Anaheim Union High School District elections (2014)

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2014 Anaheim Union High School District Elections

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General Election date:
November 4, 2014
Table of Contents
About the district
Method of election
Elections
What was at stake?
Key deadlines
Additional elections
External links
See also
California
Anaheim Union High School District
Orange County, California ballot measures
Local ballot measures, California

Three seats on the Anaheim Union High School District Board of Trustees were up for general election on November 4, 2014. Incumbents from Trustee Areas 1, 2 and 5 were up for re-election.[1][2] Trustee Area 1 incumbent Al Jabbar defeated challengers Maureen Christensen and Linda Lobatos, and incumbent Annemarie Randle-Trejo defeated challengers Eleazar Elizondo, Thomas "Hoagy" Holguin and Roberto "Robert" Baeza for the Trustee Area 2 seat. Incumbent Anna L. Piercy ran unopposed and won re-election to the Trustee Area 5 seat. [3]

This was the first year board members were elected by trustee area. Prior to 2014, the Anaheim Union High School District elected its members in at-large elections.

## Contents

* 1 About the district
* 1.1 Demographics
* 2 Method of school board selection
* 3 Elections
* 3.1 2014
* 3.1.1 Candidates
* 4 Trustee Area 1
* 5 Trustee Area 2
* 6 Trustee Area 5
* 6.1 Election Results
* 6.1.1 Trustee Area 1
* 6.1.2 Trustee Area 2
* 6.1.3 Trustee Area 5
* 6.2 Endorsements
* 6.3 Campaign finance
* 6.3.1 Reports
* 6.4 Past elections
* 6.4.1 2012
* 6.4.2 2010
* 6.5 What was at stake?
* 6.5.1 Issues in the district
* 6.5.1.1 $249 million bond measure
* 6.6 Key deadlines
* 6.7 Additional elections on the ballot
* 6.8 Recent news
* 6.9 See also
* 6.10 External links
* 6.11 Footnotes

## About the district[edit]

See also: Anaheim Union High School District, California

Anaheim Union High School District is located in Orange County, California.

Anaheim Union High School District is located in Orange County, California. The county seat of Orange County is Santa Ana. Orange County was home to 3,114,363 residents in 2013, according to the United States Census Bureau.[4] In the 2011-2012 school year, Anaheim Union High School District was the 25th-largest school district by enrollment in California and served 32,704 students.[5]

### Demographics[edit]

Orange County outperformed the rest of California in terms of education achievement in 2012. The United States Census Bureau found that 36.6 percent of Orange County residents aged 25 years and older had attained a bachelor's degree compared to 30.5 percent for California as a whole. The median household income for Orange County was $75,566 compared to $61,400 for the entire state. The percentage of people below poverty level for Orange County was 11.7 percent compared to 15.3 percent statewide.[4]

|  Racial Demographics, 2013[4]

Race  | Orange County (%)  | California (%)
White | 74.1 | 73.5
Black or African American | 2.1 | 6.6
American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1 | 1.7
Asian | 19.2 | 14.1
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 0.4 | 0.5
Two or more races | 3.2 | 3.7
Hispanic or Latino | 34.2 | 38.4

|  Presidential Voting Pattern, Orange County[6]

Year  | Democratic Vote  | Republican Vote
2012 | 512,440 | 582,332
2008 | 549,558 | 579,064
2004 | 419,239 | 641,832
2000 | 391,819 | 541,299

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.

