{"id":5554,"date":"2026-07-27T07:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T07:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5554"},"modified":"2026-07-27T07:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T07:36:18","slug":"four-seats-on-midpen-open-space-district-board-up-for-election-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5554","title":{"rendered":"Four seats on Midpen open space district board up for election in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<h4>Midpen midterms<\/h4>\n<p>Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has four board seats up for grabs in the Nov. 3 general election, including Ward 5, which encompasses northern Sunnyvale.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5552\">Four-bedroom house sells in San Jose for $2.9 million<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Members of the public interested in running for office have until 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7, to file the required paperwork. As of July 24, incumbent Karen Holman, former mayor of Palo Alto, was the only candidate to have filed papers for the Ward 5 seat.<\/p>\n<p>Candidate filing for non-incumbents is extended only if an incumbent does not file nomination papers by the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Midpen is a public agency created by local voters and governed by a publicly elected board of directors. Each of Midpen\u2019s seven directors serve four-year terms on the board, representing the residents of a geographic area, or ward, within Midpen\u2019s boundaries. Directors help set strategic direction for the agency, overseeing policies, annual budgets and work plans. The board generally holds its regular public meetings on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5550\">Four-bedroom house sells in San Jose for $2.1 million<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eligible board candidates must be at least 18 years old and be registered to vote and reside within the ward they seek to represent.<\/p>\n<p>Potential candidates are required to gather signatures from 50 registered voters in their ward on a nomination form provided by Midpen\u2019s clerk.<\/p>\n<p>To file nomination papers, contact Midpen\u2019s clerk at 650-691-1200 or\u00a0clerk@openspace.org\u00a0to make appointments to receive and submit the required paperwork. For more information, visit\u202fopenspace.org\/election-information.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5548\">Sale closed in Piedmont: $4.2 million for a five-bedroom home<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Incumbent is running for re-election in ward that includes parts of Sunnyvale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Four seats on Midpen open space district board up for election in November - Next City Digest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=5554\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four seats on Midpen open space district board up for election in November - 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