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# Don’t foot bill for L.A.’s students
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/dont-foot-bill-for-l-a-s-students-editor/
- Published: 2007-03-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:15:06.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Malibu, #archive-import

*By Dr. Lisette Bauersachs Santa Monica*

After attending the Measure BB SMMUSD workshop on March 10, I walked away with a sense of amazement; pure amazement that the school district’s consultants want the school board and district to review its current permit policy. They did not agree with the current moratorium that stops the mass issuance of permits to non-residents into Santa Monica and Malibu schools. Thankfully, the board directed the consultants to adhere to the current permit policy. Reminds me of the old saying “Easier to spend other peoples’ money.”

Measure BB funds are to be spent on facilities and construction projects for SMMUSD schools. The third-largest allocation of our Measure BB Funds is directed to a Santa Monica elementary school that is close to 50 percent LAUSD. How does our SMMUSD school board and city residents approve of such a school policy? If a school is located in the city of Santa Monica, and it has close to 50 percent non-city residents, that would be called an LAUSD-satellite school campus. This school is projected to have the second-largest per student allocation of Measure BB funds, half those students being residents of Los Angeles.

Once again, it looks like we are subsidizing Los Angeles residents. When I voted for Measure BB, I foolishly assumed it would go to Santa Monica and Malibu students. Someone should let Mayor Villaraigosa know about his new source of funding for LA city schools — us!

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 16, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/031607.pdf?ref=smdp.com)