Jim Canova
CA · Vice President, Santa Clara Unified School District Board of Trustees, Trustee Area 1
Jim Canova is vice president of the Santa Clara Unified board and its Trustee Area 1 member, serving on the board since 1992. He also sits on the MetroEd governing board, which runs career-technical education for South Bay districts.
Where Jim Canova stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 oppose
Moved to approve a plan for the new Laurelwood Elementary School that bid out a version of the original design and raised its budget by $8.4 million. It passed 4-3 after he voted against delaying the decision.
February 9, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Moved to approve a plan for the new Laurelwood Elementary School that bid out a version of the original design and raised its budget by $8.4 million. It passed 4-3 after he voted against delaying the decision.
February 9, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Track record — General
General · 8 records
Voted to approve a district-wide project labor agreement covering union work rules on school construction. It passed 6-1.
January 23, 2025
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Voted against hiring the search firm HYA to find a new Santa Clara Unified superintendent. The board approved the hire 5-2.
January 16, 2025
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted for new fees that community groups pay to use district facilities, setting aside one group category for later review. It passed 4-3, after he backed a failed plan to phase in fees for that category.
December 14, 2023
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Moved to test a project labor agreement, a union work deal for school construction, on one of two school projects (Bracher or Westwood Elementary). It passed 5-2.
March 23, 2023
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Was elected clerk of the Santa Clara Unified school board on a 6-0 vote. At the same meeting he moved to delay a vote on the district's expanded after-school learning plan; that motion failed 3-3.
December 8, 2022
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Wrote a published letter endorsing Vickie Fairchild's re-election to the Santa Clara Unified school board.
October 19, 2022
Source: svvoice.com
Wrote a published letter urging voters to re-elect Mark Richardson to the Santa Clara Unified school board.
September 9, 2020
Source: svvoice.com
Requested the Santa Clara Unified board's resolution censuring fellow trustee Christopher Stampolis after a court found he harassed a principal. The board approved the censure 5-1.
November 5, 2014
Source: svvoice.com
Past race Jim Canova ran in:
- Santa Clara Unified School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 1 · November 3, 2026 · Santa Clara Unified School District Trustee Area 1 · incumbent