Board Adopts Fiscal Stabilization Plan to Stave Off State Takeover

Note: the agenda for this meeting was not publicly available.

The Pacifica School Board on June 24 confronted the district's deepest fiscal crisis in years, unanimously adopting a stabilization plan that eliminates 13 positions and cuts $700,000 in non-staffing expenses — the minimum required to keep California from seizing financial control of the schools. In the same session, the board ratified new labor contracts with both unions, adopted the annual budget, and raised developer fees to their statutory maximum.

• Fiscal stabilization plan requires 13 FTE cuts and $700K in savings to prevent state receivership; community Budget Collaborative will decide which positions are eliminated

• Teachers and classified staff win 3% raises funded entirely by the new parcel tax, with teachers also securing experience cap removal

• Budget adopted showing reserve shortfalls in out-years as enrollment decline erases nearly $2M in revenue

• Developer fees jump to $5.38 per square foot on new residential construction

• Music teacher reclassification shifts salary costs off the strained general fund and onto state Prop 28 arts funding

• Teachers' union warns 2026-27 compensation remains unsettled and criticizes persistent payroll errors