Daisy Tong
CA · Trustee, Rancho Santiago Community College District Board of Trustees, Area 4
Daisy Tong is a sitting trustee and a past board president. Tong says she will help students transfer to four-year universities, expand chances for working adults to earn degrees and certificates, and spend taxpayer money carefully.
Where Daisy Tong stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (12 records), Public Education Quality (47 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (3 support · 17 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 12 support
Tong backed a consent package supporting common course numbers for firefighting and law-enforcement education (AB 1728). The package passed 7–0.
April 27, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
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Tong backed a consent package supporting single dual-enrollment applications without principal recommendations (AB 1871). The proposal removed a four-course cap, retaining a 15-unit limit. The package passed 7–0.
April 27, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
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Tong backed a four-year technology plan addressing digital access, teaching tools, cybersecurity and privacy. The consent package passed 5–0.
June 23, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
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Tong backed a district slate supporting continued conditional remote-meeting rules for local agencies (AB 259). Public access and in-person quorum requirements remained. The slate passed 6–0.
May 27, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
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Tong backed a district slate supporting continued remote-meeting flexibility for community-college student organizations (AB 409). Public access and governing-board authorization requirements remained. The slate passed 6–0.
May 27, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
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Tong backed a district slate supporting automatic CSU admission and transfer pathways for qualifying students (SB 640). The slate passed 7–0.
April 14, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
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Tong backed a district slate supporting faster apprenticeship approvals with timelines and conditional decisions (AB 345). Construction and firefighter programs were excluded. The slate passed 7–0.
April 14, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
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Tong voted to seek an outside audit of insurance rebates held for the district. The board approved the audit request 6–1.
October 28, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
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Tong backed a district slate supporting emergency and disaster extensions for financial-aid application deadlines (AB 2500). The slate passed 7–0.
May 28, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
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Tong backed a district slate supporting nursing clinical-placement coordination and priority for community-college and CSU programs (SB 1042). The slate passed 6–1.
April 15, 2024Supports Government Efficiency
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Tong backed district support for simpler tuition-exemption and financial-aid paperwork (AB 1540). The motion passed 7–0.
June 26, 2023Supports Government Efficiency
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Tong backed a district slate supporting exemptions for student residences from specified state school-building reviews (AB 358). The slate passed 7–0.
March 27, 2023Supports Government Efficiency
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Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 3 support · 17 oppose
Tong backed a 7–0 consent package approving $15,213,163 in 19 program funding allocations. Programs included College Promise, financial aid, CalWORKs, EOPS, mental health and Student Success Completion grants. Other funding covered TRIO, veterans and childcare, with annual allocations and augmentations.
October 12, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rsccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com
Tong backed the 2026–27 budget 7–0, then supported a 7–0 consent package revising it in October. Restricted-fund budget increases totaled $1,692,339. Transfers included $1 million for IT equipment and $400,000 for legal expenses.
October 12, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: rsccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com
Tong backed a 7–0 consent package authorizing four position eliminations tied to a STEM grant's September 30 end. Three positions were vacant; one was filled. The jobs covered clerical, student-services and learning-center support.
July 13, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: rsccd.edu
Tong backed a consent package supporting nursing-graduate placement and transition grants (AB 2391). The package passed 7–0.
April 27, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Tong backed a consent package opposing restrictions on college reserve balances and transfers (SB 1262). The bill also required specified excess distributions to employees. The package passed 6–0.
March 23, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Tong approved the classified staff union's 2025–28 contract 6–0. The agreement included annual salary-schedule increases of 8%, 3.2% and 3.2%.
October 27, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Tong approved the continuing education faculty union's 2025–28 contract 6–0. The agreement included annual salary-schedule increases of 8%, 3.2% and 3.2%.
August 11, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Tong backed salary-step increases of about 5% for eligible senior administrators. The motion passed 5–0, with one abstention.
July 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Tong approved the faculty union's 2025–28 contract in a 6–0 vote. The agreement included annual salary-schedule increases of 8%, 3.2% and 3.2%.
June 23, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Tong voted for borrowing options to finance major college construction projects. The motion passed 5–2.
June 9, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Tong backed the child-development staff's 2024–27 contract in a 5–1 consent vote. It included 2% salary increases for 2025–26 and 2026–27, conditional on enrollment and funding.
May 27, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Tong backed accepting $640,000 for the district's Zero Textbook Cost Program. The consent package passed 7–0.
April 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Tong backed a district slate supporting a $75 million grant proposal for Black-Serving Institutions (AB 335). The slate passed 7–0.
April 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Tong backed a 7–0 district slate supporting a community-college budget advocacy letter. It sought $1.1 billion for housing, $10 million for aid administration and $60 million for apprenticeships. It also sought technology, prior-learning credit, enrollment and categorical support, including education for incarcerated students.
