Sara Hernandez
Democratic · CA · Member, Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees
Sara Hernandez is a housing and environmental attorney elected in 2022 to the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees. A former middle school teacher, she founded the nonprofit HYPE to help low-income students reach college and has represented asylum seekers pro bono.
Where Sara Hernandez stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record), Public Education Quality (2 records),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 2 oppose)
Campaign Finance Information — State Senator, 26th District
Campaign Finance Information · State Senator, 26th District · November 3, 2026
Data last updated July 26, 2026
- Raised
- $764,653
Top disclosed occupations of direct donors
- Attorney$107,473
- President$29,302
- Consultant$25,575
- CEO$25,150
- Retired$23,000
Spending by outside groups
Outside groups, such as PACs and super PACs, spend this money on the race. The candidate's campaign does not spend it, and none of it goes to the candidate.
Outside groups spent $2,263,072 to support this candidate.
Donations to groups supporting this candidate, by donor industry
- Technology$45,000,000
Groups that spent money supporting this candidate (5)
- GROW CALIFORNIA$1,010,280
Crypto money: funded almost entirely by two billionaires, Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen and investor Tim Draper. · transparencyusa.org · sfexaminer.com
- Housing Providers for Responsible Solutions, sponsored by housing providers$365,594
Landlord, realtor and homebuilder money, led by the California Apartment Association. · transparencyusa.org
- Nurses, Teachers and Frontline Workers Supporting Sara Hernandez for Senate 2026 sponsored by United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals$303,672
Union money: sponsored by UNAC/UHCP, a California union of nurses and other health-care workers. · unacuhcp.org
- Advance California, Sponsored by California Apartment Association$265,774
Landlord money: funded almost entirely by the California Apartment Association, the state's biggest landlord group. · transparencyusa.org
- Working Families for a Stronger California, Sponsored by LCCC PAC, A Bi-partisan Coalition of Municipal, County, Latino Appointed and Elected Leaders PAC$227,658
Paid for entirely by LCCC PAC, a bipartisan group of Latino city and county elected officials. · transparencyusa.org
Industry amounts are donations to these groups, sorted by each donor's industry. They are not what the groups spent on this candidate.
Source: California Secretary of State · 2026 cycle · campaignfinance.cdn.sos.ca.gov
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 2 oppose
Voted to hire Dr. Alberto J. Roman as chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District. The chancellor is the district's top executive and runs all nine of its colleges. The contract runs from May 7, 2025 through June 30, 2028 at a salary of $440,000 a year. All seven trustees voted yes.
May 7, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: laccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com · researched July 28, 2026
Co-presented and seconded a Los Angeles Community College District board resolution backing Proposition 2, a 2024 statewide ballot measure. The measure borrowed money to build and repair school and community college buildings, with $1.5 billion set aside for community colleges. The board passed the resolution 7-0.
August 7, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: laccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com · researched July 28, 2026
Voted no a second time on the $26,349,041 contract paying the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department to police the district's community college campuses. The board had called a special meeting to take the item up again after setting it aside on June 12. The vote failed on a 3 to 3 tie, with one member absent. The board then told staff to renegotiate the whole contract, including whether the sheriff's department should absorb the $758,721.60 cadet program cost.
June 26, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: laccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com · researched July 28, 2026
Voted against paying $26,349,041 to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which polices the district's community college campuses. The measure failed 2 to 5. Board members had questioned the sheriff's cadet program, which cost $758,721.60 and had only seven students enrolled. She then seconded a successful motion to hold a special meeting on June 26 to look at the cost again.
June 12, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: laccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com · researched July 28, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Was the first-named presenter of a Los Angeles Community College District board resolution on student housing. It reserved 20 percent of district student housing units for students who are or were in foster care. It linked housing placement to state college support programs for foster youth (Cooperating Agencies Foster Youth Educational Support, or CAFYES, and its successor NextUp). It also required the district to report foster youth data to the board every year. The board passed it while she chaired the meeting as Board President.
March 4, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: laccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com · researched July 28, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Was the first-named presenter of a Los Angeles Community College District board resolution on student housing. It reserved 20 percent of district student housing units for students who are or were in foster care. It linked housing placement to state college support programs for foster youth (Cooperating Agencies Foster Youth Educational Support, or CAFYES, and its successor NextUp). It also required the district to report foster youth data to the board every year. The board passed it while she chaired the meeting as Board President.
March 4, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: laccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com · researched July 28, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 2 support
Co-presented two Los Angeles Community College District board resolutions, each passed 7-0. One backed a state bill letting part-time students qualify for the California College Promise fee waiver with 9 units instead of 12 (Assembly Bill 537). The other backed a state bill barring California public colleges from denying students campus jobs because they lack federal work authorization (Assembly Bill 713).
December 17, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
Source: laccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com · researched July 28, 2026
Co-presented and seconded a Los Angeles Community College District board resolution backing Proposition 2, a 2024 statewide ballot measure. The measure borrowed money to build and repair school and community college buildings, with $1.5 billion set aside for community colleges. The board passed the resolution 7-0.
August 7, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: laccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com · researched July 28, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Co-presented two Los Angeles Community College District board resolutions, each passed 7-0. One backed a state bill letting part-time students qualify for the California College Promise fee waiver with 9 units instead of 12 (Assembly Bill 537). The other backed a state bill barring California public colleges from denying students campus jobs because they lack federal work authorization (Assembly Bill 713).
December 17, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: laccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com · researched July 28, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Co-presented and seconded a Los Angeles Community College District board resolution backing Proposition 2, a 2024 statewide ballot measure. The measure borrowed money to build and repair school and community college buildings, with $1.5 billion set aside for community colleges. The board passed the resolution 7-0.
August 7, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: laccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com · researched July 28, 2026
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Won the endorsement of California YIMBY for state Senate District 26 in the June 2026 California election. California YIMBY is an advocacy group that pushes for building more housing; "YIMBY" stands for "Yes In My Back Yard."
June 18, 2026
Source: cayimby.org · researched July 28, 2026
Was elected President of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees for 2026. The vote was a unanimous roll call at the Board's annual organizational meeting. Had served as First Vice President during 2025.
December 17, 2025
Source: laccd.edu · researched July 28, 2026
Voted to hire Dr. Alberto J. Roman as chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District. The chancellor is the district's top executive and runs all nine of its colleges. The contract runs from May 7, 2025 through June 30, 2028 at a salary of $440,000 a year. All seven trustees voted yes.
May 7, 2025
Source: laccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com · researched July 28, 2026
Was elected First Vice President of the Los Angeles Community College District Board of Trustees for 2025. The vote was a unanimous 7-0 roll call at the Board's annual organizational meeting. Also moved the successful motion creating a Second Vice President position.
December 18, 2024
Source: laccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com · researched July 28, 2026
Race Sara Hernandez is in:
- State Senator, 26th District · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 26; California
Profile last researched August 7, 2026.