School Bond Leads Comfortably; Padres Extend Qualifying Offer; Aztecs Open Season
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San Diego Unified's $3.5 billion facilities bond, Measure M, was sitting well above the 55% threshold required for passage in early Wednesday returns — ten percentage points above the 55% threshold required for passage. Superintendent Fabiola Bagula welcomed the early support. The district is working with buildings that average 42 years old and estimates $461 million in annual deterioration costs across its portfolio. If ultimately approved, Measure M would be the fifth bond program for San Diego Unified in 18 years, following four prior programs totaling approximately $11.5 billion. The property-tax rate associated with the bond is $32 per $100,000 of assessed value.
The bond's scope includes facility repairs and modernization, special-education facilities, campus accessibility improvements, security, athletic facilities, and potentially teacher and workforce housing. That last category invites scrutiny: the district has never built housing at scale, and the workforce housing language may be aspirational rather than operational without a specific site and construction timeline identified.
On the baseball front, the Padres extended a qualifying offer to All-Star reliever Adrián Morejón, one of eight MLB players to receive one this offseason. The qualifying offer is a one-year, approximately $21 million tender; Morejón can accept or reject it, and the team would receive draft compensation if he signs elsewhere. No decision has been reported. Separately, outfielder Alex McCoy and infielder Kannon Kemp were selected for the Arizona Fall League's Fall Stars Game on Sunday, November 8, at Salt River Fields in Scottsdale — McCoy also earned a spot in Saturday's Home Run Derby.
San Diego State's men's basketball team opened its season with a win over Cal State Fullerton at Viejas Arena, using superior size and depth to pull away, per the Union-Tribune's account. Tonight at Viejas, SDSU women's basketball hosts North Texas at 11 a.m., and SDSU women's volleyball takes on Fresno State at 6 p.m. at Peterson Gym.