Gabriela Arellanes
CA · Member, Azusa Unified School District Board of Education
Gabriela Arellanes serves on the Azusa Unified school board, representing Trustee Area 5. She has not published a candidate statement or campaign platform this year.
Where Gabriela Arellanes stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (2 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Public Education Quality (4 records),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 4 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 2 support
Moved to require the board president to take a training course within six months of taking the job. The motion failed 2-3.
November 4, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Made the motion to have the district ask law firms for price quotes for its legal work, so the board could compare options. It passed 4-1.
January 21, 2020Supports Government Efficiency
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 4 oppose
Made the motion for the board to back Proposition 2, the 2024 statewide bond for school repairs and construction. It passed 4-0.
October 8, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Made the motion to give managers, supervisors and other non-union staff a pay raise matching other employee groups. It passed 5-0.
December 12, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Made the motion to adopt Azusa Unified's 2023-24 plan for student goals and spending (the Local Control and Accountability Plan). It passed 4-0.
June 20, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Made the motion to cut certain teaching services, the first step toward teacher layoffs. It passed 3-1.
February 7, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Made the motion to adopt Azusa Unified's 2022-23 budget, which passed 5-0. At the same meeting she voted to renew the school police officer agreements with the Azusa and Covina police departments; each passed 4-1.
June 21, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Made the motion to accept an early retirement incentive plan for teachers, which the district said was in its best financial interest. It passed 5-0.
April 28, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Made the motion to adopt Azusa Unified's 2022-23 budget, which passed 5-0. At the same meeting she voted to renew the school police officer agreements with the Azusa and Covina police departments; each passed 4-1.
June 21, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 4 support
Made the motion for the board to back Proposition 2, the 2024 statewide bond for school repairs and construction. It passed 4-0.
October 8, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Made the motion to adopt Azusa Unified's 2023-24 plan for student goals and spending (the Local Control and Accountability Plan). It passed 4-0.
June 20, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Made the motion to adopt Azusa Unified's 2022-23 budget, which passed 5-0. At the same meeting she voted to renew the school police officer agreements with the Azusa and Covina police departments; each passed 4-1.
June 21, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Made the motion to approve a partnership with Azusa Pacific University that offers all Azusa ninth graders a college-prep program and guaranteed admission to the university. It passed 5-0.
August 6, 2019Supports Public Education Quality
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted to adopt the final map for electing board members by trustee area instead of districtwide, a change the board made because of voting-rights lawsuit risk. It passed 3-1, with one abstention.
December 14, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Made the motion for the board to back Proposition 2, the 2024 statewide bond for school repairs and construction. It passed 4-0.
October 8, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Track record — General
General · 14 records
Abstained on the amended contract for Superintendent Guillermo Lopez. It passed 3-1.
June 16, 2026
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Made the motion to raise school board members' pay under a new state law (Assembly Bill 1390). It passed 5-0.
February 10, 2026
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Was elected president of the Azusa Unified school board for December 2024 to December 2025. The board vote was 5-0.
December 17, 2024
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Made the motion to let staff move ahead with selling the former Ellington Elementary School site. It passed 4-0.
November 12, 2024
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Abstained on two tentative labor agreements with the Azusa teachers union: in October 2022 (it passed 3-0) and in November 2023 (it passed 4-0).
November 14, 2023
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Voted to keep the Azusa High School Aztec name and to form a community committee to honor the area's Indigenous roots. It passed 5-0.
April 19, 2022
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Moved to undo the board's December 2021 plan for which elementary schools to close; that passed 4-1. She backed a plan to close Ellington, Lee and Powell, which failed 2-3. She then voted to close Ellington and Powell, which passed 5-0.
March 29, 2022
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Voted to retire the Azusa High School mascot, which passed 5-0. She moved to change the school colors too, which failed 2-3. She also moved to change Gladstone Middle School's mascot and colors, which failed 1-4.
January 18, 2022
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Voted to merge Azusa's two high schools onto the Azusa High campus and its middle schools onto the Gladstone campus (5-0). She voted against the timeline for turning Gladstone High into a middle school, which passed 4-1. She also moved to keep Dalton Elementary open instead of Lee; that failed 2-3.
December 21, 2021
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Voted to keep livestreaming and recording board meetings and to keep taking public comment by Zoom after meetings went back to in person. It passed 3-2.
August 3, 2021
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Was elected president of the Azusa Unified school board for a term through November 2021. The board vote was 5-0.
December 15, 2020
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Voted to hire Arturo Ortega as Azusa Unified superintendent and to approve his contract. Both votes passed 4-1.
June 16, 2020
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Voted against awarding construction contracts for sports field upgrades at Azusa High and Gladstone. Both passed 3-2.
March 24, 2020
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Was elected vice president of the Azusa Unified school board for a term through November 2020. The board vote was 3-2.
December 10, 2019
Source: azusa.ic-board.com
Past race Gabriela Arellanes ran in:
- Azusa Unified School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 5 · November 3, 2026 · Azusa Unified School District Trustee Area 5 · incumbent