Top row, (l-r): Jeff Cole, Dee Perry, Cynthia Aguirre, Larry Dick, Peer Swan; bottom row: Al Jabbar, Kelly Rowe, Jim Moreno, Ida MacMurray, Margie Rice.
First: Here is the list of offices for which filing has been extended on what I call “AEIOU” (“Any Eligible Incumbent Opts to be Unseated”) grounds, when they didn’t file to run for re-election. The deadline for these races will be Wednesday at 5 p.m.:
CONTESTS THAT HAVE HAD THE CANDIDATE FILING EXTENDED:
- Brea Olinda Unified School District, Full Term
- Laguna Beach Unified School District
- Newport-Mesa USD Trustee Area 5
- Newport-Mesa USD Trustee Area 7
- Saddleback Valley Unified School District
- Fullerton Joint Union HS District, Trustee Area 4
- Buena Park School District, Trustee Area 1
- Buena Park School District, Trustee Area 2
- Buena Park School District, Trustee Area 5
- Centralia School District, Trustee Area 2
- Cypress School District, Trustee Area B
- Fullerton School District, Trustee Area 3
- Huntington Beach City School District
- La Habra City School District
- Lowell Joint School District, Trustee Area 1, Short Term
- Lowell Joint School District, Trustee Area 5
- Capistrano Bay Community Services District
- Surfside Colony Community Services District
- Three Arch Bay Community Services District
- Silverado-Modjeska Recreation and Park District
- Midway City Sanitary District
- Surfside Colony Storm Water Protection District
- Moulton Niguel Water District
- Santa Margarita Water District
- Buena Park Library District
- Santiago Geologic Hazard Abatement District
(Of course, if you’ve been following these posts, you already knew that these AEIOU extensions were coming.)
Now on to the list for NON-CITY COUNCIL RACES, final* for those that were NOT extended, with non-final AEIOU extensions marked in lime green:
*Non-extended races are “final” except for some candidates, listed in magenta, who seem to have finished filing, but which the Registrar of Voters has not yet certified as qualified.
School District Contests
Community College Districts
North Orange County Community College District
- Trustee Area 1 — Barbara Dunsheath (i), unopposed
- Trustee Area 3 — Steve Blount (i), unopposed
- Trustee Area 6 — Jeffrey Brown (i), Pao Ling Guo
Coast Community College District
- Trustee Area 1 — Jim Moreno (i), Dom Pham
- Trustee Area 5 — David A. Grant (i) unopposed
Rancho Santiago Community College District
- Trustee Area 2 — John Hanna (i) unopposed
- Trustee Area 4 — Larry Labrado (i), John Ortega
- Trustee Area 6 — Phil Yarbrough (i), Diane Singer
South Orange County Community College District
- Trustee Area 2 — TJ Prendergast (i) Newt Williams
- Trustee Area 4 — Terri Whitt (i), unopposed
- Trustee Area 5 — Marcia Milchiker (i), unopposed
Unified School Districts
Brea Olinda Unified School District, Full Term (2 seats)
— Nicole Colon (i) Carrie Flanders (i)
Brea Olinda Unified School District, Short Term (no incumbent)
— Jo Aceves, Joseph Covey, Steven Sewell, Keri Kropke
Capistrano Unified School District
- Trustee Area 4 — Martha McNicholas (i) (unopposed)
- Trustee Area 6 — Gila Jones (i)
- Trustee Area 7 — Judy Bullockus (i)
Garden Grove Unified School District
- Trustee Area 2 — Lan Quoc Nguyen (i)
- Trustee Area 4 — Bob Hardin (i), George Reis, Katelyn Brazer