April 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Tong supported Measure G, a 2024 proposal for $720 million in college construction and repairs.
August 31, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: ocvote.gov
Tong backed accepting a $2 million federal grant addressing unequal access to technology. The consent package passed 6–0.
February 12, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Tong backed a district slate supporting food grants for qualifying California Dream Act applicants (AB 1393). The slate passed 7–0.
June 26, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Tong backed a district slate supporting a proposed school and community-college facilities bond (AB 247). Its presented version sought $14 billion. The slate passed 7–0.
June 26, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Tong backed keeping at least 12.5% of general funds in reserves. The policy also set a two-month reserve goal. It passed 7–0.
May 30, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
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Tong backed a district slate supporting a youth free-transit-pass pilot funded through state appropriations (AB 610). The slate passed 7–0.
March 27, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 47 support
Tong backed a 7–0 consent package approving $15,213,163 in 19 program funding allocations. Programs included College Promise, financial aid, CalWORKs, EOPS, mental health and Student Success Completion grants. Other funding covered TRIO, veterans and childcare, with annual allocations and augmentations.
October 12, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: rsccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com
Tong backed the 2026–27 budget 7–0, then supported a 7–0 consent package revising it in October. Restricted-fund budget increases totaled $1,692,339. Transfers included $1 million for IT equipment and $400,000 for legal expenses.
October 12, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: rsccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com
Tong backed a consent package supporting tribal-affiliation reporting for new American Indian and Alaska Native pupils (AB 1581). She seconded the package, which passed 5–0.
May 26, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: rsccd.edu
Tong backed conditional district support for community-college bachelor's degree expansion (AB 2694). The proposal limited duplication checks to regional university programs. Support depended on amendments. The consent package passed 5–0.
May 26, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: rsccd.edu
Tong backed a consent package supporting common course numbers for firefighting and law-enforcement education (AB 1728). The package passed 7–0.
April 27, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a consent package supporting fee-waiver eligibility after certificates earned along an associate-degree pathway (AB 1920). The package passed 7–0.
April 27, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a consent package supporting single dual-enrollment applications without principal recommendations (AB 1871). The proposal removed a four-course cap, retaining a 15-unit limit. The package passed 7–0.
April 27, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a consent package supporting nursing-graduate placement and transition grants (AB 2391). The package passed 7–0.
April 27, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a consent package supporting CalWORKs education funds for students' basic needs (AB 1829). It also supported conditional work-study employer contribution waivers. The package passed 6–0.
March 23, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a consent package supporting regional workforce funds for paid work-based learning (AB 2466). The package passed 6–0.
March 23, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a consent package supporting state approval safeguards for short-term Workforce Pell programs (AB 1534). The package passed 6–0.
March 23, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a four-year technology plan addressing digital access, teaching tools, cybersecurity and privacy. The consent package passed 5–0.
June 23, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong voted for borrowing options to finance major college construction projects. The motion passed 5–2.
June 9, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting student-aid exclusions from CalWORKs and CalFresh income calculations (AB 42). Federal limits remained applicable. The slate passed 6–0.
May 27, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed accepting $640,000 for the district's Zero Textbook Cost Program. The consent package passed 7–0.
April 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting College Promise fee waivers for part-time students (AB 537). The slate passed 7–0.
April 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting evaluated college credit for prior learning, including military service and training (SB 744). The slate passed 7–0.
April 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting continued online-study tuition exemptions for qualifying deported students (AB 695). The slate passed 7–0.
April 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting automatic CSU admission and transfer pathways for qualifying students (SB 640). The slate passed 7–0.
April 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting a $75 million grant proposal for Black-Serving Institutions (AB 335). The slate passed 7–0.
April 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting faster apprenticeship approvals with timelines and conditional decisions (AB 345). Construction and firefighter programs were excluded. The slate passed 7–0.
April 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a 7–0 district slate supporting a community-college budget advocacy letter. It sought $1.1 billion for housing, $10 million for aid administration and $60 million for apprenticeships. It also sought technology, prior-learning credit, enrollment and categorical support, including education for incarcerated students.
April 14, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting district workforce funds for paid internships and apprenticeships (AB 323). She seconded the slate, which passed 4–0.
March 24, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting financial aid for qualifying military dependents stationed outside California (AB 88). She seconded the slate, which passed 4–0.
March 24, 2025Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong supported Measure G, a 2024 proposal for $720 million in college construction and repairs.
August 31, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
Source: ocvote.gov
Tong backed an eight-year district plan emphasizing workforce training, university transfers and local bachelor's degrees. The motion passed 5–0.
