School District, special districts filing period extended

Five extra days were added, on Friday, to the candidates’ filing period for the Laguna Beach School Board, the Emerald Bay Service District and the Three Arch Bay Community Services District.

The extension is automatic for offices when any incumbent fails to file a valid declaration of candidacy papers. Aug. 8 was the deadline for incumbents to file. Candidates for all three districts file with the Orange County Registrar of Voters.

Any qualified person, except the undeclared incumbent, has until 5 p.m, Wednesday to file the papers in the registrar’s office, at 1300-C South Grand Ave., in Santa Ana. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The school district filing period was extended when veteran board member El Hathaway did not file for another term.

Only two candidates had filed declarations for the two open seats on the board, as of Monday. Incumbent Jan Vickers is running for her sixth term on the board. She has been elected to at least one term on the board in the last three decades, according to school records.

Former school board member Bill Landsidel also filed by the deadline. Landsidel was appointed to the board to fill the vacancy when K Turner died in early 2006. He kept his promise, made when he was appointed, not to run as an incumbent and sat out the 2006 election.

Incumbents Gary Rubel and Elizabeth Gapp filed for re-election to the Three Arch Bay Community Services District board. Alan Anderson also filed by the deadline.

The filing period was extended when incumbent Larry Wilson failed to file. No additional candidates had filed with the county as of Monday.

Emerald Bay Services District also had its filing period extended, but as of Monday, no one had pulled nominating papers, according to the registrar’s office.

For more information, call the registrar’s office at (714) 567-7600 and ask for the candidate and voter services section.