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Dionne Young Faulk
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Dionne Young Faulk was elected to Inglewood City Council on November 3, 2020.[1]
She served as the Seat 1 representative on the Inglewood Unified School District school board in California from 2017 to 2021.
Faulk previously ran for a seat on the board. She was defeated in the general election on April 7, 2015.
Biography
Faulk's work experience includes serving as the supervisor of enforcement investigations and administrative operations and as a supervising special investigator for the California Department of Consumer Affairs, Bureau of Real Estate. She earned a bachelor's degree in economics from California State University at Dominguez Hills and a juris doctor from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law. She and her husband have two children.[2][3]
Elections
2017
Three seats on the Inglewood Unified School District Advisory Board of Education were up for election on April 4, 2017. Seat 1 incumbent Margaret Richards-Bowers did not file to run for re-election, leaving the seat open for a newcomer. Dionne Young Faulk and Odest Riley Jr. ran for that seat, and Faulk won. In their bids for re-election, Seat 2 incumbent Carliss McGhee and Seat 3 incumbent Melody O. Ngaue-Tuuholoaki ran unopposed and won additional terms on the board.[4][5]
The school board election was held at large, but candidates ran for specific seats. Seats were not tied to a specific jurisdiction. All registered voters in the school district could vote for all the seats on the ballot, and candidates could run for any seat on the ballot, no matter where they lived.[6]
Results
| Inglewood Unified School District, Seat 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2017 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Dionne Young Faulk |
65.70% | 2,697 |
| Odest Riley Jr. | 33.08% | 1,358 |
| Write-in votes | 1.22% | 50 |
| Total Votes | 4,105 | |
| Source: Inglewood City Clerk, "General Municipal Election April 4 2017 Summary Report (Final Count)," accessed April 19, 2017 | ||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staffers requested this information, but the only free method of viewing the files was at their office.
The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk targeted the end of 2018 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free. From that point forward, Ballotpedia began including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.[7][8][9]
Endorsements
Faulk was endorsed by the following organizations and elected officials:[10][11]
- Los Angeles County Democratic Party
- New Frontier Democratic Club
- Los Angeles African American Women Political Action Committee
- National Women's Political Caucus South Bay
- State Sen. Steven Bradford (D-35)
- Assemblywoman Autumn Burke (D-62)
- Assemblyman Mike Gipson (D-64)
- California Board of Equalization member Jerome Horton
- Inglewood Mayor James Butts
- Inglewood City Council member Eloy Morales
- Inglewood Unified Advisory Board of Education member D’Artagnan Scorza
- Inglewood Unified Advisory Board of Education member Margaret Evans
- Los Angeles Community College board of trustees member Sydney Kamlager
Faulk was also endorsed by a number of community members. Click here to see a list of her supporters.
2015
Four of the five seats on the Inglewood Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on April 7, 2015. Seats 1, 3, 4 and 5 were on the ballot.
Incumbents Rene Talbott, Henry Brown, Graciela Patino and Johnny J. Young representing Seats 1, 3, 4 and 5, respectively, were up for re-election. Talbott, Brown and Patino were appointed to their seats by Inglewood Unified State Trustee Dr. Don Brann on January 15, 2015, to serve until the election determined the next members.
Margaret Richards-Bowers defeated fellow candidate Dionne Young Faulk for Seat 1, and candidate Melody O. Ngaue-Tuuholoaki ran unopposed and won Seat 3.
Incumbents Rene Talbott and Graciela Patino faced challengers Margaret Evans and Darius Leevy for Seat 4. The Seat 5 race featured incumbent Henry C. Brown and challenger D’Artagnan Scorza. All three incumbents were ousted from their seats. Scorza won Seat 5, and Evans won Seat 4 after she defeated Patino in a runoff election on June 16, 2015.
Results
| Inglewood Unified School District, Seat 1 General Election, 2-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Margaret Richards-Bowers |
61.9% | 3,412 | |
| Nonpartisan | Dionne Young Faulk | 38.1% | 2,100 | |
| Total Votes | 5,512 | |||
| Source: City of Inglewood, "General Municipal Election Tuesday, April 07, 2015: Official Results," accessed April 28, 2015 | ||||
Funding
At the time of this election, the Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk did not publish school board candidate campaign finance reports online. Ballotpedia staffers requested this information, but the only free method of viewing the files was at their office.
The Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk targeted the end of 2018 to make school board candidate campaign finance reports available online for free. From that point forward, Ballotpedia began including campaign finance data for Los Angeles County school board candidates.[12][13][14]
Endorsements
Faulk received endorsements from:[15]
- Inglewood Today
- State Assembly member Autumn Burke
- State Senator Isadore Hall
- Former Los Angeles County Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
- Inglewood Mayor James Butts
- Inglewood Council member Alex Padilla
- Inglewood Council member Eloy Morales
- Inglewood Council member Ralph Franklin
Campaign themes
2017
Faulk highlighted the following statement on her campaign website:
| “ | DIONNE FAULK IS A MOTHER OF TWO WHO WANTS TO ENSURE EVERY CHILD IN INGLEWOOD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED.
Dionne has the experience needed to help continue to move our schools toward local control and prepare our students for Inglewood’s future. On the school board, Dionne will work to:
|
” |
| —Dionne Young Faulk (2017)[17] | ||
See also
- Inglewood Unified School District, California
- Inglewood Unified School District elections (2017)
- Inglewood Unified School District elections (2015)
- Hot tub Gatorade, turnout in Peoria and the Wisconsin state budget... (April 8, 2015)
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ "Email communication with Dionne Faulk," January 14, 2021
- ↑ Los Angeles Wave, "Nine candidates seek Inglewood school board seats," March 26, 2015
- ↑ Dionne Falk for Inglewood School Board, Seat 1, "About," accessed March 29, 2017
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Yvonne Horton, Inglewood City Clerk," January 11, 2017
- ↑ Abbey Smith, "Email communication with Yvonne Horton, Inglewood City Clerk" April 5, 2017
- ↑ Inglewood City Clerk's Office, "Elections," accessed January 9, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
- ↑ Los Angeles Wave, "Inglewood school board election limited to one seat," March 23, 2017
- ↑ Dionne Faulk for Inglewood School Board, Seat 1, "Endorsements," accessed March 29, 2017
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed July 2, 2014
- ↑ Daniel Anderson, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," October 7, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Brenda Duran, Los Angeles County Public Information Officer," January 2, 2018
- ↑ Inglewood Today, "My Picks for the Inglewood School Board," March 12, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Dionne Faulk for Inglewood School Board, Seat 1, "Home," accessed March 29, 2017
| Inglewood Unified School District elections in 2017 | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | April 4, 2017 |
| Candidates: | Seat 1: • Dionne Young Faulk • Odest Riley Jr. Seat 2: • Incumbent, Carliss McGhee Seat 3: • Incumbent, Melody O. Ngaue-Tuuholoaki |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
| 2015 Inglewood Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | April 7, 2015 |
| Candidates: | Seat 1: • Margaret Richards-Bowers • Dionne Young Faulk Seat 3: • Melody O. Ngaue-Tuuholoaki Seat 4: • Incumbent, Graciela Patino • Incumbent, Rene Talbott • Margaret Evans • Darius Leevy Seat 5: • Incumbent, Henry C. Brown • D’Artagnan Scorza |
| Important information: | Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
