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)
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
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
Also on this bill
- March 4, 2026 · 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. (Supports Housing Affordability, Supports Social Programs and Welfare)
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
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
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
Also on this bill
- August 7, 2024 · 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. (Opposes Government Spending Reduction, Supports Public Education Quality, Supports Public Infrastructure)
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
Also on this bill
- August 7, 2024 · 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. (Opposes Government Spending Reduction, Supports Public Education Quality, Supports Public Infrastructure)
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
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
Also on this bill
- March 4, 2026 · 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. (Supports Housing Affordability, Supports Social Programs and Welfare)
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
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
Also on this bill
- March 4, 2026 · 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. (Supports Housing Affordability, Supports Social Programs and Welfare)
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
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
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
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
Past race Sara Hernandez ran in:
- State Senator, 26th District · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 26; California