June 24, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting parent information about local apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeships (AB 2179). The slate passed 5–0.
June 24, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting parent notices about dual-enrollment and International Baccalaureate opportunities (AB 1796). The slate passed 5–0.
June 24, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting emergency and disaster extensions for financial-aid application deadlines (AB 2500). The slate passed 7–0.
May 28, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting reporting and study of nursing clinical-placement coordination (SB 1015). The slate passed 6–1.
April 15, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting nursing clinical-placement coordination and priority for community-college and CSU programs (SB 1042). The slate passed 6–1.
April 15, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting cross-district dual-enrollment partnerships after local refusal or nonresponse (SB 1244). The slate passed 6–1.
April 15, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting paid college opportunities regardless of immigration status (AB 1942). Support assumed no harm to existing residents' and students' education or employment opportunities. The slate passed 6–1.
April 15, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting orientation information for veterans, Guard members and their dependents (AB 322). The slate passed 7–0.
June 26, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting food grants for qualifying California Dream Act applicants (AB 1393). The slate passed 7–0.
June 26, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting classes in other languages without mandatory concurrent English instruction (AB 1096). The slate passed 7–0.
June 26, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting broader course-repeat access and academic-support referrals (AB 811). The slate passed 7–0.
June 26, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting a proposed school and community-college facilities bond (AB 247). Its presented version sought $14 billion. The slate passed 7–0.
June 26, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed district support for simpler tuition-exemption and financial-aid paperwork (AB 1540). The motion passed 7–0.
June 26, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting protection of emergency aid from scholarship offsets (AB 25). The slate passed 7–0.
June 26, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting taxpayer-ID use in apprenticeship and internship background checks (SB 467). The slate passed 7–0.
June 26, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting tax-credit-funded aid for community-college transfers to historically Black universities (AB 1400). The slate passed 7–0.
June 26, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting expanded Middle Class Scholarship access for current and former foster youth (SB 307). The slate passed 7–0.
April 24, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting tuition-exemption paths based on qualifying college credits or transfer degrees (AB 680). The slate passed 7–0.
April 24, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting UC admission pathways for transfer-degree holders (AB 1749). Support included seeking an amendment covering all UC campuses. The slate passed 7–0.
April 24, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting permanent community-college economic and workforce development programming (AB 1370). The bill also revised program rules. The slate passed 7–0.
March 27, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Tong backed a district slate supporting notices to local community colleges about school college and career fairs (AB 1173). The slate passed 7–0.
March 27, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
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Track record — General
General · 43 records
Tong worked as a communications consultant for government agencies, businesses, and local elected leaders.
October 31, 2026
Source: rsccd.edu
Tong contributed to a weekly Vietnamese newspaper. She also hosted Vietnamese television and radio programs about news and current events.
October 31, 2026
Source: rsccd.edu
Tong changed careers and began working in real estate after challenges linked to COVID-19.
October 31, 2026
Source: rsccd.edu
Tong endorsed Kathy Tavoularis's 2024 Orange City Council campaign.
October 31, 2026
Source: kathytavoularis.com
Reform California recommended Tong for Rancho Santiago Community College District's Area 4 seat.
October 31, 2026
Source: reformcalifornia.org
Tong volunteered as a translator between parents and teachers and helped with summer library reading. She supported Toys for Tots and helped establish Westminster's Tet Parade.
October 31, 2026
Source: rsccd.edu
Tong endorsed John Giang Nguyen for Garden Grove Unified School District's Area 4 seat.
October 31, 2026
Source: votejohnnguyen.com
OC Indivisible Coalition recommended voting against Tong for Rancho Santiago's Area 4 seat.
October 29, 2026
Source: ocindivisible.org
Tong voted against endorsing Proposition 3's permanent extension of existing high-income education taxes. The support resolution passed 4–3.
October 12, 2026
Source: rsccd.community.diligentoneplatform.com
The Western States Regional Council of Carpenters endorsed Tong for Rancho Santiago's Area 4 seat.
October 6, 2026
Source: wscarpenters.org
Tong voted to place Chancellor Marvin Martinez on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. The motion passed 5–1.
September 1, 2026
Source: rsccd.edu
Tong voted to keep ASCIP for employee health coverage in 2027. The board approved it 5–1, with one abstention. She also opposed the alternative SISC plan, which failed 2–5.
September 1, 2026
Source: rsccd.edu
Tong backed agreements for students at three Santa Ana schools to take college classes. The consent package passed 6–1.
September 1, 2026
Source: rsccd.edu
Tong backed apprenticeship training agreements with six partners, including electrical, carpentry and water-industry groups. The consent package passed 6–1.
