YES on Y
Affordable Education. Good Jobs.
Vote YES on Y to protect affordable local education, modernize deteriorating classrooms, and update job training spaces to prepare local students for good-paying jobs – without a lifetime of debt.
Measure Y would help San Bernardino Valley College and Crafton Hills College keep affordable education and career training close to home while updating classrooms, labs and training facilities for local students.
Why YES on Y?
San Bernardino Valley College and Crafton Hills College serve about 30,000 students each year, preparing nurses, firefighters, skilled workers and other professionals our region depends on. Measure Y would provide locally controlled funding to update classrooms, labs and career training facilities while helping keep quality college education accessible close to home.
Yes on Affordable Education
College costs too much. Even California State Universities and University of California colleges charge 6 to 16 times more than SBCCD— for the same career training our community colleges already offer.
Yes on Y keeps affordable education close to home, saving families money, time, and the cost of gas.
Yes on Y means more education without lifetime of debt – with career training, students, veterans, and families can actually afford.
Yes on Our Fire and Emergency Safety
Wildfires in our region are out of control — the Bridge and Line fires alone burned thousands of acres. We need more trained firefighters and emergency responders now.
The San Bernardino Community College District already trains most of the firefighters, nurses, and EMTs in our region. Yes on Y keeps their training classrooms and equipment up-to-date — so the responders YOU depend on when you call 911 are ready.
Yes on Local Career Training
YES on Y will allow our local colleges to expand the hands-on job training programs close to home that build a stronger workforce in the fields we need most — nursing, teaching, firefighting and skilled trades on which our communities rely.
Yes on Safe Classrooms
Did you know that some classrooms and labs at San Bernardino Valley College, Crafton Hills College and districtwide workforce training programs are over 100 years old and deteriorating every day? Yes on Y will help:
- Remove asbestos and mold
- Repair outdated sewer, electrical and gas lines
- Upgrade pipes to keep drinking water safe
So our students can learn the skills for high-demand careers in safe, up-to-date spaces.
YES on Accountability
By law, Measure Y requires public disclosure of ALL spending, citizen oversight, and annual independent fiscal and performance audits — so your taxpayer dollars are spent exactly as promised.
Get the facts: review the official Measure Y project list at sbccd.edu/MeasureY.
We Support YES ON Y!*
Organizations
Inland Empire Labor Institute
Ironworkers Local 433
Real Journey Academies
San Bernardino County Democratic Party
San Bernardino County Young Democrats
San Bernardino Valley College Foundation
Elected Officials
Adam Schiff
California Senator
Bill Leonard
Leader, California Assembly Republicans (fmr), Member, California Board of Equalization ( fmr.)
Mario Saucedo
Mayor, City of Redlands
Eloise Gómez Reyes
State Senator
Robert Garcia
State Assemblymember
Dr. Gwen Dowdy-Rogers
President, San Bernardino County Board of Education; CEO, Arrowhead United Way
Dr. Nathan D. Gonzales
Chair, SBCCD Board of Trustees
Joseph R. Williams
Vice Chair, SBCCD Board
Dr. Cherina Betters
Clerk, SBCCD Board of Trustees
Carlos Aguilera
Member, SBCCD Board of Trustees
Dr. Stephanie Houston
Member, SBCCD Board of Trustees
John Longville
Member, SBCCD Board of Trustees
Frank Reyes
Member, SBCCD Board of Trustees
Helen Tran
Mayor, City of San Bernardino
Marc Shaw
Mayor Pro Tem, City of Redlands
Denise Davis
Redlands City Councilmember
Bob Miller
Yucaipa City Councilmember
Felicia Alexander
Board Member, San Bernardino City Unified School District
Michael Santos
Board Member, San Bernardino City Unified School District
Dr. Scott Wyatt
Board Member, San Bernardino City Unified School District
Cheryl Brown
Assemblymember (Ret.)
Lt. Col. Jack Roberts (Ret.)
Board Chair, Big Bear Valley Unified School District (Fmr.)
Damon Alexander
San Bernardino City Councilmember (Ret.)
Denise Allen
City of Yucaipa (Fmr.)
