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Jim Mizell
15,128 votes
34.5%
- Occupation: Director, Santa Margarita Water District
- 25 years financial accounting experience
- Certified Public Accountant since 1979
- Masters of Business Administration from UCLA, BA from Loyola of Los Angeles
- Extensive community involvement including AYSO & club soccer parent and referee, Asst Scout Master w/ Boy Scouts, Episcopal Service Alliance Treasurer
- With wife of 33 years (Pam), has raised 4 sons (Tripp, Grant, Andrew and John) who have attended and excelled in local schools
- Resident of the District since 1974, Board member since 1993 with 2 terms as President of the Board.
Priorities:
- Address urban runoff issues to protect creeks & beaches
- Seek alternatives to high cost water by developing additional sources and increasing storage capacity within our district.
- Continue to improve operational efficiency, reduce costs and water rates
Saundra Frances Jacobs
13,462 votes
30.7%
- Party: Republican
- Occupation: Director, Santa Margarita Water District
- Principal of SFC Consultants, an environmental consulting firm which Saundra founded in 1997.
- Certified in California as a Registered Environmental Assessor.
- OSHA certified in hazardous materials management.
- Educated as an environmental planner at the University of California at Santa Barbara and graduated with a BA in Geography in 1986.
- Currently serves as Director and was formerly President and Vice President of the Santa Margarita Water District.
- Married eight years to Jeff Jacobs and she has four step-daughters, Sarah, Annie, Emily and Laura. Saundra will be step-grandmother in January 2003.
Priorities:
- Reduce water rates further.
- Reduce property taxes associated with District infrastructure further.
- Seek alternative sources of water to achieve our water resource goals.
Ray Melissa
5,057 votes
11.5%
(This candidate has not responded to Smart Voter)
David T. Asher
5,025 votes
11.5%
(This candidate has not responded to Smart Voter)
Gary David Copeland
3,170 votes
7.2%
- Occupation: Chief Executive Officer
Priorities:
- New water sources
- Better Public Relations
- Process improvement
George Warren Heer
1,991 votes
4.5%
- Occupation: Information Technology Director
Priorities:
- Safety
- Cost Effectiveness / Low Rates
- Long term planning to ensure Safety, Low rates and adequate supply
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