California Voting Rights Act
Update 01/18/2024
- Monday, January 29, 2024, 6:00 P.M. - Public Notice - Video
- Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 7:00 P.M. - Public Notice - Video
- Wednesday, February 21, 2024, 7:00 P.M. - Public Notice - Video
- Wednesday, March 6, 2024, 7:00 P.M. - Public Notice - Video
- Monday, March 11, 2024, 6:00 P.M. - San Joaquin County Committee Meeting
- Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 6:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. - District Office Board Room
- Education Committee - January 16, 2024, 6:30 P.M. - Professional Development Center, 265 E. Ramsey Dr., Mountain House, CA 95391
- Safety Committee - January 17, 2024, 3:45 P.M. - District Office Board Room
- District Advisory Committee - January 17, 2024, 6:15 P.M. - District Office Board Room
- Special Education Parent - January 23, 2024, 5:30 P.M. - Professional Development Center, 265 E. Ramsey Dr., Mountain House, CA 95391
- District English Learner Advisory Committee - January 25, 2024, 6:30 P.M. - District Office Board Room
- District Parent Advisory Committee - January 30, 2024, 6:30 P.M. - District Office Board Room
- Wellness Committee - February 14, 2024, 3:45 P.M. - District Office Board Room
DRAFT Area Maps - Posted 02/14/2024
Election Sequencing - Posted 02/14/2024
DRAFT Area Maps - Posted 01/31/2024
Election Sequencing - Posted 01/31/2024
Update 12/19/2023
The Lammersville Unified School District’s Governing Board has re-initiated the process to transition from at-large to by-trustee area elections.
The Lammersville Unified School District’s Governing Board is elected “at-large,” meaning that each Board member is elected by voters of the entire District. Public agencies throughout California have begun the process to transition to “by-trustee area” elections to better ensure compliance with the California Voting Rights Act. In a by-trustee area election system, each Board member must reside within the designated trustee area boundary and is elected only by the voters in that trustee area. On October 24, 2023, the District Board adopted a resolution to begin the process to transition to by-trustee area elections. Thereafter, the Board commenced a series of public hearings in November 2023, to gather public input related to the potential adoption of trustee area elections.
During this hearing process, the Board received comments from community members asking the Board to conduct additional outreach efforts for public input. The District also received a demand letter from an attorney, asking the District to restart the process and conduct additional community outreach. As a result, on December 13, 2023, the Board took action to restart the hearing process, with hopes of gathering more public input for the preparation of trustee area maps. In restarting this process, the Board will discard the previously created draft maps, hold additional hearings, and begin the process of creating new maps. The District is in the process of creating a public hearing schedule, which will be published shortly on this webpage. The first public hearing is currently scheduled to be held on January 17, 2024, in the District Office Board Room. Public Hearing Notice
CVRA Actions Prior to December 13, 2023 - Adoption of New Governing Board Resolution
- Wednesday, November 8, 2023 6:00 P.M. Video
- Thursday, November 16, 2023 5:30 P.M. Video
- Monday, November 27, 2023 5:30 P.M. - Cancelled - Video
- Tuesday, December 5, 2023 5:30 P.M. - Cancelled
Previous Resolution and FAQ
On November 9, 2023, LUSD published two draft maps for the Board and public’s consideration (Scenario 1 and Scenario 2). On November 16, 2023, LUSD held a public hearing to gather input from the Board and the public on the published draft maps, and to allow the demographer to receive feedback regarding any changes or finetuning that may be necessary to the published maps. During this public hearing, helpful information was shared regarding families in the Mountain House Elementary School District (MHESD). Specifically, MHESD families have historically voted in LUSD school board elections and MHESD students matriculate to LUSD for grades 9-12, pursuant to the terms of LUSD’s initial formation. After reviewing this information and completing a review of the attendance boundaries, LUSD’s demographer confirmed that an update to the published maps was appropriate.
On November 20, 2023, LUSD published Updated Scenario 1 and Updated Scenario 2. These updates included minimal demographic changes to the previously published Scenario 1 and Scenario 2. While the updates show a large amount of additional land included in the maps, the total population change in adding this territory was an additional 318 Individuals. LUSD’s demographer will describe the updates and detail the minimal impacts of these updates at the November 27, 2023, public hearing.