Cuesta’s administration has been working hard for over a year to make sure that the school’s 2014 bond—known as Measure L—would pass. At the Nov. 4 midterm election, 61.73 percent of the county’s voters decided to support Measure L, which means Cuesta will soon be receiving $275 million in bond dollars.

By Cliff Mathieson Managing Editor Eighteen Cuesta buildings must be demolished or retrofitted by September 2015 or the college will be in violation of a state education code. That means well over...