News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NR-04-28-26-bot
April 28, 2026

Info Sessions for Prospective Board Candidates

Two seats on the Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees, which oversees College of the Canyons, will be up for election in November 2026. To provide information about the election process and the role of the trustees well in advance of the candidate filing period, the college will host three information sessions in May for persons interested in running for the board.

The two seats scheduled to be on the November ballot are Area 1 and Area 5. Area 1 includes the communities of Castaic, Stevenson Ranch, Val Verde, and Newhall. Area 5 covers the majority of Canyon Country. Members of the board are required to reside in the area they are elected to represent.

The information sessions will provide members of the community who may have interest in running for the board with information about the eligibility requirements of serving as a trustee, the ideal qualifications for trustees, legal responsibilities of board members, conflict of interest criteria, as well as the Los Angeles County elections process. The information sessions are optional; potential candidates are not required to attend before filing in the summer to run for election.

Two information sessions will be held in-person, and the other will be hosted online. The sessions are scheduled as follows:

• Monday, May 11, 2 p.m. - Canyon Country Campus, 17200 Sierra Highway, Student Services/Learning Resources Center, Room 413. Free parking is available in Parking Lot 3.
• Tuesday, May 12, 11 a.m. – Valencia Campus, 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Canyons Hall 201. Free parking is available near the building in Parking Lot 2.
• Wednesday, May 20, 3 p.m. - Zoom, https://canyonsonline.zoom.us/j/81963785883. The session will be recorded and posted online for later viewing.

The same content will be covered at each session.

Attendees will have an opportunity to learn more about trustee areas. The trustee area map is available on the college's website. Candidates are required to live in the trustee area they wish to represent.

Board elections are administered by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, and more information is available here.

For questions about the information session, please call the college's Chancellor's Office at 661-362-3400, or email marilu.ramirez@canyons.edu.

For more information about the Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees, please click here.