Gino Kwok
CA · President, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Board of Education
Gino Kwok is president of the Hacienda La Puente Unified school board, where he has served 13 years, and a trial attorney. He points to fundraising for school facilities and scholarships and new dual-language programs, and says every dollar must be spent on students.
Where Gino Kwok stands, based on their records
Supports
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record), Public Education Quality (9 records), Data Privacy (2 records),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 6 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 6 oppose
Voted for a 2.5% salary increase for the district’s confidential and management employees, retroactive to July 1, 2025. The measure passed 4–0, with one trustee absent.
June 25, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted for resolutions authorizing reductions in classified and certificated management positions for the 2025–26 school year. The classified-management measure passed 4–1; the certificated-management measure passed 3–2 after adding eight director-level positions to its list.
March 13, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted to accept $524,476 for the district’s “CTE Pathways to Innovation: STEM for Success” program under the K–12 Strong Workforce Program. The measure passed 5–0.
March 13, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Moved to adopt Hacienda La Puente Unified School District’s 2024–25 annual budget and voted yes. It passed 4–0, with trustee Stephanie Serrano absent.
June 27, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted for an 8% salary increase for the district’s confidential and management employees, retroactive to July 1, 2023. Both measures passed 4–0, with one trustee absent.
October 26, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted for a board resolution supporting Proposition 51, a measure to authorize $9 billion in state bonds for school and community-college facilities. The resolution passed 5–0.
August 11, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted to place a $148 million school-facilities bond on the November 2016 ballot for classroom, science-lab, technology, safety, and athletic-facility improvements. The board approved the resolution unanimously.
August 11, 2016Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Voted for a policy requiring students’ mobile devices to be turned off during instruction, with emergency, medical, disability-plan, and staff-permission exceptions. It also restricted searches of students’ devices. The policy passed 4–1.
May 7, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 9 support
Voted for a policy requiring students’ mobile devices to be turned off during instruction, with emergency, medical, disability-plan, and staff-permission exceptions. It also restricted searches of students’ devices. The policy passed 4–1.
May 7, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted to adopt a student mental-health policy requiring staff training, referral procedures, and notices explaining access to school and community services. The policy passed 5–0.
January 22, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted to accept $524,476 for the district’s “CTE Pathways to Innovation: STEM for Success” program under the K–12 Strong Workforce Program. The measure passed 5–0.
March 13, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Led a $45 million school capital-improvement project during his earlier board service, according to the district’s December 2022 account of his achievements.
December 16, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: caschoolnews.net
Established a middle-school summer math enrichment program and helped create or expand Spanish, Chinese, and Korean dual-immersion programs during his earlier school-board service, according to the district’s December 2022 announcement.
December 16, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: caschoolnews.net
Voted for a board resolution supporting Proposition 51, a measure to authorize $9 billion in state bonds for school and community-college facilities. The resolution passed 5–0.
August 11, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted to place a $148 million school-facilities bond on the November 2016 ballot for classroom, science-lab, technology, safety, and athletic-facility improvements. The board approved the resolution unanimously.
August 11, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted for a board resolution supporting Proposition 55, a measure to extend higher income-tax rates on high earners through 2030 for education and health care. The resolution passed 5–0.
August 11, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted for a board resolution supporting Proposition 58, a measure to give public schools more flexibility to teach English learners through English-only, bilingual, and other programs. The resolution passed 5–0.
August 11, 2016Supports Public Education Quality
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 2 support
Voted for a policy requiring students’ mobile devices to be turned off during instruction, with emergency, medical, disability-plan, and staff-permission exceptions. It also restricted searches of students’ devices. The policy passed 4–1.
May 7, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted for a policy barring district collection of students’ or families’ immigration status and discrimination based on that status. It also required staff training on immigration-enforcement requests. The policy passed 5–0.
February 26, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted for a policy barring district collection of students’ or families’ immigration status and discrimination based on that status. It also required staff training on immigration-enforcement requests. The policy passed 5–0.
February 26, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 5 support
Voted for a design with two soccer fields and two baseball or softball fields at 16949 Wedgeworth Drive. The measure passed 4–1 and selected a design without approving additional funding.
September 10, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted to accept a $450,000 county grant for soccer fields at 16949 Wedgeworth Drive and exempt the sports-field project from California environmental review. Both measures passed 4–1.
