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Filiberto Gonzalez
Filiberto Gonzalez was a candidate for the District 3 seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education in California. He ran against one incumbent and four challengers in the primary election on March 3, 2015. He did not receive enough votes to advance to the general election held on May 19, 2015.[1][2][3][4]
Biography
Gonzalez was born in Salinas, California and became the first in his family to earn a college degree. He worked in nonprofit management for 13 years before founding the nonprofit funding and community outreach consulting firm Social | Impact Consulting, LLC. In addition to training and speaking with nonprofits across the country, Gonzalez works as an adjunct faculty member at the Los Angeles Community College District. He earned his bachelor's degree from California State University at Northridge and his master's of social work from the University of Southern California.[5]
Gonzalez founded the online community against child abuse Californians for Safe Schools, and he has served on the Genesis LA New Market Tax Credit Advisory Board since 2005. He also served on the North Valley Area Planning Commission from August 2013 until October 2014, after getting appointed by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and getting unanimously approved by the Los Angeles City Council. Additionally, he has been elected to his daughters' elementary school leadership council three years in a row. He and his wife Lucero have three daughters. The oldest two attend the Los Angeles Unified School District.[5]
Elections
2015
Four of the seven seats on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education were up for primary election on March 3, 2015. Only one candidate, unopposed District 1 incumbent George J. McKenna III, received more than 50 percent of the votes cast in the primary. Because of this, he won his seat outright, and the top two vote-getters in Districts 3, 5 and 7 advanced to the general election on May 19, 2015.
Incumbents Tamar Galatzan, Bennett Kayser and Richard A. Vladovic from Districts 3, 5 and 7, respectively, received enough votes to advance to the general election. They each faced at least two challengers in the primary. In District 3, Galatzan faced five challengers, Elizabeth Badger Bartels, Filiberto Gonzalez, Ankur Patel, Carl J. Petersen and Scott Mark Schmerelson. She and Schmerelson faced each other again in the general election. Kayser and challenger Ref Rodriguez defeated challenger Andrew Thomas to continue on to the District 5 general election. In the District 7 primary, Vladovic ran against challengers Euna Anderson and Lydia Gutierrez. Gutierrez received enough votes to advance to the general election with Vladovic.
In the general election, both Galatzan and Kayser were unseated by their challengers. Schmerelson won the District 3 seat, and Rodriguez was elected to the District 5 seat. In District 7, Vladovic defeated Gutierrez to secure another term on the board.
Results
| Los Angeles Unified School District, District 3 Primary Election, 5-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Tamar Galatzan Incumbent |
40.2% | 15,326 | |
| Nonpartisan | Scott Mark Schmerelson |
20.4% | 7,767 | |
| Nonpartisan | Ankur Patel | 12.8% | 4,870 | |
| Nonpartisan | Elizabeth Badger Bartels | 10.8% | 4,125 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carl J. Petersen | 10.1% | 3,839 | |
| Nonpartisan | Filiberto Gonzalez | 5.8% | 2,213 | |
| Total Votes | 38,140 | |||
| Source: Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "Primary Nominating Election: Official Election Results," accessed March 23, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Gonzalez reported $11,880.00 in contributions and $9,748.63 in expenditures to the Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, which left his campaign with $2,131.37 as of February 25, 2015.[6]
Endorsements
Gonzalez received endorsements from the National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter and from California Assemblyman Luis Alejo (D).[7]
Campaign themes
2015
Gonzalez highlighted the following issues on his campaign website:
| “ | Budget Priority: Teacher Pay Teachers are the cornerstone on which LAUSD is built. However, that's not reflected in LAUSD's $7 billion budget. My plan calls for a $65,000 starting salary, and $100,000 salary for all qualified teachers after 7 or more years.
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| —Filiberto Gonzalez's campaign website (2015)[9] | ||
Recent news
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See also
- Los Angeles Unified School District, California
- Los Angeles Unified School District elections (2015)
- Clean sweep for school board incumbents... (March 4, 2015)
- Embroiled incumbents see differing outcomes in May 19 school board elections across five states (May 21, 2015)
External links
- Los Angeles Unified School District
- Campaign website
- Campaign Facebook page
- Twitter page
- LinkedIn page
- 2015 Smart Voter profile
Footnotes
- ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "General Information for Candidates, Los Angeles City Elections, 2015," accessed January 13, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk's Office, "2015 Primary Nominating Election Candidates," accessed January 13, 2015
- ↑ Smart Voter, “Board Member; Los Angeles Unified School District; District 3 Voter Information,” accessed February 2, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles City Clerk, “Election Night Results (Unofficial), March 3, 2015,” accessed March 4, 2015
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Gonzalez for School Board 2015, LAUSD Dist. 3, "About," accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles City Ethics Commission, "2015 City and LAUSD Elections," accessed April 13, 2015
- ↑ Filiberto Gonzalez, Community Facebook page, "Timeline posts from January 28, 2015, and January 30, 2015," accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Gonzalez for School Board 2015, LAUSD Dist. 3, "Issues," accessed February 3, 2015
| 2015 Los Angeles Unified School District Elections | |
| Los Angeles County, California | |
| Election date: | Primary election - March 3, 2015 General election - May 19, 2015 |
| Candidates: | District 1: • Incumbent, George J. McKenna III District 3: • Incumbent, Tamar Galatzan • Elizabeth Badger Bartels • Filiberto Gonzalez • Ankur Patel • Carl J. Petersen • Scott Mark Schmerelson District 5: • Incumbent, Bennett Kayser • Ref Rodriguez • Andrew Thomas District 7: • Incumbent, Richard A. Vladovic • Euna Anderson • Lydia Gutierrez |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot |
