Jeffrey De La Torre

Voted to hire Eide Bailly for a forensic and performance audit of Measure BB school-bond spending, capped at $86,250. The audit contract passed 4–1.

September 23, 2021Supports Government Efficiency

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Seconded and voted for a 2.5% salary increase for confidential and management staff, retroactive to July 1, 2025. It passed 4–0, with one trustee absent.

June 25, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved and voted for a tentative CSEA Chapter 115 agreement for 2025–28 containing 2.5% salary and longevity-stipend increases effective July 1, 2025. It passed 5–0, subject to county and union approval.

March 12, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved and voted for a tentative teachers’ union agreement for 2025–28 containing a 2.5% salary increase effective July 1, 2025. It passed with four votes in favor and one abstention, subject to county and union approval.

December 11, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved and voted to adopt an early-retirement incentive for eligible teachers and other credentialed staff outside management, funded through district retirement-account contributions. The plan required fiscal and operational targets and allowed withdrawal if they were not met. It passed with four votes in favor and one abstention.

December 11, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved and voted for a three-year fiscal plan using staff vacancies, attrition and contract reductions to address projected deficits. District projections listed $6 million in vacancy savings and $1 million in contract savings. It passed 4–0, with one abstention.

November 6, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded and voted for adopting the school district’s 2025–26 annual budget. It passed 4–1.

June 24, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to eliminate one risk-management director position and six credentialed management positions, including principals, assistant principals and the student-and-family-services director. Both final staffing resolutions passed 4–1.

May 8, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a tentative SEIU Local 99 agreement raising annual performance incentives to $500–$2,500 for qualifying full-time employees with 10–30 years of service. It passed 5–0, subject to county and union approval.

April 17, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a tentative CSEA Chapter 115 agreement covering 2022–25, with 4% salary increases for 2022–23 and 8% for 2023–24. It passed 5–0, subject to county and union approval.

November 9, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for 8% salary increases for confidential staff and management, effective July 1, 2023. Both increases passed 4–0, with one trustee absent.

October 26, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a tentative SEIU Local 99 agreement containing an 8% salary increase for 2023–24, effective July 1, 2023. It passed 5–0, subject to county and union approval.

October 12, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to authorize the sale and issuance of up to $78 million in school district bonds. The borrowing resolution passed 5–0.

August 10, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a tentative teachers’ union agreement containing an 8% salary increase for teachers and covered education staff, effective July 1, 2023. It passed 5–0, subject to county and union approval.

June 8, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for an amended tentative SEIU Local 99 agreement for 2022–25 containing a 4% salary increase retroactive to July 1, 2022. The amendment passed 5–0.

February 15, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for a 4% salary increase for confidential and management staff and a $12,900 health-benefit contribution for eligible full-time employees, retroactive to July 1, 2022. The compensation package passed 5–0.

October 27, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted against authorizing up to $55 million in lease financing for the Wedgeworth school project and requested postponement. The borrowing resolution passed 4–1.

September 10, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Seconded and voted to authorize reducing hours or eliminating non-teaching positions for 2020–21 because of insufficient work or funding. The staffing resolution passed 5–0.

May 28, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for salary increases for confidential and management staff: 6% retroactive to July 2019, followed by 3% increases in July 2020 and July 2021. Both pay schedules passed 4–0, with one trustee absent.

January 21, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted to request county case managers, counseling, nursing staff, round-the-clock security and sheriff coordination at the 7th Avenue Village housing project. He also requested an advisory board with family involvement. The service request passed 5–0.

September 14, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Moved and voted for rules requiring student phones to be off during instruction, with emergency, medical and learning-plan exceptions. They allowed use outside instruction and limited searches of personal devices. The policy passed 4–1.

May 7, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Moved and voted for rules requiring student phones to be off during instruction, with emergency, medical and learning-plan exceptions. They allowed use outside instruction and limited searches of personal devices. The policy passed 4–1.

May 7, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Seconded and voted for a resolution supporting Proposition 55 education funding and urging the Legislature to develop stable, long-term funding for public schools. It passed 5–0.

