Election Information

CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS

 All candidates must be 18 years of age, a Citizen of the United States, and a registered voter residing within the city limits at the time nomination papers are issued.

NOMINATION PERIOD

The nomination period began Monday, July 13, 2026 through Friday, August 7, 2026 at 1:00 p.m.*. 

*If an incumbent does not file nomination papers by August 7, 2026 the nomination period will be extended to 5:00 p.m. on August 12, 2026. 

NOMINATION PAPERS:

Nomination Papers will be available on the first day of the nomination period.  “Pulling” nomination papers will take approximately 45 minutes.  The Chief Deputy City City, Shirley Quinones, is the elections official, who will be issuing your nomination papers with the assistance of Samantha Pina, Administrative Assistant II.

Randomized Alphabet Drawing

On August 13, 2026, the Secretary of State conducted a randomized drawing of letters of the alphabet pursuant to California Elections Code section 13112. The resulting order of letters constitutes the "randomized alphabet" was  used to determine the order of candidates' names on the ballot.

This alphabet applies throughout the candidate's name, last name first, followed, if necessary, by first name, then middle name. If more than one candidate's last name begins with the same letter, proceed to the second letter and, if needed, the third, etc., until different letters appear in the same position. If the second letter of the last name differs, the second letter of the last name determines who appears first on the ballot, according to where the second letter of the name appears in the randomized alphabet. If the second letters are the same, proceed to the third letter, and so on. For example, if two candidates with the last names Campbell and Carlson are running for the same office, their order on the ballot will depend on the order in which the letters "M" and "R" were drawn in the randomized alphabet drawing.