September 1, 2026
Source: rsccd.edu
Tong backed two July motions to suspend President Phillip Yarbrough's officer powers. Both failed 3–4. One preserved his Fiscal/Audit chair role. She later backed a temporary suspension during independent investigations, which passed 4–3.
August 10, 2026
Source: rsccd.edu
Tong voted to lease part of Santa Ana College's campus to Vista Charter Public Schools. The board approved it 7–0.
July 13, 2026
Source: rsccd.edu
Tong voted to delay hiring outside investigators and separate lawyers for the board and its president. Each delay passed 4–2.
April 13, 2026
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Tong opposed a separate-board-counsel policy in February; it passed 5–2. She later backed hiring separate board counsel, which passed 6–1. The contract required the firm to cover losses from its intentional, willful or reckless acts.
March 23, 2026
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Tong voted to set 2026–27 nonresident tuition at $409 per unit. Fees were $26 per unit for capital costs and $65 per application. The motion passed 6–1.
February 17, 2026
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Tong moved to seek outside legal review of the district's insurance audit. She later backed increasing the legal budget from $50,000 to $80,000. The increase passed 6–0.
August 11, 2025
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Tong backed removing Zeke Hernandez from board officer and committee chair roles. The motion followed his admitted closed-meeting confidentiality breach. It passed 4–2, with one abstention.
July 14, 2025
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Tong opposed a sponsored-newspaper agreement in February. That motion failed 2–3, with one abstention. In April she moved and backed the $143,700 agreement, which passed 5–2. It covered 12 sponsored sections over 14 months for Santiago Canyon College.
April 14, 2025
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Tong voted to authorize emergency contracts after Santa Ana College's Building T closed. The motion passed 4–0.
March 24, 2025
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Tong voted to lease part of the district's Digital Media Center to Vista Charter Public Schools. The Santa Ana lease passed 6–1.
December 16, 2024
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The board elected Tong president by a 7–0 vote. She also appointed herself chair of its Fiscal/Audit Review Committee.
December 16, 2024
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Tong voted against a one-year committee and officer ban for Phillip Yarbrough. The proposed ban failed 2–5.
November 12, 2024
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Tong voted against raising student parking fees. The increase failed 2–5. She also backed a failed 3–4 request for more student input.
October 14, 2024
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Tong backed a labor agreement for construction paid for by district bond measures. It included a carpenters' pre-apprenticeship program. The board approved it 6–0, with one trustee recused.
September 9, 2024
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Tong voted to appoint Kristin Olson as the district's vice chancellor for human resources. The contract set a $309,848.11 salary. It passed 5–0.
June 24, 2024
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Tong backed a district policy authorizing security cameras for crime prevention and emergency response. It passed 7–0.
June 10, 2024
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Tong backed opposing AB 1818 unless districts could address housing needs through alternatives to overnight student parking. The local motion failed 3–3.
March 25, 2024
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Tong backed district support for free campus tests detecting drugs used to spike drinks (AB 1524). It passed 6–0, with one abstention.
June 26, 2023
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Tong voted to remove the district's COVID-19 vaccination rules for students and employees. The board approved the change 7–0.
June 26, 2023
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Tong backed district support for UC reports on returning Native American remains and cultural items (AB 226). It passed 7–0.
June 26, 2023
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Tong backed a district slate supporting campus and venue access to opioid-overdose medication (SB 234). The slate passed 7–0.
April 24, 2023
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Tong backed district slates supporting campus fentanyl-strip information and health-center distribution (AB 461) in March and April. Both slates passed 7–0.
April 24, 2023
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Tong backed a district slate supporting new funding attendance calculations for career-development and college-preparation courses (AB 634). The slate passed 7–0.
March 27, 2023
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Tong seconded appointing Jeannie Kim as Santiago Canyon College's president. The contract set a $270,258.25 salary. It passed 6–1.
January 17, 2023
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Tong asked the district to explore a Garden Grove teaching location to serve the community.
January 17, 2023
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Tong backed allowing annual increases or decreases of up to 5% in trustees' pay. Increases remained subject to referendum.
January 17, 2023
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Tong took office as Rancho Santiago's Area 4 trustee. The board then elected her clerk by a 7–0 vote.
December 12, 2022
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Tong managed operations for campaign-website company Visteva and led communications firm Saigon West. She also assisted Allan Mansoor's 2010 Assembly campaign. The campaign reportedly paid the two firms $31,627.74 for literature and mailings.
September 1, 2010
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Tong worked as a field representative for Assemblymember Van Tran. She later moved into political consulting and voter-registration programs.
May 11, 2006
Source: capitolweekly.net
Past race Daisy Tong ran in:
- Rancho Santiago Community College District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 4 · November 3, 2026 · Rancho Santiago Community College District Trustee Area 4 · incumbent