Observed arrival · 2026-11-12
The Serpico Files: California school-bond paper trails
A citizen-run watchdog site tracking school bond spending, public contracts, and consultants across California districts.
- For
- California taxpayers and school-district watchers
- Worth noticing
- District pages link records, and the site cautions that appearing in a record is not proof of wrongdoing.
Field notes
The homepage links district-specific materials including board minutes, oversight packets, bond statements, resolutions, and state debt-sale reports. It also summarizes California rules on conflicts of interest, bond oversight, campaign spending, and competitive selection. The project identifies itself as citizen-run and says it takes no money from districts, contractors, consultants, or campaigns; its status line says it was awaiting trustee-board responses as of Nov. 11, 2026.
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