Slate Challenges Pacifica Incumbents on Budget, Trust at Candidate Forum
School Board • Pacifica School DistrictSeptember 19, 2026
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Pacifica School District voters got their clearest look yet at a contested board race. A four-member slate blamed three incumbents for a fiscal crisis and school closures, and the incumbents defended their record and urged the community to move forward. The candidates' split on budget cuts, the vacant Ocean Shore campus and charter schools previews the choices the next board will face under county fiscal oversight.
- Four-member "Let's Get to Work" slate targets three incumbents over finances and transparency.
- County fiscal stabilization plan calls for 14 staff cuts, and candidates split on where they should fall.
- Ocean Shore's unused $7M wing fuels debate over surplus property. The slate rejects more workforce housing.
- Every candidate backs the Measure T parcel tax renewal, but several warn that trust is eroding.
- Incumbents oppose a charter school. Slate members say they would judge any proposal on its merits.
Seven candidates appeared at a Sept. 19 forum hosted by a local club. Candidates thanked the Pacifica Democrats. Candidate Grace Sobieski called the race "the first Pacifica School Board election on the ballot in 10 years."
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