Candidate Filing Opening for Those Wishing to Serve on Local School and Airport Boards
The opportunity to serve the Orcutt community on several elected boards of trustees will open for candidate filing beginning on July 15 and will run through August 9. The period extends until August 14 if an incumbent does not file to run for reelection. A person must be registered to vote and reside in the trustee area that he or she wishes to represent.
In Orcutt, several positions on the five-member boards of the Orcutt Union School District, the Santa Maria Joint Union High School
District, and the Santa Maria Airport District will be open.
In the Orcutt Union School District, trustee area 1, currently represented by Liz Phillips, and trustee area 2, held by Lisa Morinini, will be open. Trustee area 1 includes the area of the Lake Marie homes east of Highway 101 and southerly including the Rice Ranch homes south of Rice Ranch Road and the homes in Elkhorn and Southpoint.
Trustee area 2 is approximately between Lakeview Road east to Bradley Road plus areas near Ralph Dunlap School and St. Louis De Montfort Church.
For the precise boundary lines, check the Orcutt Union School District's website or contact the district office.
In the Santa Maria Joint Union High School District, which governs Righetti in Orcutt plus Santa Maria, Delta and Pioneer Valley high schools, trustee area 1, currently held by Jack Garvin, and trustee area 3, represented by Alma Hernandez, will be up for election.
Trustee area 1 stretches from the Santa Maria River on the northside of Santa Maria, east to Highway 101 down to southern Santa Maria-northern Orcutt area.
Trustee area 3 includes the area from Miller Street and Blosser Road east to Highway 101 down to Lakeview Road.
For precise boundaries, contact the high school district office and view the website.
The five member Santa Maria Airport District also has three of five seats open for the November election. Two of those districts stretch into Orcutt. Trustee area 3, currently held by Steve Brown, runs south of Betteravia, east to Bradley Road. and southerly to about Waller Park. Trustee area 5, represented by Dave Baskett, covers much of southern Orcutt except for homes between Union Valley Parkway and Clark Avenue.
For the precise boundary lines, check the airport district’s website or contact the Santa Maria Airport District office.
Beginning July 15, those interested in running for office can visit the Santa Barbara County Elections Office website at sbcvote.com to register as a candidate and be issued candidate filing forms online. After printing and completing the forms, candidates then go back to the website to set up an in-person appointment to file the necessary paperwork. The candidate filing guide is available at the Elections Office website, sbcvote.com.
The north county branch of the Elections Office is located at 511 E. Lakeside Parkway, Suite 134.
This year’s November 5th election will offer voters not only an opportunity to vote for the nation’s chief executive, but scores of statewide and local candidates will vie for votes. Also, initiative measures and bond proposals will be on the ballot.
Steve Southwick reporting