California Education Code § 5019.5 requires each school district using trustee area elections to readjust those trustee boundaries in the year following the release of a new Census, to ensure that the areas remain substantially equal in population.
The District contracted Redistricting Partners, LLC. to conduct redistricting for Sonoma County Junior College District Board of Trustees elections following the 2020 Census and approved a plan to redistrict on February 8, 2022.
The Board adopted the new trustee area boundaries for use at the District’s November 2022 election and subsequent elections until a further re-alignment is required pursuant to Education Code § 5019.5, following the release of the 2030 Census.
Prior to redistricting in 2022, members of the Board were elected in “by-trustee area” elections with one of the five areas being represented by Trustees 3, 4 and 5. Board of Trustees of Sonoma County Junior College District determined that one member of the Board of Trustees shall be elected from each trustee area; and a candidate for election as a member of the Board of Trustees shall reside in, and be registered to vote in, the trustee area they seek to represent.
Members of the Board of Trustees were elected in Areas 1, 2, 5 and 7 beginning at the general election in November 2022, and every four years thereafter. Members of the Board of Trustees will be elected in Areas 3, 4, and 6 beginning at the general election in November 2024, and every four years thereafter.