SMFCSD By-Trustee Area Map

SMFCSD BY-TRUSTEE AREA MAP - ADOPTED FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The San Mateo-Foster City School District continues its work to elevate all constituent voices in our community. In partnership with the district's demographer and legal counsel, the Board of Trustees and Superintendent Ochoa led the process to select a new election by-trustee area map, map scenario 1A. This map, alongside Resolution No. 21/21-22, was adopted by the board on February 24, 2022.

This change came after the August 26, 2021, meeting of the Board of Trustees, where the district adopted Map 209 to establish by-Trustee Area Elections. (Map 209 Demographics).  Every 10 years, the school district should review new census data to determine the extent to which trustee areas fall under a variance of less than 10%. The districts originally adopted a map after the decennial review of 2020, which arrived at a 9.75 total population variance. This is a requirement to review trustee areas for each decennial census within the By-Trustee-Area election system [Education Code 5019.5].

Three of the four current board members of the San Mateo-Foster City School District School Board are elected “at-large,” meaning that candidates are required to reside within given areas of the cities of San Mateo and Foster City, and the voters of the cities of San Mateo and Foster City elect the candidates to the Board.

A “by-trustee area” election, wherein one candidate residing in each trustee area is elected by only the registered voters in that particular trustee area, ensures compliance with the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA).

ADOPTED MAP

Map 1A and Demographic Data 

RESOLUTION

Resolution No. 21/21-22

JUNE 10, 2021 BOARD MEETING

At its Regular Meeting, the Board received a report from its legal counsel regarding CVRA, discussed the process to change its electoral system and adopted Resolution No. 34/20-21, Resolution of the San Mateo-Foster City School District Stating Intent of Board of Trustees to Transition from At-Large to a By-Trustee Area Election System.

JUNE 22, 2021, 5:00 PM PUBLIC HEARING

First public hearing held to receive community comments and public testimony concerning the composition of potential trustee voting areas associated with the Board’s transition to a by-trustee area election system. 

JUNE 29, 2021, 7:00 PM PUBLIC HEARING

Second public hearing held to receive community comments and public testimony concerning the composition of potential trustee voting areas associated with the Board’s transition to a by-trustee area election system.  

AUGUST 6, 2021, 5:30 PM PUBLIC HEARING

First public hearing will be held to receive community comments and public testimony concerning proposed trustee voting area plans.

AUGUST 16, 2021, 5:30 PM PUBLIC HEARING

Second public hearing will be held to receive community comments and public testimony concerning proposed trustee voting area plans.

AUGUST 26, 2021, 6:30 PM PUBLIC HEARING

Third public hearing will be held to receive community comments and public testimony concerning proposed trustee voting area plans. This meeting will be held at the Regular Meeting of the SMFCSD Board of Trustees.

JUNE 22, 2021 AT 5 PM AND JUNE 29, 2021 AT 7 PM

Notice of Public Hearings: Composition of Potential Trustee Voting Areas (English)

Notice of Public Hearings: Composition of Potential Trustee Voting Areas (Spanish) 

JUNE 28, 2021 AT 6 PM

Notice of Public Hearing on a Proposal to Apply for Waiver of the Election Requirement in Transitioning to By-Trustee Area Election System (English)

Notice of Public Hearing on a Proposal to Apply for Waiver of the Election Requirement in Transitioning to By-Trustee Area Election System (Spanish) 

AUGUST 6, 2021 AT 5:30 PM, AUGUST 16, 2021 AT 5:30 PM AND AUGUST 26, 2021, 6:30 PM

Notice of Public Hearings: Proposed Trustee Voting Area Plans (English)

Notice of Public Hearings: Proposed Trustee Voting Area Plans (Spanish)

Draft maps and related demographic data for each map are linked below. Printed copies are available for inspection at the District Office (1170 Chess Drive, Foster City, CA 94404) upon request.

Map 201 and Demographic Data Map 201 

Map 202 and Demographic Data Map 202

Map 203 and Demographic Data Map 203

Map 701 and Demographic Data Map 701

ADDITIONAL MAPS ADDED ON AUGUST 10, 2021

Map 204 and Demographic Data Map 204

Map 205 and Demographic Data Map 205

Map 702 and Demographic Data Map 702

ADDITIONAL MAPS ADDED ON AUGUST 19, 2021

Map 206 and Demographic Data Map 206

Map 207 and Demographic Data Map 207

Map 208 and Demographic Data Map 208

Map 209 and Demographic Data Map 209

Map 703 and Demographic Data Map 703

DISTRICT MAP FOR REFERENCE

Link to District Map

Link to Boundary Lookup Tool

JUNE 22, 2021: PUBLIC HEARING: COMPOSITION OF POTENTIAL TRUSTEE VOTING AREAS

• Presentation given by Rosendo Padilla, SMC County Counsel
• Video of the June 22, 2021, 5 pm Public Hearing

JUNE 28, 2021: SPECIAL BOARD MEETING / PUBLIC HEARING: PROPOSAL TO APPLY FOR WAIVER OF ELECTION REQUIREMENT IN TRANSITIONING TO BY0TRUSTEE AREA ELECTION SYSTEM

• Presentation given by Rosendo Padilla, SMC County Counsel
• Video of the June 28, 2021, 6 pm Public Hearing 

JUNE 29, 2021: PUBLIC HEARING: COMPOSITION OF POTENTIAL TRUSTEE VOTING AREAS

• Presentation given by Rosendo Padilla, SMC County Counsel
• Video of the June 29, 2021, 7 pm Public Hearing 

AUGUST 6, 2021: PUBLIC HEARING: BY-TRUSTEE AREA DRAFT MAPS

• Presentation given by Rosendo Padilla, SMC County Counsel
• Video of the August 6, 2021, 5:30 pm Public Hearing 

AUGUST 16, 2021: PUBLIC HEARING: BY-TRUSTEE AREA DRAFT MAPS

• Presentation given by Rosendo Padilla, SMC County Counsel
• Video of August 16, 2021, 5:30 pm Public Hearing 

February 25, 2022 - Media Release on SMFCSD Adoption of new By-Trustee Area Map (English)

JUNE 11, 2021 - Media Release on SMFCSD School Board Hearings on Move to By-Trustee Area Elections, (English | Spanish)

Resolution No. 34/20-21, Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the San Mateo-Foster City School District Stating Intent of Board of Trustees to Transition from At-Large to a By-Trustee Area Election System, adopted June 10, 2021 (English | Spanish)

Resolution No. 40/20-21, Resolution of the Board of Trustees of the San Mateo-Foster City School District Authorizing the Superintendent to Seek a Waiver from the State Board of Education, adopted June 28, 2021 (English | Spanish)