Marguerite Young
Marguerite Young is a member of the East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors in California, representing Ward 3. Young assumed office in 2014. Young's current term ends on December 31, 2026.
Young ran for re-election to the East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors to represent Ward 3 in California. Young won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Young completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Marguerite Young earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1980.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2022)
General election
General election for East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors Ward 3
Incumbent Marguerite Young defeated Mark Seedall in the general election for East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors Ward 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marguerite Young (Nonpartisan)  | 86.0 | 42,591 |
 | Mark Seedall (Nonpartisan) | 14.0 | 6,957 | |
| Total votes: 49,548 | |||
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Endorsements
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2018
See also: Municipal elections in Alameda County, California (2018)
General election
The general election was canceled. Marguerite Young (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Marguerite Young completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Young's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Because of my effectiveness I've been endorsed by the Ca Democratic Party, the Alameda and Contra Costa Labor Councils, the Sierra Club, the East Bay League of Conservation Voters, the Builiding Trades Councils of both Alameda and Contra Costa, all of the current members of the EBMUD Board, Senator Nancy Skinner, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier and many others.
I bring 40 plus years of experience as a water quality advocate, environmental activist and skilled organizer to my role, having served as Assistant Director of the SEIU Climate and Environmental Justice Program, as California Director of Clean Water Action and now as EBMUD Board member. I'm a UC Berkeley grad in Resource Economics, lifelong EBMUD Customer, and live in Oakland.- Make us more resilient in the face of droughts, Since being elected we have led the state in innovative approaches to address the droughts we’ve experienced over the past eight years. We've identifed environment-friendly water transfers and groundwater banking increased the use of recycled water for landscaping and industrial uses, imposed severe fines for water hogs, established a water waster hotlines, provided recognition for super savers, done aggressive promotion of water conservation incentives and education. Today we are in better shape to address this historic drought than most others in California.
- Keep our water safe and affordable for everyone -- Expanding our customer assistance program for low income customers, led in keeping the water on 24/7 during covid and PSPS. Ended shutoffs forever. Led on Human right to water. Ensured free lead testing and removal of lead service lines from schools and communities. Championed upgrades of our water treatment.
- Lead on Climate Action and Resource protection -- Acheieved wild and scenic status for the Mokelumne our source water, Champion for Bay Protection, won a commitment to be carbon neutral by 2030, Leading on fuels management in our watershed to reduce wildfire risk. Making sure our infrastructure is ready to last!
Protecting our environment and fighting climate change.
Making sure that communities have the resources they need to thrive, including making sure that we value our workforce and do our best to hire locally and promote opporunities.
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2018
Marguerite Young did not complete Ballotpedia's 2018 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors Ward 3 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 29, 2022
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