Joe Baca, Jr.
San Bernardino County Supervisor
Health Care & Public Safety Leaders
Matthew Houston
local police corporal
Blake Bonnet
local police chief
Steve Houston
local fire district captain
Rich Sessler
local county fire chief
Bruno Rodriguez
local forest service wildland firefighter
Stephanie Babino
local police officer (fmr), and current local nurse, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Natalie Garcia, CNA
Certified Nursing Assistant; SBCCD Student Trustee, San Bernardino Valley College
Heather Houston, DDS
Small Business Owner, East Highland Dentistry
Yolanda Simental, RN
San Bernardino County Nurse
Kenneth Lane, MD
Physician
Small Business, Labor & Workforce Leaders
Frank Montes
Chair, Hispanic Coalition of Small Businesses, Founder, Inland Body and Paint Center
Jeff Barraza
San Bernardino Small Business Owner, Real Estate Agent
Hardy Brown II
Managing Partner, Footsteps to Freedom
Sonietta Brown
San Bernardino Small Business Owner, Perfectly Poised Etiquette
Emma Corvera-Cota
Highland Small Business Owner, Nine Zero Nine Media House
Carrie Gilbreth
Small Business Owner, Westbound Communications
Andrew Houston
Technical Training Instructor, Southern California Edison; Yucaipa Resident
Ashley Houston
Technical Planning Manager, Southern California Edison; Yucaipa Resident
Larry Houston
San Bernardino Small Business Owner, Houston and Harris PCS, Inc.
Richard Jaramillo
Skilled Trades Instructor
Jason “Jay” Jimenez, Ed.D.
Yucaipa Small Business Owner, Educational Concierges
Dr. Dale Marsden
Founder, Tomorrow’s Talent
Michael Rivera
Partner, Harvest, LLC
Dr. Judy White
Highland Small Business Owner
Erick Zambrano
Highland Small Business Owner, Nine Zero Nine Media House
Tony Cifuentes
Founder, Highlander Boxing Club
Erica Horan
Redlands Small Business Owner; Owner, Happy Camper Creamery
Emma Lechuga
Small Business Owner, Achieve Education & Training Institute
Education Leaders
Ted Alejandre
Superintendent, San Bernardino County Schools
Juan Cabral
Superintendent, Redlands Unified School District
Manny Marquez
Superintendent, Big Bear Valley Unified School District
Dr. Gilbert J. Contreras
President, San Bernardino Valley College
Dr. Kevin Horan
President, Crafton Hills College
Dr. Roger Schultz
Retired President, Mt. San Jacinto College
Jazmyn Garcia
SBCCD Student Trustee, Crafton Hills College
Robert Nava
Board Member, San Bernardino Valley College Foundation
Michelle Riggs
Executive Director, Crafton Hills College Foundation
Dr. Diana Z. Rodriguez
Chancellor, SBCCD
Jose Torres
Vice Chancellor, SBCCD
Dr. Nohemy Ornelas
Vice Chancellor, SBCCD
Angel Rodriguez, M.Ed.
Associate Vice Chancellor, SBCCD
Johnathon Buffong
CEO, National Black Grads
Keynasia Buffong
CEO, National Black Grads
Ray Culberson
CIO, Real Journey Academies
Kevin Gilbreth
Coach/Teacher, Rialto Unified School District
Civic & Community Leaders
Don Averill, Ed.D.
Member, SBCCD Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee
June Yamamoto
Member, SBCCD Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee
Lance Evbuomwan
Founder, Inland Empire United Basketball
Jesse Melgar
Founder, CIELO Fund at the Inland Empire Community Foundation
Jim Morris
Attorney
Norm Nunez
Anthony Parnther
Maestro/Conductor, San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra
Dr. Arlington Rogers
Military Veteran
Dr. Anne Viricel
Executive Director, San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra
Greg Weissman
President, Congregation Emanu El
Marisa V. Yeager
Patricia Nickols-Butler
President & CEO, Community Action Partnership of San Bernardino County
Terrance Stone
CEO, Young Visionaries
Titles, locations and affiliations are provided for identification purposes only. Individual endorsements are made in a personal capacity.
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