Irvine Unified School District
- Trustee Area 2 — Sharon Wallin (i), Jean Anne Turner, Ilya Tseglin
- Trustee Area 4 — Ira Glasky (i)
Laguna Beach Unified School District (3 seats)
— Dee Namba Perry (i), Christine de Bretteville, Carol Normandin (i)
Los Alamitos Unified School District (2 seats); Marlys Davidson, Olaina Anderson, Connor Swan Smith, Jeffrey Barke (i) , Diana Hill
Newport-Mesa Unified School District
- Trustee Area 2 — Charlene Metoyer (i), Michelle Murphy
- Trustee Area 4 — Karen Yelsey (i), Gina Nick
- Trustee Area 5 — Kate Malouf (appears to have withdrawn and refiled), Michelle Barto
- Trustee Area 7 — Bertha Rodriguez, Ashley Anderson
Orange Unified School District
- Trustee Area 1 — Andrea Yamasaki (i), Sandra Angel
- Trustee Area 4 — Kathy Moffett (i), John Ferrentino
- Trustee Area 5 — Tim Surridge (i), Kris Erickson
- Trustee Area 7 — Rick Ledesma (i), Steve Rocco, Sean Griffin
Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
- Trustee Area 4 — Karin Freeman (i) (unopposed)
- Trustee Area 5 — Carrie Buck (i) (unopposed)
Saddleback Valley Unified School District (two seats)
— Dennis Walsh (i), Dan Walsh, Greg Kunath, Barbara Schulman
Santa Ana Unified School District (two seats)
John Palacio (i), Valerie Amezcua (i), Art Pedroza, Cecilia Aguinaga, Angie Cano
Rowland Unified School District (three seats)
Cary Chen (i), Angelena Pride (i), Lynne Ebenkamp (i) (all unopposed)
Tustin Unified School District
- Trustee Area 3 — Lynne Davis (i) (unopposed)
- Trustee Area 5 — Jonathan Abelove (i), Elias Tefere
Union High School Districts
Anaheim Union High School District
- Trustee Area 1 — Al Jabbar (i), Linda Lobatos
- Trustee Area 2 — Annemarie Randle-Trejo (i), Harald Martin, Joe “JoJo” Moreno
- Trustee Area 5 — Anna Piercy (i), Vernon Beckett
Fullerton Joint Union High School District
- Trustee Area 1 (no incumbent, so no AEIOU) — Chester Jeng, Regina Cuadra
- Trustee Area 4 — Robert Oates, Lauren Klatzker, Nathan Vestri
- Trustee Area 5 — Marilyn Buchi (i), Bridget Donoghue Vornholt
Huntington Beach Union High School District (3 seats)
- Bonnie Castrey (i), Duane Dishno (i), Diane Carey, Saul Edward Langster, Martin Salgado
Elementary School Districts
Anaheim Elementary School District
- Trustee Area 2 — Jeff Cole (i), Juan Gabriel Alvarez
- Trustee Area 4 — [incumbent D.R. Heywood did not complete finding; I’m not sure why this wasn’t extended]
- Trustee Area 5 — Ryan Ruelas; Shaun Dove
Buena Park School District
- Trustee Area 1 — Rhodia Shead, Joe Pak
- Trustee Area 2 — Jason Chong
- Trustee Area 5 — Jerry Frutos (has not completed filing)
Centralia School District
- Trustee Area 1 — Henry Chareon (i)
- Trustee Area 2 — Art Montez (i) [a second incumbent didn’t file]
- Trustee Area 5 — Jerry Flores
Cypress School District
- Trustee Area B — Bonnie Peat
- Trustee Area C — Sandra Lee (i)
- Trustee Area D — Linda Sondhi (i)
Fountain Valley School District (3 seats) — Jim Cunneen (i), Sandra Crandall (i), Lisa Schultz (i), Jennifer Weimer
Fullerton School District
- Trustee Area 1 — (no incumbent); Aaruni Thakur
- Trustee Area 3 — Beverly Berryman (i), Jennifer Harris
- Trustee Area 4 — Janice Catlin Meyer (i), Shana Charles
Huntington Beach City School District (three seats) — Susan Kowalke (i), Paul Morrow (i), Karrie Burroughs; Diana Marks, Jennifer Hayden