## Method of school board selection[edit]

The Anaheim Union High School District Board of Trustees consists of five members elected to four-year terms by specific geographic areas. There was no primary election, and the general election was held November 4, 2014. The seats from Trustee Areas 1, 2 and 5 were up for election in 2014, and the seats from Trustee Areas 3 and 4 were up for election in 2016.[1][3][7]

To get on the ballot, school board candidates had to file a Candidate Information Statement and a Declaration of Candidacy with the Orange County Registrar of Voters during the nomination period, which began July 14, 2014, and ended August 8, 2014. If candidates wanted to have a ballot designation, they had to also file a Ballot Designation Worksheet.[7][8]

Voters had to register to vote by October 20, 2014, in order to vote in the general election. To vote by mail, voters had to file applications with the Orange County Registrar of Voters by October 28, 2014.[8]

## Elections[edit]

### 2014[edit]

#### Candidates[edit]

# Trustee Area 1[edit]

* Al Jabbar
* Incumbent
* Graduate, Cypress College, California State University at Fullerton and California State University at Long Beach
* Correctional Health Services program supervisor, Health Care Agency of Orange County
* Maureen Christensen
* Linda Lobatos
* Community liaison

# Trustee Area 2[edit]

* Annemarie Randle-Trejo
* Incumbent
* Educator, Anaheim City School District
* Eleazar Elizondo
* Business owner
* Coach
* Thomas "Hoagy" Holguin
* General contractor
* Business owner
* Roberto "Robert" Baeza
* Educator

# Trustee Area 5[edit]

* Anna L. Piercy
* Incumbent
* Graduate, California State University at Long Beach
* Retired educator, Anaheim Union High School District

#### Election Results[edit]

##### Trustee Area 1[edit]

Anaheim Union High School District,
Trustee Area 1 General Election, 4-year term, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Nonpartisan  | Al Jabbar Incumbent | 49.4% | 3,365
| Nonpartisan  |  Maureen Christensen | 28.2% | 1,921
| Nonpartisan  |  Linda Lobatos | 22.3% | 1,521
Total Votes | 6,807
Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "General Election Results," accessed December 19, 2014

##### Trustee Area 2[edit]

Anaheim Union High School District,
Trustee Area 2 General Election, 4-year term, 2014 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Nonpartisan  | Annemarie Randle-Trejo Incumbent | 38.1% | 2,967
| Nonpartisan  |  Thomas "Hoagy" Holguin | 31.8% | 2,478
| Nonpartisan  |  Roberto "Robert" Baeza | 19.7% | 1,535
| Nonpartisan  |  Eleazar Elizondo | 10.4% | 810
Total Votes | 7,790
Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "General Election Results," accessed December 19, 2014

##### Trustee Area 5[edit]

This election was canceled due to lack of opposition. Incumbent Anna L. Piercy won re-election by default.[9]

#### Endorsements[edit]

The Anaheim Secondary Teachers Association endorsed incumbents Al Jabbar, Annemarie Randle-Trejo and Anna L. Piercy.[10] The Democratic Party of Orange County endorsed Jabbar, and the California Republican Assembly endorsed challengers Thomas "Hoagy" Holguin and Maureen Christensen.[11][12] Jabbar and Randle-Trejo were also endorsed by the Orange County Labor Federation.[13]

State Senator Lou Correa (D) endorsed Jabbar, Randle-Trejo and Christensen. State Assembly member Sharon Quirk-Silva (D) also endorsed Jabbar and Randle-Trejo.[14][15]

Jabbar also received endorsements from the Orange County Employees Association and from Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D).[14] Randle-Trejo also received the endorsement of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.[15] Christensen was additionally endorsed by the Conservative Republicans of California and by State Senator Bob Huff (R).[16][17]

#### Campaign finance[edit]

Candidates had to file contribution reports within 24 hours of receiving an aggregate total of $1,000 or more from a single source. The first scheduled pre-election report filing deadline was October 6, 2014. If candidates raised or spent less than $1,000 during the 2013 and 2014 calendar years, they had to file Form 470 at that time. If candidates raised or spent more during that time, they had to file Form 460 by the pre-election report filing deadline.[18]

Candidates required to file Form 460 also had to file a second pre-election report on October 23, 2014, and they had to file termination reports by December 31, 2014. If a termination report was not filed, candidates had to file a semi-annual report by February 2, 2015.[18]

##### Reports[edit]

The Orange County Registrar of Voters does not publish and freely disclose school board candidate campaign finance reports that were filed by paper in their office. Ballotpedia staffers directly requested this information, but the municipal office refused those requests to make that information public.

