Skyy Fisher
Skyy Fisher was an at-large member of the Compton Unified School District school board in California. Fisher assumed office in 2011. Fisher left office in 2015.
Fisher ran for election to the Compton Community College District to represent Trustee Area 1 in California. Fisher lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Fisher was an at-large representative on the Compton Unified Board of Education. He was first elected to the board on November 8, 2011, and served until December 2015.[1] Fisher sought another term in the general election on November 3, 2015.[2] He lost the election.[3] Though Fisher was involved with the Democratic Party, his position on the Compton Unified Board of Education was nonpartisan.
Fisher was on trial for a felony charge involving a sex act at the time of the election. Parents, community members and community organizations called for his resignation, but he did not step down from his position on the board.[4][5]
Biography
Fisher was first elected to the board at the age of 28, which made him the youngest African-American elected official in Los Angeles County and Southern California. He was born in Compton and graduated from the Compton Unified School District. Fisher earned a bachelor's degree from California State University at Dominguez Hills. He is the communications manager for the Engineers and Architects Association. His previous work experience includes serving as a union representative for the American Federation of Teachers, as executive director of Hub City Arts Collective, as a union representative and organizer for the Service Employees International Union and as a city council assistant for the City of Compton.[1][6]
In addition to serving on the board, Fisher is a volunteer youth mentor with the Foster and Kinship Care Education Program. He has also been involved with the Democratic Party, serving as a delegate for the California State Democratic Party, as chair of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party, as founder and president of the New Wave Democratic Club and as a member of the Gardena Valley Democratic Club.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Municipal elections in Los Angeles County, California (2022)
General election
General election for Compton Community College District Trustee Area 1
Incumbent Andres Ramos defeated Anthony Perry and Skyy Fisher in the general election for Compton Community College District Trustee Area 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andres Ramos (Nonpartisan)  | 52.6 | 2,922 |
 | Anthony Perry (Nonpartisan) | 29.8 | 1,655 | |
 | Skyy Fisher (Nonpartisan) | 17.7 | 983 | |
| Total votes: 5,560 | |||
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2015
Three of the seven seats on the Compton Unified School District Board of Education were up for general election on November 3, 2015.[7] Incumbents Micah Ali and Skyy Fisher sought re-election to their seats. Incumbent Emma Sharif did not file to run for re-election, leaving a seat open to a newcomer. In their bids for re-election, Ali and Fisher faced 18 challengers: Richard Alatorre, Lizette Arevalo, Barbara Calhoun, Charles Davis, Arturo Frazier, Maria Hechavarria, Carol Jordan, Justine Landeros, Jolena Lomax, Janette Mora, Sandra Moss, Francisco Orozco, Diana Padilla, Denzell Perry, Gregory Pitts, Jerry Randle, Kim Smith, and Omar Spry.[2][8] Arevalo and Orozco ran together as a slate.[9]
Ali, Davis, and Moss won the election. Davis was already a member of the Compton Unified Board of Education. His term was not supposed to be up for election again until 2017, but due to the at-large election process, he was able to run early. His election to a different term left a vacancy on the board.[3][10]
Marketta Martin initially filed as a candidate, but she withdrew from the election.[11]
Results
| Compton Unified School District, At-large, General Election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Micah Ali Incumbent |
15.7% | 2,282 |
| Charles Davis |
9.7% | 1,412 |
| Sandra Moss |
8.3% | 1,204 |
| Gregory Pitts | 7.2% | 1,049 |
| Carol Jordan | 7.0% | 1,021 |
| Barbara Calhoun | 6.6% | 960 |
| Richard Alatorre | 6.4% | 932 |
| Jerry Randle | 5.5% | 795 |
| Skyy Fisher Incumbent | 4.4% | 637 |
| Arturo Frazier | 4.2% | 612 |
| Francisco Orozco | 4.2% | 602 |
| Lizette Arevalo | 3.8% | 547 |
| Diana Padilla | 3.2% | 466 |
| Kim Smith | 3.2% | 457 |
| Omar Spry | 2.7% | 387 |
| Justine Landeros | 2.3% | 331 |
| Denzell Perry | 1.8% | 258 |
| Maria Hechavarria | 1.7% | 242 |
| Janette Mora | 1.1% | 161 |
| Jolena Lomax | 0.9% | 135 |
| Total Votes | 14,490 | |
| Source: Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 24, 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]
The first campaign finance reporting deadline was September 24, 2015, and the second one was October 22, 2015. If candidates raised or spent more than $1,000 from a single source, including their own funds, between August 5, 2015, and November 2, 2015, they had to file a campaign finance report within 24 hours.[15]
If you have any information regarding the campaign finance disclosures in this race, please contact the school board elections team at editor@ballotpedia.org.
Endorsements
Fisher received no official endorsements in this election.
2011
| Compton Unified School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2011 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan | Micah Ali Incumbent |
19.7% | 2,323 | |
| Nonpartisan | Emma Sharif |
11.9% | 1,401 | |
| Nonpartisan | Skyy Fisher |
11.6% | 1,369 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joel Estrada | 8.4% | 998 | |
| Nonpartisan | Enelida Alvarez | 7.9% | 928 | |
| Nonpartisan | Joseph L. Lewis | 7.6% | 901 | |
| Nonpartisan | Otha Ray Scott | 6% | 709 | |
| Nonpartisan | Willie Dewitt Carson | 5.8% | 684 | |
| Nonpartisan | Carolyn Patterson Stokes | 5.4% | 639 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rodolfo Enriquez | 5.3% | 632 | |
| Nonpartisan | Latanya Hall-Ganter | 5.3% | 623 | |
| Nonpartisan | Donna Hefflin | 5.2% | 609 | |
| Total Votes | 11,816 | |||
| Source: Smart Voter.org, "Governing Board Member; Compton Unified School District Voter Information" accessed September 12, 2013 | ||||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Skyy Fisher did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Compton Unified School District, "Skyy D. Fisher Biography," accessed September 15, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Los Angeles County, California, "Candidate List," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "NOVEMBER 03, 2015 - LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATED ELECTIONS: Semi-Final Official Election Returns," accessed November 4, 2015
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- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, “2015 Scheduled Elections,” accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ Compton Unified School District, "Board Members," accessed January 27, 2015
- ↑ A Better Compton, "Your Candidates for a Better Compton School District," accessed October 15, 2015
- ↑ Abbey Smith, "Phone communication with Charles Davis," October 20, 2015
- ↑ Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, "Final List of Qualified Candidates," September 1, 2015
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 3, 2015," accessed August 5, 2015
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