Lucia Mar Unified School District elections (2016)
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Three of the seven seats on the Lucia Mar Unified School District Board of Education were up for by-district general election on November 8, 2016. In her bid for re-election to the Trustee Area 2 seat, incumbent Vicki Meagher ran unopposed and won re-election. Trustee Area 4 incumbents Dee Santos and Don Stewart defeated challenger Karen Campbell Bright to win additional terms.[1][2] On top of choosing candidates for Trustee Area 4, citizens of the school district also voted on a $170 million bond measure.
Elections
Voter and candidate information
The Lucia Mar Unified Board of Education consists of seven members elected to four-year terms. Elections are held by district on a staggered basis every November of even-numbered years. Five seats—four four-year terms and one two-year term—were up for election on November 4, 2014, and three seats were up for election on November 8, 2016. There was no primary election.[3]
To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to register with the county elections office by August 12, 2016. If incumbents did not file by that deadline, the filing deadline was extended for non-incumbent candidates until August 17, 2016.[4]
To vote in this election, residents of the school district had to register by October 24, 2016.[5] Photo identification was not required to vote in this election.[6]
Candidates and results
Trustee Area 2
Results
This race was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Vicki Meagher won re-election by default.[1]
Candidates
Vicki Meagher 
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Trustee Area 4 (two seats)
Results
| Lucia Mar Unified School District, Trustee Area 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Don Stewart Incumbent |
37.25% | 18,277 |
| Dee Santos Incumbent |
32.67% | 16,028 |
| Karen Campbell Bright | 29.51% | 14,477 |
| Write-in votes | 0.58% | 283 |
| Total Votes | 49,065 | |
| Source: San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder, "2016 Consolidated General Election - Final Official Election Results," accessed December 5, 2016 | ||
Candidates
| Dee Santos
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Don Stewart
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: California elections, 2016
The district's school board election shared the ballot with a bond measure for the school district, a number of statewide ballot measures, and elections for the following offices:[7][8]
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Key deadlines
The following dates were key deadlines for California school board elections in 2016:[9][10]
| Deadline | Event |
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| August 1, 2016 | Semi-annual campaign finance report due |
| August 10, 2016 - November 8, 2016 | 24-hour campaign contribution reporting period |
| August 12, 2016 | Candidate filing deadline |
| August 17, 2016 | Extended filing deadline for non-incumbent candidates for open seats |
| September 29, 2016 | First pre-election campaign finance report due |
| October 24, 2016 | Voter registration deadline |
| October 27, 2016 | Second pre-election campaign finance report due |
| November 8, 2016 | Election Day |
| January 31, 2017 | Semi-annual campaign finance report due |
Endorsements
The San Luis Obispo County Democratic Party, the Lucia Mar Unified Teachers Association, and the community organization Evolve endorsed incumbent Don Stewart and challenger Karen Campbell Bright.[11][12][13]
Do you know of an official or organization that endorsed a candidate in this race? Let Ballotpedia know by email at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Campaign finance
Candidates in this race were required to file two pre-election reports. The first was due on September 29, 2016, and the second was due on October 27, 2016. If candidates received more than $1,000 from a single source between August 10, 2016, and November 8, 2016, they had to file a campaign finance report within 24 hours of receiving the contribution.[10]
Candidates who did not raise or spend more than $2,000 on their campaigns had to file an exemption form by September 29, 2016. They did not have to file additional campaign finance reports.[10]
Candidates who had a remaining balance from previous campaigns or who had raised or spent money on their campaigns prior to the candidate filing deadline had to file a semi-annual campaign finance report by August 1, 2016. The next semi-annual campaign finance report was due January 31, 2017.[10]
Reports
Candidates received a total of $4,503.00 and spent a total of $4,503.00 in the election, according to the San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder.[14]
Dee Santos and Karen Campbell Bright filed an exemption form detailing they would not spend or receive more than $2,000 for this campaign. Because of this, they did not have to file additional campaign finance reports.[15]
| Candidate | Contributions | Expenditures | Cash on hand |
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| Don Stewart | $4,503.00 | $4,503.00 | $0.00 |
Past elections
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2014This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Trustee Area 1 incumbent Chad Robertson, Trustee Area 2 incumbents Colleen Martin and Mark Millis, and Trustee Area 3 incumbent Vern Dahl won re-election to four-year terms by default. Trustee Area 4 incumbent Don Stewart won re-election to a two-year term by default.[16] 2012
2010Trustee Area 1This election did not appear on the ballot due to lack of opposition. Newcomer Tiffany Alcantara won the Trustee Area 1 seat by default.[17] Trustee Area 2
Trustee Area 3
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What was at stake?
