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Timeline

The following timeline outlines the District’s transition from an at-large election system to a trustee area election system.

  • January 27, 2023 - Plaintiff Southwest Voter Registration Education Project filed a lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court against the Huntington Beach Union High School District alleging a violation of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA) and seeking a court order requiring the school district to transition from an at-large election system to a trustee area election system.
  • April 4, 2023 Board Meeting - Adoption of Resolution To Establish The Process Of Instituting Trustee Area Elections.
  • May 9, 2023 Board Meeting - Introduction Of California Voting Rights Act Presentation By Legal Counsel. Public Hearing: Input Regarding the Criteria for the Composition Of Maps For Trustee Area Elections.
  • May 23, 2023 Board Meeting - California Voting Rights Act Presentation By Legal Counsel and Public Hearing. Second Public Hearing: Input Regarding the Criteria for the Composition Of Maps For Trustee Area Elections. Resolution Establishing Criteria For Developing Trustee Area Boundaries
  • August 8, 2023 Board Meeting - Voting Rights Act Presentation By Legal Counsel and Public Hearing, Third Public Hearing: Input Regarding Composition Of Maps For Trustee Area Elections
  • September 19, 2023 Board Meeting - Fourth public hearing took place to accept input regarding the composition of maps for trustee area elections.
  • September 19, 2023 Board Meeting - Resolution Recommending Map of Trustee Areas and adoption of Scenario A and recommend Scenario A to the Orange County Committee on School District Organization for consideration and adoption, with dates for the sequence of election and trustee areas, and request that the Committee waive the election requirement pursuant to Education Code 5020.
  • November 2, 2023 - OC Committee on School District Organization: Resolution & Open Public Hearing
  • January 23, 2024 Special Board Meeting - Conference with Legal Counsel Regarding Existing Litigation - Government Code section 54956.9(d)(l) - Southwest Voter Registration Education Project v. Huntington Beach Union High School District, Case No. 30-2023-01304453-CU-CR-WJC.
  • February 12, 2024 – Settlement Agreement between Plaintiffs Southwest Voter Registration Education Project and Defendant HBUHSD.
Agreed to: Revised Trustee Areas – Scenario 4A, Trustee Election Schedule:
2024: Trustee Areas #2 and #3 and every four years after
2026: Trustee Areas #1, #4 and #5 and every four years after
  • February 26, 2024 – Superior Court Approved Map and sequencing of elections.