-approved state laws, which cap the amount districts can levy on landowners. In addition, the Legislature cannot raise taxes without a two-thirds majority and state education funding has been cut because of the economic downturn.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How does the state expect school districts to fund facilities given all the restraints today?\" Collins said. \"Capital appreciation bonds are a necessary tool right now.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The Times also talked to one county treasurer who thought hopes by school officials that rising property values would help them repay the bonds may be \"overly optimistic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\"The projections can be unrealistic, especially for assessed valuations,\" said San Bernardino County Treasurer-Tax Collector Larry Walker, noting that the Fontana school system issued CABs at the bottom of the Great Recession.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They said we'd be back to normal in three years,\" Walker said. \"Property values were down then and it's clear they are not going to come back in any short time period.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>State Treasurer Lockyer argues that school districts should go back to voters and ask for additional bonds if they don’t have enough money to pay for the construction they need. Still, he does not want to see CABs made illegal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t think it would make sense to outlaw it,” Lockyer said. “One of the reasons is that local districts are running into some of the statutory limits of there can only be $60 per $100,000 of assessed value and so on, and so there probably needs to be some discussion of how projects are financed, and if there are obstacles like that perhaps try to get around them by changing the law.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added financial advisers to school districts should be licensed. “There is no effective oversight over what they do and whether they are providing competent service to their clients,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324020804578149573438816136.html?mod=googlenews_wsj\" target=\"_blank\">Lockyer\u003c/a> and some \u003ca href=\"http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/education/article_0ce6a06a-ebec-11e1-8f87-001a4bcf887a.html\" target=\"_blank\">county treasurers have called for legislation\u003c/a> requiring more transparency around the true cost of the bonds and more oversight surrounding their issuance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, it's up to voters to keep districts from getting in over their heads.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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That’s an amount 13.5 times more than what the district borrowed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the other Bay Area districts with debt ratios of 10 to 1 or more are Acalanes Union High School in Lafayette (10.0 to 1), John Swett Unified School District in Rodeo (11.3 to 1) and Bellevue Union Elementary School District in Santa Rosa (10.8 to 1).\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://spreadsheets.latimes.com/capital-appreciation-bonds/\" target=\"_blank\">Risky school district bonds by county\u003c/a> (LA Times)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/education/article_c83343e8-ddd5-11e1-bfca-001a4bcf887a.html\">Where Borrowing $105 Million Will Cost $1 Billion\u003c/a> (Voice of San Diego)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"http://lostcoastoutpost.com/2012/nov/30/paying-56-million-borrow-4-million-school-district/\">Paying $56 Million to Borrow $4 Million: CABs in Humboldt County\u003c/a> (Lost Coast Output)\u003cbr>\n\u003c/li>\u003c/ul>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>We called these districts to find out how they decided to issue bonds under these terms; so far only Paul Disario, a fiscal advisor to John Swett Unified School District, has agreed to an interview. Disario said he wasn’t advising the district in 2009 when it issued a bond for $266,175 that will cost property owners $3,020,000 over 24.9 years. But he cites a district bond for $19,583 at a cost of $140,000 (a ratio of 7.1 to 1) as an example of why the district would enter into a high debt-ratio deal. To pay the cost of refurbishing a high school, he said, voters in the district approved a property tax in 2008, but when real estate prices in the district crashed, the money wasn’t enough to pay for the repairs. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_72108\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 240px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/08/school.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-72108\" title=\"school\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/08/school.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Michael Short: California Watch)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There I was, sitting in a post-election briefing. The slide advanced to a pie chart of how general fund revenues for California are spent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's when my mouth dropped open. Education had a slice of the pie that, well, startled me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So I ask you, dear reader: What percentage of California's general fund expenditures go to K-12 education? Or, if this is easier: how about K-12 \u003cem>plus\u003c/em> higher education?