2016
Issues in the election
Measure I
In addition to choosing two candidates to represent Trustee Area 4 on the Lucia Mar Unified School District Board of Education, citizens of the school district voted on Measure I on November 8, 2016. The measure asked for $170 million in bonds to upgrade and repair the school district's facilities and required a 55 percent majority to pass. It was approved with over 63 percent of the vote.[18][19][20] The measure appeared on the ballot as follows:
| “ | To repair and modernize aging classrooms and facilities with funding that cannot be taken by the State, repair deteriorating roofs, plumbing/ electrical systems, improve student safety and campus security, construct, acquire, repair classrooms, sites, facilities/ equipment, upgrade classrooms/ science labs/ career/ vocational facilities and computer systems to keep pace with technology, shall Lucia Mar Unified School District issue $170,000,000 in bonds at legal rates, with independent audits, citizen oversight, no money for administrator salaries, and all money staying local?[21] | ” |
| —Lucia Mar Unified School District (2016)[19] | ||
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About the district
The Lucia Mar Unified School District is located in San Luis Obispo County in southwestern California. The county seat is San Luis Obispo. San Luis Obispo County was home to an estimated 281,401 residents between 2010 and 2015, according to the United States Census Bureau.[22] The district was the 153rd-largest school district in the state in the 2013–2014 school year and served 10,634 students.[23]
Demographics
San Luis Obispo County outperformed compared to California as a whole in terms of higher education achievement from 2010 to 2014. The United States Census Bureau found that 32.1 percent of county residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree, compared to 31 percent of state residents. The median household income for San Luis Obispo County was $59,454, compared to $61,489 for the entire state. The percentage of people in poverty in the county was 14.5 percent, while it was 16.4 percent statewide.[22]
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Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.
Recent news
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See also
| Lucia Mar Unified School District | California | School Boards |
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder, "November 8, 2016 Presidential General Election: List Of Candidates As Of 8/12/2016," accessed August 14, 2016
- ↑ San Luis Obispo County, "2016 Consolidated General Election - Final Unofficial Election Night Results," accessed November 9, 2016
- ↑ Lucia Mar Unified School District, "Board of Education," accessed July 25, 2016
- ↑ California Elections Code, “Part 5, Section 10600-10604: School District And Community College District Governing Board Elections,” accessed June 15, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "Voter Registration," accessed June 13, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "California Online Voter Registration," accessed June 13, 2016
- ↑ San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder, "November 8, 2016 General Election: List of Candidates as of 8/18/2016," accessed September 26, 2016
- ↑ San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder, "November 8, 2016 Presidential General Election: Election Information," accessed September 26, 2016
- ↑ California Secretary of State, "November 8, 2016, General Election Calendar," accessed July 27, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 California Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 8, 2016," accessed July 27, 2016
- ↑ San Luis Obispo County Democratic Party, "Endorsements," accessed October 17, 2016
- ↑ Abbey Smith, “Email communication with Donna Kandel, President of the Lucia Mar Unified Teachers Association," September 19, 2016
- ↑ Evolve, "Endorsements: November 8, 2016 General Election," accessed October 13, 2016
- ↑ San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder, "County of San Luis Obispo Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure," accessed February 24, 2017
- ↑ California Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 8, 2016," accessed September 30, 2016
- ↑ San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder, "November 4, 2014 General Election Final List of Candidates," accessed August 21, 2014
- ↑ San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder, "November 2, 2010, General Election List of Candidates," accessed October 7, 2014
- ↑ Lucia Mar Unified School District, "Information on Measure I," accessed November 2, 2016
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder, "San Luis Obispo Council of Governments Retail Transaction Tax Measure J-16: Notice Calling for Arguments," accessed November 2, 2016
- ↑ San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder, "November 8, 2016 Presidential General Election Final Unofficial Election Night Results," accessed November 14, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 United States Census Bureau, "San Luis Obispo County, California," accessed July 25, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 16, 2015
- ↑ San Luis Obispo County Clerk-Recorder, "Past Election," accessed July 24, 2014
| 2016 Lucia Mar Unified School District Elections | |
| San Luis Obispo County, California | |
| Election date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Candidates: | Trustee Area 2: • Incumbent, Vicki Meagher Trustee Area 4: • Incumbent, Dee Santos • Incumbent, Don Stewart • Karen Campbell Bright |
| Important information: | What was at stake? • Additional elections on the ballot • Key deadlines |
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