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Moorpark USD, Trustee Area 1 – Vote for (1)

Watch debate here: (https://youtu.be/3AqhgXm7KIo)

Katie Clunen – Attorney

  • Party: Democrat
  • Occupation: Family law and mediation attorney
  • Education:
    • J.D., Southwestern University School of Law (notes and comments editor, Journal of Law & Trade in the Americas; Justice, Sammis Chapter of Phi Alpha Delta)
    • mediation training
    • Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University
    • fee arbitration training
  • Employment & Experience:
    • Founding partner, Clunen and Oakman Law, LLP (family law and mediation, Ventura/LA counties)
    • previously “of counsel” at Dion Law Group for 8 years
    • President of the Ventura County Bar Association in 2020, officer since 2008
    • recently elected to lead the Women Lawyers of Ventura County
    • Moorpark PTA board member
    • Volunteer with Ventura County Legal Aid and Conejo Free Clinic
  • Priorities:
    • Safeguarding our schools: Protecting our students from becoming political pawns; making measured, reasonable decisions; supporting our teachers and staff, rather than blaming them for things they can’t control; focusing on fiscal responsibility; working through divisive issues with creativity & respect, not with fear or exclusion.
    • Becoming the Standard for Education & Community: focusing on literacy at the earliest stages in education, creating community partnerships, encouraging more communication with parents, adding programs that help our kids compete.
    • Creating Bright Futures for All Moorpark Kids: creating multiple pathways for what life can look like after K-12 education, preparing students for an uncertain future, creating confidence in our kids as they go out into the world.
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June Dubreuil (R) – Real Estate Agent

  • Party: Republican
  • Residence:
    • Moorpark resident for 38+ years; husband Mike;
    • three sons raised in Moorpark, all graduated Moorpark schools; four grandchildren also in Moorpark
  • Employment & Experience:
    • Background in commercial and residential real estate
    • former small business owner of Chuy’s Restaurants
    • Currently a Moorpark Parks and Recreation Commissioner (appointed by the City Council)
    • Previously a Ventura County Parks Advisor (appointed by Supervisor Bob Huber).
    • In 1997, chaired the campaign for Moorpark’s Measure P, a proposed parks maintenance assessment – it won majority support but fell short of the two-thirds threshold then required, and is credited with laying the groundwork for the parks funding solution implemented shortly after.
    • Has also chaired campaigns for several local candidates, including Renee Delgado’s Moorpark City Council run – notable since Delgado is the incumbent in Moorpark’s other contested 2026 race
  • Priorities / Platform:
    • Improving K-4 literacy rates; an additional dedicated School Resource Officer;
    • competitive teacher compensation, reduced administrative burdens, and professional development;
    • sustained funding for athletics and the arts;
    • expanded extracurriculars at Chaparral and Mesa Verde Middle Schools;
    • expanded vocational/technical education and dual-enrollment partnerships with Moorpark College and Moorpark High School; and policies on girls’ sports and private spaces based on biological sex
  • Party / Political Activity:
    • Vice President, Ventura County Republican Assembly (representing Moorpark), per a separate bio published in the context of a Ventura County GOP Central Committee race;
    • That bio describes her as focused on election integrity, supporting local law enforcement in county elections, and building the Republican grassroots.
    • It also credits her with chairing past campaigns for Tony Strickland (State Assembly), Pat Hunter (Moorpark Mayor), Keith Millhouse and Daniel Groff (Moorpark City Council), Renee Delgado (Moorpark City Council), and Bob Huber (Ventura County Supervisor)
  • Links:
Chris Barrett (Moorpark City Council)Tom Means (Moorpark City Council)
Dan Burchfield (MUSD Trustee)
COMMUNITY MEMBERS
– Catherine Hintz
– Ryan Huisengae (retired Moorpark HS teacher/football coach)
– Scott Mosher, Harvey Plaks (retired Simi Valley PD Sgt.)
– Linda Plaks,
– Bren Schearer (retired PVSD special education teacher/former union board member)
– Daniel Groff (former Moorpark City Council)
– Steve Hintz (former VC Treasurer/retired judge)

Robert J. Perez – Incumbent