Susan Oster Fish
CA · Vice President, West Valley-Mission Community College District Board of Trustees, Trustee Area 7
Susan Oster Fish has served on the West Valley-Mission college board since 2016 and is an attorney, registered nurse, West Valley College graduate, and former Los Gatos planning commissioner. Her main goal is removing barriers to student success.
Where Susan Oster Fish stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Education Quality (3 records)
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Seconded and voted to use the district's general fund to waive tuition and enrollment fees for students living in its service area, starting in spring 2024. It passed 7-0.
September 12, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted to adopt the district's 2023-24 final budget after a public hearing. It passed 7-0.
September 12, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
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Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 3 support
Voted for a board resolution endorsing AB 3158, a state bill letting the district use its own local funds to waive tuition and fees for students. It passed 7-0.
March 19, 2024Supports Public Education Quality
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Seconded and voted to use the district's general fund to waive tuition and enrollment fees for students living in its service area, starting in spring 2024. It passed 7-0.
September 12, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Voted for a board resolution supporting Proposition 15, a ballot measure proposing higher property taxes on large commercial and industrial properties to fund schools and local services. It passed 6-1.
October 6, 2020Supports Public Education Quality
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Track record — General
General · 10 records
Was endorsed by the Santa Clara County Democratic Party for West Valley-Mission Community College District Trustee Area 7.
October 8, 2026
Source: sccdp.org
Voted for a board resolution committing the district to end hunger among its students. It passed 7-0.
March 18, 2025
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Nominated Anne Kepner as board president for 2025. The board elected her 6-0, with one trustee abstaining.
December 16, 2024
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Was named chair of the board's Audit and Budget Oversight Committee for 2025 by a 7-0 vote.
December 16, 2024
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Seconded and voted to declare the West Valley College performing arts project, a theater renovation and a new music building, exempt from state environmental review. It passed 6-0.
February 15, 2022
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Seconded, for discussion, a resolution to keep holding board meetings remotely under a state pandemic law (AB 361), then voted against it. The motion failed 3-4.
November 9, 2021
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Seconded and voted to approve a new contract agreement with the district's faculty union, the West Valley-Mission Federation of Teachers. It passed 6-0.
August 3, 2021
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As outgoing board president, nominated Randi Kinman and moved her election as 2021 board president. It passed 7-0.
December 8, 2020
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Voted for a board resolution backing ACA 5, the state ballot measure to repeal Proposition 209's ban on race and sex preferences in public hiring, contracting and admissions. It passed 7-0.
June 2, 2020
Source: go.boarddocs.com
Was admitted to the State Bar of California. She runs the Law Office of Susan Fish in San Jose.
June 7, 1996
Source: apps.calbar.ca.gov
Past race Susan Oster Fish ran in:
- West Valley-Mission Community College District Governing Board Member, Trustee Area 7 · November 3, 2026 · West Valley-Mission Community College District Trustee Area 7 · incumbent