April 12, 2017
ISSUE 110
6th Annual CaLBOC Statewide Conference 
April 25, 2017 - Tuesday 
"Bond Oversight Basics"

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Carole D'Elia
Executive Director, Little Hoover Commission  

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Did Alum Rock District Pay $329,000 for Non-Existent Construction?
April 9, 2017 | By Sharon Noguchi | MercuryNews.com
EXCERPT:  California's education auditor is investigating allegations that the Alum Rock Union School District and its trustees paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to a construction contractor for work that was never performed.
     The audit, requested by the Santa Clara County Office of Education, comes amid ongoing parent complaints that Alum Rock schools lack basic amenities, including heating, air-conditioning and functioning bathrooms, and that long-promised construction projects haven't materialized. The district attorney's fraud unit is also looking into Alum Rock, according to the county office of education. Several sources said they have been interviewed by the district attorney's investigators. The prosecutor's office, however, would neither confirm nor deny those reports.
     In December, auditors from the state's Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team were summoned to Alum Rock by county Office of Education Superintendent Jon Gundry, who received documents from an anonymous source highlighting questionable bills submitted by the contractor.
     Since 2013, documents show, the district has paid nearly $3.3 million to the Southern California-based Del Terra Group to manage renovation and new construction financed by two voter-approved bonds. Only a portion of those payments - $329,000 for oversight of construction that has yet to begin at four schools - was specifically flagged as suspicious, but reports done for Alum Rock Superintendent Hilaria Bauer highlighted problems ranging from missed deadlines to allegations of double-billing. ...
     FCMAT, the state auditing agency known by its initials, normally investigates school district personnel and officials, but in this case, Gundry said, it also wanted to examine Alum Rock's fiscal health, its bond program, decision-making "and whether they are getting bad deals from contractors."...
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CaLBOC Conference Agenda
April 25th Tuesday 
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9:30-10:00 am - 
Registration

10:00-10:15 am
Welcome & Introductions. Michael Turnipseed, CaLBOC President

10:15-11:15 am
Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee: 
The Basics of Getting Started.  
Lori Raineri, CalBOC Board Member and Government Financial Strategies

11:15-11:45 am
Case Study Washington Unified School District Citizens' Oversight Committee.  Angie Nichols and Kevin Sanders, Washington USD

 
11:45-12:15 pm: 
 LUNCH  Catered by
Plates Catering , an outreach effort of the St. John's Shelter for Homeless Women and Children
  
12:15-1:00 pm   KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Carole D'Elia,
Executive Director, Little Hoover Commission,  
Improving Local Bond Oversight and Transparency,
"Borrowed Money: Opportunities for Stronger Bond Oversight"
 
1:00-1:15 pm
Presentation: The Anton Jungherr Award
* Ashly McGlone. Investigative Reporter for the Voice of San Diego. 
CaLBOC  is recognizing her outstanding reporting on school bond programs  in San Diego County and for her support of Citizen Oversight.
* Dennis Clay. Project Analyst. CaLBOC is recognizing Dennis Clay for of his
courage to shine the light on accounting irregularities in West Contra Costa Unified School District's bond program and for his support of citizen oversight.
   
1:15-2:15 pm
Case Studies in Bond Oversight. Nick Marinovich, Chair, Sweetwater Union High  School District Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC) and former Member, Grossmont Union High School District CBOC, CalBOC Director
 
2:15-2:45 pm
District's Debt Issuance: Maximizing Bond Value. Michael Turnipseed, Executive Director Kern County Taxpayers Association and President, CaLBOC and Tim A. Rushing,  Executive Committee, Kern County Taxpayers Association and Director, CaLBOC
   
2:45-3:00 pm   Closing Remarks

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Did Alum Rock District Pay $329,000 for Non-Existent Construction?
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Bond Oversight Basics 

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