Gerard McCallum

This page was current at the end of the individual's last campaign covered by Ballotpedia. Please contact us with any updates.

Gerard McCallum

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Gerard McCallum ran for election to the Water Replenishment District of Southern California to represent District 1. McCallum lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

McCallum completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2022

See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2022)

General election

General election for Water Replenishment District of Southern California District 1

Incumbent Joy Langford defeated Gerard McCallum and Janna Zurita in the general election for Water Replenishment District of Southern California District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joy Langford (Nonpartisan)	54.2	53,612
		Gerard McCallum (Nonpartisan)	31.4	30,987
	Submit photo	Janna Zurita (Nonpartisan)	14.4	14,227

---

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 98,826
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey.
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection

Gerard McCallum completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McCallum's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

Expand all | Collapse all

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

“The human right to water is indispensable for leading a life of human dignity.”

     -United Nations

Sadly, access to safe drinking water isn’t a guarantee even here in Southern California and that is particularly true in communities of color. Unsafe drinking water exposure causes serious health problems that disproportionately impact poor and minority communities. We must do better. Our future depends on it.

I’m Gerard McCallum and I’m running for the Water Replenishment District Board to better protect the health and safety of our families.

As Board Director, I will: Get health-harming toxins out of our water supply Protect our ground water from drilling and fracking for oil and gas Focus on local workforce investment, hiring and apprenticeship programs Focus on the utilization of local small businesses and contractors Engage the public on future infrastructure investments that ensure low-cost water availability Prevent the move to privatize these public agencies Seek collaboration with statewide water agencies to develop sustainable plans for water independence and climate change mitigation

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Assure harmful toxic are out of our water supply.
• Oppose further fracking in the Inglewood Oil Field and support all efforts to close it.
• A focused effort to increase the utilization of local work force and small businesses.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

The affordability of safe clean water for all citizens of the region. Mitigating the affects of Climate change and developing a long range sustainability plan who purpose is to rebuild our aging infrastructure and prepare for the changing climate.

Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.

See also

2022 Elections

What's on the ballot? U.S. Congress U.S. Congress special elections State executives State legislatures State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards Election analysis hub

Government

Who represents me? U.S. Congress State executives State legislators State courts Ballot measures Municipal government School boards

Newsletters

The Heart of the Primaries The Daily Brew The Weekly Brew The Ballot Bulletin Checks and Balances Economy and Society Hall Pass Number of the Day Robe & Gavel Union Station

External links

Search Google News for this topic