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School Districts, Including Many In Valley, On Thin Ice In Refinancing Bond Debt
By Sharon Noguchi | Mercury News | Sat., January 17, 2009
Taking advantage of escalating property values and falling interest rates, hundreds of California school districts refinanced their construction bonds and reaped a windfall to remodel and upgrade their campuses. Now the California attorney general has issued an opinion that the practice, popularized in the mid- 90s... ..

California's Cash - Out Deals Stir Debate
By Andrew Ward | The Bond Buyer | Friday, January 16, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO - When California Attorney General Jerry Brown said "cash-out refunding bonds" violated the state's constitution, he gave bond lawyers and school officials a degree of clarity on a controversial aspect of the law. He also gave them something new to debate: What should schools do... ..

National Perspectives: Creating Housing For Teachers
By Lisa Chamberlain | New York Times | Sun., December 18, 2005
Santa Clara, Calif. — Aimee Brinks, a teacher in her late 20's lives by herself in a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment with a private garage and a patio in the heart if Silicon Valley, on of the nation's most expensive housing markets. She is the beneficiary of an innovative solution...

Tam bond sales ease tax burden: $50 million to update facilities
By Nancy Isles Nation | Marin Independent Journal | Mon., August 12, 2002
Taxpayers in the Tamalpais Union School District got a break with the sale of nearly $50 million in bonds to finance modernization of school facilities. The bonds were sold for an interest rate of 4.68 percent, which means property owners will pay less in taxes...

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