Mina A. Richardson
CA · Member, South San Francisco Unified School District Board of Trustees
Mina Richardson, a former allied health imaging professional and South San Francisco resident of more than 40 years, has served on the South San Francisco Unified board since 2018. She says she will close the achievement gap, keep the budget balanced, and continue modernizing school buildings.
Where Mina A. Richardson stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Public Education Quality (1 record), Civil Rights (2 records),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 2 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 2 oppose
Seconded and voted to adopt the district budget for 2026-27, with spending projections through 2028-29. It passed unanimously.
June 25, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Cast the only no vote on a five-year, $890,360 contract for a school safety system with staff emergency alerts and visitor check-in (CENTEGIX). It passed 4-1.
May 21, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Seconded and voted for a 2025-2028 labor contract with the union for classified school staff (CSEA Chapter 197). It passed unanimously.
October 9, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Cast the only no vote on letting staff complete the sale of bonds for the voter-approved school construction program. It passed 4-1.
March 9, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Cast the only no vote on putting a school construction bond on the ballot, which passed 4-1. In debate she said the bond should be closer to $80 million than $400 million.
June 23, 2022Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Voted for an agreement with the South San Francisco Police Department to keep school resource officers on campuses. It passed 4-1.
May 12, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
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Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 1 support
Moved to add $10.1 million to the Sunshine Gardens Elementary School rebuild under the bond program, for a total cost of $35.6 million. It passed unanimously.
May 7, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 2 support
Voted for a board resolution supporting Proposition 18, which let 17-year-olds vote in primaries if they turn 18 by the general election. It passed unanimously.
September 24, 2020Supports Civil Rights
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Voted for a board resolution supporting immigrant families and promising undocumented students a safe and supportive education. It passed unanimously.
September 10, 2020Supports Civil Rights
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Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Moved to add $10.1 million to the Sunshine Gardens Elementary School rebuild under the bond program, for a total cost of $35.6 million. It passed unanimously.
May 7, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
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Track record — General
General · 5 records
Cast the only no vote on a 3% raise in school board members' pay for 2026-27. It passed 4-1.
April 23, 2026
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Nominated herself for board president and lost 3-1. She then argued the vote broke the district equity policy and moved to cancel it; the superintendent found no policy violation.
December 16, 2025
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Voted against ending online written public comment at board meetings. The board ended it anyway, 3-2, returning to in-person comment only.
November 13, 2025
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Voted against keeping the school mask requirement through the school year, then voted to make masks strongly recommended instead. The change passed 3-2.
April 14, 2022
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Nominated herself for school board president, but the motion died without a second. She was then re-elected vice president unanimously.
December 13, 2021
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Past race Mina A. Richardson ran in:
- South San Francisco Unified School District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area E · November 3, 2026 · South San Francisco Unified School District Trustee Area E · incumbent