### Past elections[edit]

Information about earlier elections can be found by clicking [show] at the right.

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#### 2012

Anaheim Union High School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2012 | Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Nonpartisan  | Katherine H. Smith Incumbent | 31.9% | 44,204
| Nonpartisan  | Brian O'Neal Incumbent | 28.2% | 39,159
| Nonpartisan  |  Thomas "Hoagy" Holguin | 23.1% | 32,106
| Nonpartisan  |  Gerald C. Adams  | 16.8% | 23,292
Total Votes | 138,761
Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Election Results Archive: 2012 General Election," accessed July 11, 2014

Anaheim Union High School District, At-Large General Election, 2-year term, 2012 Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes

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| Nonpartisan  | Annemarie Randle-Trejo Incumbent | 50.8% | 40,516
| Nonpartisan  |  Vernon F. Beckett  | 30.6% | 24,423
| Nonpartisan  |  Thomas Peters  | 18.5% | 14,778
Total Votes | 79,717
Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Election Results Archive: 2012 General Election," accessed July 11, 2014

#### 2010

Anaheim Union High School District, At-Large General Election, 4-year term, 2010

Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes
| Nonpartisan  | Jordan Brandman Incumbent | 26.7% | 38,517
| Nonpartisan  | Anna L. Piercy Incumbent | 24.3% | 35,144
| Nonpartisan  | Jan Domene | 17.5% | 25,289
| Nonpartisan  |  Vernon F. Beckett  | 16.5% | 23,845
| Nonpartisan  |  Jose Luis "Joe" Moreno  | 15% | 21,646
Total Votes | 144,441
Source: Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Election Results Archive: 2010 General Election," accessed September 15, 2014

## What was at stake?

### Issues in the district[edit]

#### $249 million bond measure[edit]

See also: Anaheim Union High School District Bond Proposition, Measure H (November 2014)

After delaying a week to avoid a possible violation to the California Open Meeting Act, the Anaheim Union School District Board of Trustees voted 4-1 on July 17, 2014, to put a $249 million bond measure before voters in the November general election. The bond measure aimed to update 19 schools within the district for safety purposes and classroom upgrades that were identified in a report the board received in June 2014. If approved, the schools would receive new technology and desks within two years and have the possibility of receiving newly constructed classrooms after that. The 25-year bond measure would require property owners to pay $29 annually per $100,000 of assessed value, but it would not cover the entire cost of the updates identified in the report. For that, more bond measures will have to be approved. The lone dissenting vote to put the bond measure before voters came from board member Katherine Smith, who believed the measure's money should only target improving existing schools rather than acquiring new land or buildings for expansion, which the measure allows the board to do if necessary.[19][20] The full bond measure can be found here.

On July 10, 2014, the day the board intended to vote on the bond measure, the board voted to delay the decision due to a possible violation to the California Open Meeting Act. The act requires meeting agendas be available to the public 72 hours before the meeting is scheduled and that any documents made available to the board are also made available to the public. The documents outlining the details of the bond measure were not ready at the time of printing, and though they were later added, they came at the end of a 241-page document. An additional document outlining the tax details related to the bond measure was only available at the meeting. Though this was the same time the board members were given the document, which complies with the open meeting act, Jeff Riel, legal counsel for the district, advised the board to act in caution and delay the vote. The decision to do so gave the district time to make all the materials available to the board and the public in a more organized manner.[19]

A 55 percent supermajority was needed to pass the measure in the general election on November 4, 2014. It passed with over 57 percent voter approval.[21]

## Key deadlines[edit]

The following dates were key deadlines for the Anaheim Union High School District election in 2014:[8][18]

Deadline  | Event

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July 14, 2014 | First day for candidates to file nomination documents
August 8, 2014 | Last day for candidates to file nomination documents
October 6, 2014 | First day to request vote-by-mail ballot
October 6, 2014 | First pre-election report due
October 20, 2014 | Last day to register to vote
October 23, 2014 | Second pre-election report due
October 28, 2014 | Last day to request vote-by-mail ballot
November 4, 2014 | Election Day
December 31, 2014 | Termination report due
February 2, 2015 | Semi-annual report due