La Habra City School District (three seats, one incumbent hasn’t taken out papers) — Ida MacMurray (i), Cynthia Aguirre (i). Adam Rogers
Lowell Joint School District
- Trustee Area 1 — Melissa Salinas
- Trustee Area 2 — Bill Hinz (i), Primo Castro
- Trustee Area 4 — Esther Evangelista, Karen Shaw
- Trustee Area 5 — Anastasia Shackleford (i) [listed as extended, seemingly in error; also listed as “not on ballot”]
Magnolia School District
- Trustee Area 1 — Barbara Quintana (i)
- Trustee Area 2 — Esther Wallace (i)
- Trustee Area 5 — Gary Shields (i)
Ocean View School District (three seats)
— John Briscoe (i), Alejandra Patricia Singer (i), Jack Souders (i), Kate Holmes, Gracey Van Der Mark
Savanna School District (three seats)
— John Shook (i), Edward Erdtsieck (i), Linda Weinstock (i)
Westminster School District
- Trustee Area 2 (no incumbent) — Xavier Nguyen, Virginia Torres, Elena Cervantez
- Trustee Area 3 — Khanh Nguyen (i)
- Trustee Area 5 — Penny Loomer (i); Jeremy Khalaf
Special District Contests
Community Services Districts
Capistrano Bay Community Services District 3 seats, 1 incumbent hasn’t taken out papers — Mike Haack (i), Charlotte Bloom, Ardeshir Irani, Robert Bancroft, Kurtis Breeding (i), Patrick McNulty
Emerald Bay Service District — all three incumbents are re-elected
Rossmoor Community Services District — Two seats open. Mark Nitikman (i), Bill Kahlert (i)
Surfside Colony Community Services District — (Four seats) Karen Johnson (i), Paul Mesmer (i), Gayle Winnen (i)
Three Arch Bay Community Services District — NO ONE HAS FILED FOR ANY POSITION IN THREE ARCH BAY! LET’S ALL RENT A ROOM THERE TOGETHER AND TAKE IT OVER! (Note: Don’t tell them!)
Sanitary, Recreation, and Stormwater Districts
Serrano Water District
- Division 1 — Brad Reese (i) is currently unopposed for this seat.
- Division 4 — Frank Bryant (i) is currently unopposed for this seat.
Silverado-Modjeska Recreation and Park District (three seats open)
Kevin Topp (i), Anjan Purohit, Isabel Mayer Kerins
Costa Mesa Sanitary District (three seats open)
Robert Ooten (i), Arlene Schafer (i), Mike Scheafer (i), David Snyder
Midway City Sanitary District (three seats open)
Frank Cobo (i), Margie Rice (i), Andrew Nguyen, Andy Quach; Sergio Contreras still has time to finish filing,
Sunset Beach Sanitary District
Josh Westfall (i), Bernard Hartmann (i)
Surfside Colony Storm Water Protection District
Three seats open — Donald Karich (i), Henry Viets (i)
El Toro Water District (two seats)
Kathryn Freshly (i), Frederick Adjarian (i), Mike Gaskins
Irvine Ranch Water District
Incumbents Doug Reinhart (i), “Peerless” Peer Swan, (i) Steven LaMar (i) Andrew Pollard. Suresh Gulaya, Richard Vanzini.
Moulton Niguel Water District (three seats open)
Donald Froelich (i), Bill Moorhead, Joel Bishop, Shari Wanninger
Santa Margarita Water District (two seats)
Saundra Frances Jacobs (i), Justin McCusker (i); Michelle Matsumoto could still finish filing.
East Orange County Water District (three seats open)
Richard Bell (i), John Dulebohn (i), George Murdoch
Rossmoor/Los Alamitos Area Sewer District (two seats open)
Linder Habermehl (i), Joel Rattner (i)
Mesa Consolidated Water District
- Division 3 — Marice DePasquale (i), Ryan James Ferryman.
