What is TFASBS?
Taxpayers For Accountable School Bond Spending is a nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for public and charitable purposes.
Mission Statement
Monitor and ensure that laws are faithfully and fully complied with during the planning, implementation and spending of school bond money in the City of San Diego and greater regional San Diego County community.
San Diego Unified School District Lawsuit
25 Apr 2013 - Court's Denial to District's Request for Rehearing - Click Here
25 Apr 2013 - Court's Opinion Dated 26 Mar 2013 is Certified for Publication - Click Here
19 Apr 2013 - Answers to District's Petition for Rehearing - Click Here
15 Apr 2013 - Request for Publication - Click Here
27 Mar 2013 - Court of Appeal Ruling in Plain Language - Click Here
27 Mar 2013 - Court Rules SDUSD Cannot Use Prop S Funds for Stadium Lighting Projects - Click Here
27 Jan 2013 - Appeal Date Set; 13 Feb 2013 - Click Here
20 July 2012 - Reply Brief filed with the Court of Appeal - Click Here
20 Apr 2012 - Opening Brief filed with the Court of Appeal - Click Here
12 Dec 2011 - Press Release regarding the Appeal - Click Here
23 Nov 2011 - Appeal Filed - Click Here
13 Nov 2011 - Appeal Fund Raising Update; Goal Reached - Click Here
10 Nov 2011 - Appeal Fund Raising Update - Click Here
07 Nov 2011 - Lawsuit Update - Click Here
25 Oct 2011 - Lawsuit Update - Click Here
09 Aug 2011 - City Attorney Memo on Vote to Render City's Zoning Ordinances Inapplicable - Click Here
07 July 2011 - Amended Complaint Filed - Click Here
06 July 2011 - Lawsuit Update - Click Here
06 July 2011 - Court Application to File Amended Complaint - Click Here
10 May 2011 - School Board Signed Resolution - Zoning Exemption for School Site Projects - Click Here
10 Mar 2011 - Cross Community Effort to Challenge Field Lighting Installation - Click Here
10 Feb 2011 - Original Complaint Filed - Click Here
Prop S and Independant Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC)
18 Apr 2013 - Public comment presented to the ICOC - Click Here
21 Mar 2013 - Public comment presented to the ICOC - Click Here
19 Nov 2009 - Public comment presented to the ICOC - Click Here
Link to Prop S ICOC website - Click Here
Prop S Ballot That Went Before the Voters - Click Here
Site Specific Bond Project List - Hoover, Point Loma, and Crawford High Schools - Click Here
District Facilities Assessment - Hoover, Point Loma, and Crawford High Schools - Click Here
MND / EIR and Other Site Specific Details and Background - Hoover
08 May 2013 - EIR Scoping Meeting Presentation - Click Here
19 Apr 2013 - Notice of Environmental Impact Report Scoping Meeting - Click Here
21 Oct 2011 - Pictures of Hoover Stadium Lights Installed - Click Here
XX Dec 2010 - Final Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) - Click Here
XX Dec 2010 - Response to Comments Regarding the Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration - Click Here
09 Oct 2009 - Lighting, Acoustic, and Traffic Impact Studies Conducted by the District - Click Here
Aerial Views of Several Prop S Project Locations at Hoover High - Click Here
Aerial View of Hoover High School and Surrounding Community - Click Here
Aerial Photo (circa 1928) of Talmadge community before Hoover High School was built - Click Here
News Articles
09 May 2013 - San Diego Reader - SDUSD and Talmadge residents square off over issues - Click Here
29 Apr 2013 - Voice of San Diego Radio - The Limits to SD Unified's Bond Spending - Click Here
28 Apr 2013 - San Diego Reader - Judge Denies SD Unified's Request to Rehear Case - Click Here
22 Apr 2013 - Voice of San Diego - Big Bond Lawsuit Raises Key Questions for SDUSD - Click Here
03 Apr 2013 - ABC 10 - Court says stadium lights at Hoover High School went up illegally - Click Here
28 Dec 2012 - Submitted to SD UT - CEQA Requires Compliance Not Overhaul - Click Here
19 Dec 2012 - SD Union Tribune - Both School Bond Scandals Need Fixing - Click Here
12 Dec 2012 - Del Mar Times - Taxpaying buyers must have been aware - Click Here
17 Oct 2012 - SD Union Tribune - Retiree catches glitch in SDUSD Prop Z voter guide - Click Here
05 Sep 2012 - SD Union Tribune - Tax Group to Oppose San Diego School Bonds - Click Here
17 Aug 2011 - SD Union Tribune - District says field fees went for schools - Click Here
07 Mar 2011 - SD Union Tribune - Residents sue over Hoover High's stadium lights - Click Here
11 Feb 2011 - Voice of San Diego - Stadium Lights Get District Sued - Click Here
12 Jan 2011 - CBS8.COM - School Board Votes to Install Lights at Herbert Hoover HS - Click Here
06 Oct 2009 - SD Union Tribune - Friday Night Lights for Hoover - Click Here
30 Sep 2009 - San Diego Reader - Pop Goes Pop Warner - Click Here
24 Jul 2009 - San Diego Reader - Talmadge: A Place to Tailgate - Click Here
22 Mar 2009 - San Diego Reader - Trick Play - Click Here
19 Jan 2009 - San Diego Reader - Friday Night Lights - Click Here
30 Dec 2008 - San Diego Reader - Hoover High Towers - Click Here
Letters - Planning Group / Community Group / City / District
26 Mar 2012 - Letter to Public Officials from the El Cerrito Community Council - Click Here
05 Feb 2012 - Letter of Support from the El Cerrito Community Council - Click Here
17 Apr 2009 - Letter from SDUSD Superintendent Terry Grier - Click Here
06 Apr 2009 - Letter from Todd Gloria, Council District 3 - Click Here
16 Mar 2009 - Letter from the Kensington-Talmadge Planning Group - Click Here
Resource Links
Americans with Disability Act (ADA) Requirments for Sports Stadiums - Click Here
8 Oct 2003 - Kensington-Talmadge Historic and Cultural Resources - Click Here
8 Oct 2003 - Kensington-Talmadge Open Space and Parks - Click Here
8 Oct 2003 - Kensington-Talmadge Land Use - Click Here
California Natural Resources Agency - Click Here
California Land Use Planning Information Network - Click Here
San Diego Municipal Code - Land Development Code - Click Here
San Diego Municipal Code - Purpose of Zones - Click Here
San Diego Official Zoning Map - Click Here
San Diego Official Zoning Map Grid 20, Showing Hoover High School as RM-1-3 - Click Here
San Diego Mid-City Communities Plan - Click Here
Kensington-Talmadge Planning Group - Click Here
Students First - Click Here
Up For Ed - Click Here