## Additional elections on the ballot[edit]

See also: California elections, 2014

This election shared the ballot with general elections for seven U.S. House seats, several state executive offices, three state Senate seats and seven state Assembly seats. It also shared the ballot with a number of other school board elections, municipal elections and a $249 million bond measure aimed at updating 19 schools within the district.[22][23] Two countywide ballot measures and one measure for the Anaheim Union High School District were also on the November 4, 2014 general election ballot.[24]

## Recent news[edit]

This section links to a Google news search for the term "Anaheim + Union + High + School + District + California"

Anaheim Union High School District News Feed

## See also[edit]

* California
* Anaheim Union High School District, California
* California school board elections, 2014
* List of school board elections in 2014
* School board elections, 2014
* Orange County, California ballot measures
* California ballot measures

## External links[edit]

* Anaheim Union High School District
* Orange County Registrar of Voters

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Anaheim Union High School District, "Meet the Board of Trustees," accessed July 11, 2014
2. ↑ Orange Union High School District, "Election Results Archives: 2012 General Election," accessed July 11, 2014
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Contest/Candidate Proof List General Election 2014," accessed August 18, 2014
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 United States Census Bureau, "Orange County, California," accessed July 11, 2014
5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed April 22, 2014
6. ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Election Results Archive," accessed July 11, 2014
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Running for Office General Qualifications and Campaign Finance: Member, High School District," accessed July 11, 2014
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Orange County Registrar of Voters, "November 4, 2014 General Election Calendar," accessed July 11, 2014
9. ↑ California Election Code, "Section 10229," accessed October 13, 2014
10. ↑ California Teachers Association, "CTA Locally Endorsed Candidates as of 10/4/14," accessed October 20, 2014
11. ↑ Democratic Party of Orange County, "Endorsements," accessed October 20, 2014
12. ↑ California Republican Assembly, "2014 Election Endorsements," accessed October 20, 2014
13. ↑ Orange County Labor Federation, "Committee On Political Education (COPE) Endorsements November 2014 Elections," accessed October 20, 2014
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Al Jabbar for Trustee Anaheim Union High School District, "Supporters," accessed October 20, 2014
15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Re-elect Board Trustee Annemarie Randle-Trejo, "Endorsements," accessed October 20, 2014
16. ↑ Conservative Republicans of California, "Endorsements," accessed October 20, 2014
17. ↑ Maureen Christensen for AUHSD School Board 2014, "Endorsements," accessed October 20, 2014
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Fair Political Practices Commission, "Filing Schedule for Candidates and Controlled Committees for Local Office Being Voted on November 4, 2014," accessed August 19, 2014
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Voice of OC, "Anaheim School Board Delays Bond Vote Over Brown Act Concerns," July 11, 2014
20. ↑ Orange County Register, "Voters set to decide on Anaheim Union bond measure," July 17, 2014
21. ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Unofficial Results for Election ," accessed November 7, 2014
22. ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "What's on the November 2014 General Election Ballot," accessed July 11, 2014
23. ↑ ENR California, "Voters Set to Decide on $249M Anaheim Union Bond Measure," July 18, 2014
24. ↑ Orange County Registrar of Voters, "Measures," accessed September 2, 2014

2014 Anaheim Union High School District Elections

Orange County, California
Election date:| November 4, 2014
Candidates:| Trustee Area 1: • Incumbent, Al Jabbar • Maureen Christensen • Linda Lobatos
Trustee Area 2: • Incumbent, Annemarie Randle-Trejo • Roberto "Robert" Baeza • Eleazar Elizondo • Thomas "Hoagy" Holguin
Trustee Area 5: • Incumbent, Anna L. Piercy
Important information:| What was at stake? • Key deadlines • Additional elections on the ballot

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