Schools in the Central Valley — regions where both facility needs and summer heat are acute — were wondering whether Proposition 2’s $10 billion would stretch far enough to reach them. EdSource used CC+S data to illustrate the core problem.

The Center for Cities + Schools at UC Berkeley found that Fresno Unified’s taxable property per student is about one-quarter of the state median — a figure that captures why larger, wealthier districts consistently capture a disproportionate share of state matching funds. Without structural changes to the formula, more state money risks replicating the same inequities.