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Filing Period Ending Soon for El Camino Community College District

The nomination period for the El Camino Community College District Board of Trustees is open.

Residents of South Redondo Beach who wish to represent Area No. 5 on the El Camino Community College District Board of Trustees have until Friday to file their candidacy papers, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder.

The filing period opened July 14.

Terms on the ECCCD Board of Trustees last four years.

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So far, three people have indicated they plan to run for Trustee Area No. 5 5, which includes South Redondo Beach, the Hollywood Riviera and part of Torrance. (A map of all trustee areas is available online.)

The election will be held Nov. 5.

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This is the first election in which voters in trustee areas can only vote for a representative from that area. Previously, trustees were elected at-large, meaning that anyone within the community college district could vote for any of the trustees.

Maureen O'Donnell, who currently represents Trustee Area No. 5, lived outside the trustee area as of February 2012, according to the Daily Breeze. If she wanted to run for re-election, she would have to move.

Nevertheless, she told the Breeze that "she long ago decided against running for re-election in 2013," wrote reporter Rob Kuznia.

North Redondo Beach is part of Trustee Area No. 3. Elections for that seat will be held in November 2015.


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