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I did an unscientific survey around the KQED office, and I got a fascinating range of responses. Once you're ready with a number you can click below to get the correct answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And yes, the total pie includes the recently approved\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/election2012/2012/10/03/govs-prop-30-tax-hike-more-for-schools-criminal-justice-or-more-money-misspent/\" target=\"_blank\"> Proposition 30\u003c/a> money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ready?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 2012-2013 year, of every state dollar:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>41.4% goes to K-12 education \u003cem>plus another\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>10.3% is for higher education \u003cem>which means\u003c/em>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>51.7% total on education\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Yes that's right: \u003cem>slightly more than 50 percent\u003c/em> of state expenditures go to education in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, I had known that education and health and human services were the top two expenditures in state government, but I somehow missed that education took up such a huge percentage of state expenditures. (Health and Human Services gets 29.2 percent of state funding.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Kaplan at the California Budget Project presented the education information at that \u003ca href=\"http://www.cpehn.org/pdfs/CBPPresentationOakland11-12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">post-election briefing\u003c/a>. He stressed that lots of other people have no idea either, which made me feel somewhat better. He pointed me to an annual survey from the Public Policy Institute of California. Among other things, the PPIC asks this very question about state spending. Last January, only 16 percent of those surveyed correctly answered \"K-12 public education\" as the largest area of state spending. (Read it \u003ca href=\"http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/survey/S_112MBS.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>, pg. 16.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rachel Ehlers, in the education unit at the Legislative Analyst's Office confirmed that K-12 education gets roughly 41.4 percent of state expenditures. She says these are \"general fund\" monies -- personal income tax, corporate income tax and sales taxes. The state has other sources of money, including bond funds and special funds. But both those types of funds are earmarked for specific purposes. We often think of bond funds for transportation, for example. \"Special\" funds might be something like a fishing license, which then are spent in the Fish & Game Department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course, schools also get money from property taxes. Those monies are collected locally and mostly dispersed by local governments, so are not included in \"total state expenditures\" which are collected and spent by state government.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, when you add the state, local and even the federal money California gets for schools, the state's per pupil expenditure is \u003ca href=\"http://www.edsource.org/data-ca-per-pupil-exp-compare-states.html\" target=\"_blank\">well below the national average\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaplan says that since Prop. 13 was passed in 1978, the state has provided the largest share of school spending. In pre-Prop. 13 California, \u003cem>local\u003c/em> revenue was the largest share of school spending. \"Schools across the state are dependent on state budgets for the largest portion of their revenue,\" Kaplan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And as we're all aware, the recession has taken a big toll. The California Budget Project crunched the numbers and says that this year's revenues are projected to be almost $47 billion below the amount of money the state expected just five years ago, in 2007. That figure is \"approximately equal to proposed 2012-13 spending for health and human services, corrections, higher education, resources, and environmental protection \u003cstrong>combined\u003c/strong>.\" (Emphasis theirs; read it \u003ca href=\"http://cbp.org/pdfs/2012/120203_Budget_Chartbook.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>, pg 7.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Finally, and this was perhaps the most surprising to me of all -- general fund expenditures as a share of the California economy have declined in the last few years. That's not too surprising given the recession, but what \u003cstrong>is\u003c/strong> surprising is that those general fund expenditures are below where they were in the mid-1970s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I wonder how many people could answer that question. 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Especially around the holidays, every petsitter in the business will get a call from someone at the very last minute. I will get calls on Christmas Eve from people I don't know, wanting me to start Christmas Day. Usually what happened is, Susie next door was going to take care of the cats for them, and then her plans changed and she's going on vacation too. That's one reason why you have a professional petsitter.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>Another option is to take your dog or cat to one of several businesses that will take care of their needs and show them a good time while you're gone. It's not the old-school boarding kennel where the animals are stuck in cages most of the day. These places feature cat adventure playrooms and dog swimming pools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.waghotels.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Wag Hotel\u003c/a> has two facilities: one in Sacramento and one in San Francisco just a few blocks from KQED. 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