February 12, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Led a $45 million school capital-improvement project during his earlier board service, according to the district’s December 2022 account of his achievements.
December 16, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: caschoolnews.net
Voted for a board resolution supporting Proposition 51, a measure to authorize $9 billion in state bonds for school and community-college facilities. The resolution passed 5–0.
August 11, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted to place a $148 million school-facilities bond on the November 2016 ballot for classroom, science-lab, technology, safety, and athletic-facility improvements. The board approved the resolution unanimously.
August 11, 2016Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Track record — General
General · 17 records
Received the Los Angeles County Democratic Party’s endorsement for Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Trustee Area 4 in the 2026 general election.
October 22, 2026
Source: lacdp.org
Directed trustee Stephanie Serrano’s removal from the Zoom board meeting as board president. The board then agreed to refer a censure request to a public hearing; Serrano disputed the request.
September 10, 2026
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted against placing a school-board term-limit measure on the November 2026 ballot. The resolution passed 3–2, with Kwok and Nancy Loera voting no.
May 7, 2026
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted for a resolution opposing data-center development over risks to students, school facilities, and community resources. The resolution passed 5–0.
March 26, 2026
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted to hire John Roach as district superintendent, with employment beginning January 5, 2026. The agreement passed with four yes votes and one abstention.
December 11, 2025
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Was selected as Hacienda La Puente Unified School District board president in the board’s annual reorganization.
December 11, 2025
Source: resources.finalsite.net
Voted for an amendment banning the sale of any district property, which failed 2–2. He then voted against a narrower resolution preserving the public-use designation of former school properties; that resolution also failed 2–2.
February 27, 2025
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Completed a Fair Political Practices Commission course on economic-interest disclosures and amended his disclosures. The commission closed the case without further action and found insufficient evidence of a conflict-of-interest violation.
January 28, 2025
Source: fppc.ca.gov
The Fair Political Practices Commission closed complaints about his 2022 school-board campaign without further action after disproving allegations about contributions from a dissolved business, improper spending, and incomplete donor information.
October 2, 2024
Source: fppc.ca.gov
Voted for the Workman-area school reorganization, closing Del Valle Elementary and transferring its kindergarten through fifth-grade students to Workman Elementary. It also reassigned other elementary and middle-school grades among area schools. The resolution passed 3–2.
November 9, 2023
Source: files.ceqanet.lci.ca.gov
Voted to close Bixby Elementary School and transfer its students to Cedarlane Academy or other schools with available space. The resolution also approved an environmental-review exemption and passed 3–2.
November 9, 2023
Source: files.ceqanet.lci.ca.gov
Voted to close Sunset Elementary and transfer its kindergarten through fifth-grade students to Lassalette. The resolution also moved sixth-grade students from several La Puente schools and Lassalette’s middle-school students to Sparks Middle School. It passed 3–2.
November 9, 2023
Source: files.ceqanet.lci.ca.gov
Voted to close Los Robles Academy and transfer its students to Palm Elementary School. The resolution also approved an environmental-review exemption and passed 3–2.
November 9, 2023
Source: files.ceqanet.lci.ca.gov
Took the oath of office as Hacienda La Puente Unified School District’s Trustee Area 4 representative, returning after earlier board service from 2011 through 2020.
December 13, 2022
Source: caschoolnews.net
Served as the California School Boards Association’s Asian Pacific Islander director-at-large while representing Hacienda La Puente Unified School District.
May 2, 2019
Source: publications.csba.org
Endorsed state Senator Ed Hernandez for California lieutenant governor.
February 7, 2017
Source: capitolmr.com
Abstained on a motion censuring fellow trustee Joseph Chang for exceeding board authority and violating district conflict-of-interest and ethics rules in the international-student program. The censure passed with three yes votes, one no vote, and his abstention.
September 26, 2013
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Track record — Candidate Ethics
Candidate Ethics · 1 record
Received a $414 Fair Political Practices Commission fine with his school-board campaign committee and its treasurer for omitting contributors’ street addresses from a January–June 2015 campaign statement.
January 21, 2016
Source: fppc.ca.gov
Past race Gino Kwok ran in:
- Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 4 · November 3, 2026 · Hacienda La Puente Unified School District Trustee Area 4 · incumbent