February 12, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Moved and voted for a student mental-health policy requiring staff training, referral procedures and notices about available services. It passed 5–0.

January 22, 2026Supports Public Education Quality

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Moved and voted for revised rules supporting students in foster care. They required a district liaison, enrollment training and annual reports on student outcomes. The policy passed 5–0.

September 9, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Moved and voted for revised student suicide-prevention rules requiring staff training, crisis-response plans and counseling after a student’s suicide. The policy passed 5–0.

September 9, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for graduation rules setting a five-credit ethnic-studies requirement for the class of 2030. The rules also exempted eligible transfer students and students with disabilities from extra district coursework requirements. The policy passed 5–0.

June 24, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for rules supporting students experiencing homelessness through a district liaison, staff training, transportation and annual reports on student outcomes. The rules also required written consent before releasing their housing information. The policy passed 5–0.

June 24, 2025Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for a resolution supporting Proposition 28, the 2022 arts and music funding initiative for public schools. It passed 4–0, with one trustee absent.

October 13, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

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Voted for the course reader for a pilot intersectional ethnic-studies elective at all five district high schools. He requested more accurate descriptions of ethnic backgrounds and the 1960s Chicano walkouts. The reader passed 5–0.

July 21, 2022Supports Public Education Quality

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Moved and voted for rules requiring student phones to be off during instruction, with emergency, medical and learning-plan exceptions. They allowed use outside instruction and limited searches of personal devices. The policy passed 4–1.

May 7, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Moved and voted for rules barring collection of families’ immigration status and discrimination based on that status. They also required staff training and notices explaining families’ education rights. The policy passed 5–0.

February 26, 2026Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for an amended CSEA Chapter 115 agreement allowing reproductive-loss leave and barring requests for documentation of the loss. It passed 5–0, subject to county approval.

September 9, 2025Supports Data Privacy

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Voted for rules supporting students experiencing homelessness through a district liaison, staff training, transportation and annual reports on student outcomes. The rules also required written consent before releasing their housing information. The policy passed 5–0.

June 24, 2025Supports Data Privacy

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Moved and voted for rules barring collection of families’ immigration status and discrimination based on that status. They also required staff training and notices explaining families’ education rights. The policy passed 5–0.

February 26, 2026Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for graduation rules setting a five-credit ethnic-studies requirement for the class of 2030. The rules also exempted eligible transfer students and students with disabilities from extra district coursework requirements. The policy passed 5–0.

June 24, 2025Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for revised rules banning discrimination and harassment against students. The policy required staff intervention, complaint investigations and protection against retaliation. It passed 5–0.

August 24, 2023Supports Civil Rights

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Voted for a sports-field concept on Wedgeworth Drive with two soccer fields and two baseball or softball fields. It passed 4–1. The district identified $1.1 million in previously approved funding; this vote added no funding.

September 10, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure

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Voted to award construction contracts for the revised Wedgeworth K-5 school, approved 5–0. He had opposed the K-8 construction authorization in June 2020 over budget and pandemic concerns, then moved and voted in May 2021 for a K-5 plan retaining four baseball fields, approved 4–1.

July 21, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

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Seconded and voted to replace the board’s May term-limits resolution with a new November ballot measure. The replacement resolution passed 3–0, with Nancy Loera and Gino Kwok absent.

July 27, 2026

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Moved and voted for a resolution opposing data-center development over its effects on students, school facilities and community resources. The original resolution passed 5–0 after an amendment limiting the superintendent’s authority failed for lack of a second.

March 26, 2026

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Voted to approve John Roach’s employment agreement as superintendent, with a January 5, 2026 start date. The agreement passed with four votes in favor and one abstention.

December 11, 2025

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Moved and voted to repeal the district’s requirement that all employees receive COVID-19 vaccinations. The repeal passed 5–0.

October 9, 2025

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Moved and voted to remove Stephanie Serrano as board president and elect Gino Kwok to replace her. Each final motion passed with three votes in favor, one opposed and one abstention.

