# East Valley Water District (local, San Bernardino County)

URL: https://www.californiapeople.org/local/east-valley-water

- title: East Valley Water District
- type: district
- cities: [highland, san-bernardino]

## Key findings
- **Three at-large seats, four candidates.** Incumbents **Ronald Coats**, **Phillip Goodrich** and **James Morales Jr.** face one challenger, **Jeff Saks**. The top three win. [^1][^2]
- The district supplies water and sewer service to Highland and parts of San Bernardino. Morales placed first in both 2018 and 2022. [^1]

## Board of Directors (vote for 3)
### Ronald Coats (incumbent)
- Current director. [^1]
### Phillip Goodrich (incumbent)
- Current director. [^1]
### James Morales Jr. (incumbent)
- Director since at least 2018; placed first with 26.6% (2018) and 27.9% (2022). [^3]
### Jeff Saks
- The only non-incumbent. I found no independent reporting on this candidate.

## Sources
[^1]: Ballotpedia, San Bernardino County municipal elections (2026): ,_California_(2026). https://ballotpedia.org/Municipal_elections_in_San_Bernardino_County
[^2]: East Valley Water District, election information. https://www.eastvalleywater.gov/about/transparency/board-of-directors/election-information
[^3]: Ballotpedia, James Morales Jr.. https://ballotpedia.org/James_Morales_Jr