- Division 4 — Jim Atkinson (i)
- Division 5 — Shawn Dewane (i), Anna Vrska
South Coast Water District (two seats)
Dennis Erdman (i), Bill Green (i), Markus Lenger
Trabuco Canyon Water District
Glenn Acosta (i), Edward Mandich (i), Michael Safranski
Yorba Linda Water District (three seats)
Al Nederhood (i), Phil Hawkins (i), Brooke Jones (i), Bob Kiley, Barbara Kiley
For these next two Boards, we’re going OCEAN INDIGO!
Orange County Water District
Division 1 — Dina Nguyen (i), Linda Zamora
Division 5 — No one opposed Steve Sheldon; this won’t be on the ballot
Division 7 — Shawn Dewane (i), Engineering Geologist/Hydrogeologist Kelly Rowe
MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT OF ORANGE COUNTY
- Division 1 — Brea, Buena Park, La Habra, La Palma, Placentia and Yorba Linda.
Division 1 — Brett Barbre (i), Greg Diamond
Division 2 — Larry Dick (i)
Division 5 — Sat Tamaribuchi (i)
Library and Geologic Hazard Abatement Districts
Buena Park Library District (two seats open)
Al Salehi (i), Richard Rams, Wendy-Kay Erdtsieck, Daniel Billings
Placentia Library District
Jo-Anne Martin (i), Al Shkoler (1) have both filed, are both on the ballot, and no one else is running against them so far, so this might be the last you hear of this race.
Santiago Geologic Hazard Abatement District (five seats)
Hari Shankar Lal (i), Dr. Richard Moyer
City Contests
(These … will be on a separate post.)
Hi there, Today was the deadline for filing for city council in Costa Mesa. The city is going to districts for the very first time so there would be no incumbents…..but look at this letter from the city clerk Brenda Green.
NOTICE OF EXTENDED FILING PERIOD – DISTRICT 3
CITY OF COSTA MESA GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 6, 2018
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the filing period for City Council District 3 has been extended 5 days to 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 because the incumbent did not file.
Interested residents are welcome to pick up Nomination Papers at the City Clerk’s office during this extended time period. The new deadline to file is Wednesday, August 15, 2018, 5:00 p.m. The Clerk’s office is open Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The General Municipal Election is November 6, 2018.
Brenda Green City Clerk August 10, 2018
I wonder if the corrupt city will be allowing Allan Mansoor to use the word incumbent on his ballot papers.
This should be more reason to get rid of Genis et al ASAP!!!!!
Here’s my best current understanding — and I’m not sure that there is a truly definitive answer:
I don’t know which incumbent Councilmember lives in District 3, and it could be more than one, but if that person was eligible to run for reelection and didn’t file, my understanding is that if the city has what I’ve been calling an “AEIOU” (for “Any Eligible Incumbebent Opts to be Unseated”) provision that triggers an extension if AEIOU, then this is the correct procedure. However, whoever could have filed and didn’t is not now eligible to file during this extension period.
Whether Mansoor can call himself the “incumbent” in District 5 is a separate matter. As an at-large Council representative, Mansoor has not been the incumbent in District 5, so he can’t call himself the incumbent. But he has been a “Costa Mesa City Councilmember,” so he can call himself that — which is what the analogously situation James Vanderbilt is doing in that city’s District 1. This strikes me as a pretty fair and elegant solution rather than anything corrupt.
Of course, if the Councilmember from District 3 isn’t eligible to call him or herself “incumbent” as a ballot designation, then it’s not clear why their failure to file would trigger the AEIOU law. This would probably be a pretty fair and ripe issue for litigation, if anyone cared to press the question.
I don’t see what Genis has to do with this, but you can probably explain.
I don’t think I’ve never seen anyone use the word incumbent on a ballot statement.
Oh, sorry. I missed your point.
BTW, what’s so bad about Genis? I was under the impression (reading these blog pages) that she was actually pretty good so far as councilcreatures go.