September 3, 2025

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Seconded and voted to form a joint agency with the City of La Puente to preserve green space on former school sites and seek grant funding. The agreement passed 3–1, with one trustee absent.

July 27, 2025

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Supported preserving former school properties for public use and keeping the Lomitas property for community educational use. He opposed amendments allowing staff housing and foster-youth services; both amendments failed 2–3. The preservation resolutions passed.

June 24, 2025

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Seconded and voted for removing trustee Nancy Loera from a board meeting for repeated disruption. The removal passed 3–2.

February 13, 2025

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Completed an economic-interest disclosure course and filed corrective amendments. The California Fair Political Practices Commission closed his disclosure complaint without further action.

February 12, 2025

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Voted for a separate resolution formally censuring fellow trustee Stephanie Serrano over her board conduct. The resolution passed 4–1.

September 12, 2024

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Voted against a resolution formally censuring fellow trustee Stephanie Serrano. The resolution passed 3–2.

August 8, 2024

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Voted against revised board meeting rules and requested equal speaking time for board members. The rules passed with three votes in favor, one opposed and one trustee absent.

April 11, 2024

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Voted against closing Bixby Elementary and consolidating it with Cedarlane Academy. The closure and environmental-exemption resolution passed 3–2.

November 9, 2023

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Voted against closing Del Valle Elementary and reassigning grades among neighboring schools in the Workman area. The closure and consolidation resolution passed 3–2.

November 9, 2023

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Voted against closing Sunset Elementary, sending its younger students to Lassalette and moving older students in the La Puente area to Sparks Middle School. The resolution passed 3–2.

November 9, 2023

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Voted against closing Los Robles Academy and consolidating it with Palm Elementary. The resolution passed 3–2.

November 9, 2023

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Endorsed Gil Cisneros for Congress in California’s 31st District.

September 29, 2023

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Took the oath for another term on the Hacienda La Puente school board and was elected its clerk.

December 13, 2022

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Served as vice president of the Los Angeles County School Trustees Association on its 2022–23 executive board, after serving as a director in 2021–22.

October 24, 2022

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Voted to request a state waiver of membership and composition rules for the Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee to preserve continuity as members reached their term limits. The request passed 5–0.

May 13, 2022

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Voted for trustee-area boundary map 2 after the 2020 census. The map had a reported population variation of 3.4% and moved Stimson Learning Center from area 4 to area 3. It passed 4–1.

February 10, 2022

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Voted against moving general public comments earlier in the board meeting agenda. The proposal failed with two votes in favor and three opposed.

November 18, 2021

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Voted to require COVID-19 vaccination for all district employees, saying student safety was a priority. The resolution passed 3–2.

September 23, 2021

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Requested an amendment excluding Quemetco’s donation from the district’s donation list, then voted for the amended list. It passed 5–0.

September 9, 2021

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Voted against leasing a district portable building to the City of Industry for daytime services for homeless families. He raised concerns about community input, costs and safety. The lease passed 3–2.

June 24, 2021

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Voted against a public-relations retainer capped at $10,000 per month plus $24,000 a year for emergency services. The proposal failed with two votes in favor and three opposed.

June 10, 2021

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Was elected president of the Hacienda La Puente school board for a one-year term. The vote was 5–0.

December 15, 2020

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Seconded and voted to open the fall 2020 school term with online distance learning during the pandemic. The plan passed 5–0.

July 15, 2020

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Voted to approve Alfonso Jimenez’s employment agreement as school district superintendent, beginning July 1, 2020. It passed 5–0.

June 25, 2020

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Moved and voted for trustee-area election map 4, which failed 2–3. He voted against map 3, adopted 3–2, and against election sequence C, adopted 4–1.

March 12, 2020

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Voted for the local plan establishing Hacienda La Puente as its own special-education planning area for 2019–20. The plan passed 5–0.

June 13, 2019

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Won election to the Hacienda La Puente school board with 12,035 votes, finishing third in the contest for three seats.

November 6, 2018

Source: results.lavote.gov