As I recall (with the caveats that come with that):
Democrats are pissed at Genis because she was the beneficiary of — and they think possibly co-conspirator in advance with — Jim Righeimer’s motion to remove Katrina Foley as Mayor halfway through her two year term. Riggy played on Foley having been high-handed and dismissive towards Genis in at least one instance.
The thinking at the time was that Riggy (who has been trying to cobble together a Council majority) just didn’t want Foley to be able to run for Mayor this year as an incumbent because it would give her an advantage over his likely candidate, Allan Mansoor — but the fact that it is Genis rather than Mansoor opposing Foley suggests to some that Genis has indeed drunk the Riggy Kool-Aid, which would be bad news for all that is good in the world.
While I’d have more confidence in Foley policywise, I’d not scared of Genis as Mayor *unless* she’s a catspaw for Riggy — in which case it does worry me. All I can say is that if Genis *does* become Costa Mesa’s first-ever directly elected Mayor, then — no matter how bitter this campaign against Foley becomes — she will have the decency and grace to, once in office, make peace with her enemy and NOT “dance with the one that brung her.”
But human nature, sadly, suggests expecting otherwise.
*Disappointing news from Goat Hill. They really need to bring down the old City Hall and Build a brand new one. You look under Corrupt in the Dictionary and you may find a few familiar photos! The desire to purchase Wi–Fi Amplifiier Antenna’s……should give everyone pause for contemplation. Who profits, who gets more campaign and re-election money and …and….wants NB and Surf City to follow suit? But then, no one looks into these things anymore…..it just considered “par for the course”!
It looks like they simply forgot to include Anaheim ESD Area 4 in their release, but spoke with someone at ROV who confirmed it was, in fact, extended.
Thanks. If you reached them on a weekend, you have madder skillz than I do!
If Anastasia Shackleford is indeed the incumbent there, and did indeed file, I still think that Lowell JSD Area 5 should not have been included on the list. This is said only in service of getting the correct information nailed down; OCROV, as ever, gets an amazing amount of information right an amazing proportion of the time. I am just occasionally in a position to pull back a stray thread.
Genis and Foley were buds how does politics change us?
Warp us into something else, someone else.
Sad.
Righeimer split them up. He proposed that since this was the last year ever of CM having an appointed Mayorship, they should give someone else a chance to serve in the last term. (This was not exactly a principled position on his party; he hates him some Foley.) I believe that he suggested (I think then-Vice Mayor)Genis — not theretofore his ally — for the last year. Foley (running for Mayor and wanting the ballot designation, took this theft of her last year of Mayorship very badly and considered it an absurd affront. It didn’t seem that way to Genis — who was thus manipulated into Riggy as Iago to run.
I said to a bunch of unappreciative Costa Mesa Democrats on Facebook that this was Foley’s error: she didn’t need the ballot designation and would probably be better positioned to run as Vice-Chair than for a third and fourth (or whateverth it was) consecutive year as Mayor.) But the real problem is that, when you’re in a coalition, you have to watch out for the sensibilities of your coalition partners — because sharp opponents will always be out to snatch them. Foley gave the impression that she was so qualified for the position that it was absurd for her to be asked to take a demotion even temporarily; Genis does not share her seeming opinion of Foley’s relative superiority. If Foley had said (given the previous weaker rotating Maupr role) “sure, Sandy — you’re welcome to be Mayor for the last year!” then I think she’d have avoided this formidable challenge. Sure, Mansoor might have run in that case, but I think that she preferred that to Genis with Riggy backing her. (Barack Obama once learned a similar lesson in humility when he ran for Congress.)
Of course, I haven’t seen Costa Mesa’s updates yet — maybe something changed on Friday.
For those with short memories, Anaheim’s Harald Martin:
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/aug/03/local/me-martin3
Now the new normal in the Trump Era.
Randle-Trejo is blessed in her enemies: this guy and JoJo Moreno! I think that she’s safe.