La Palma, CAVoter Guide 2026 · not a ballot

Voter guide · Nov 3, 2026

La Palma City Council Election 2026

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council seats up

2 contests

4 candidates

Updated Oct 5, 2026. Every claim links to its source. How we check →

The candidates

Listed alphabetically by last name. Every position links to its source.

City Council District 2 · 1 seat

City Council District 4 · 1 seat

Residents vote only for the council seat in their own district: District 2 or District 4. Each is one seat on the five-member council.

Already on the council, not on the ballot

Whoever you elect will govern alongside these members.

Debbie BakerCouncil Member, District 1, and Mayor Pro Tem; term ends December 20284sourcedVikesh PatelCouncil Member, District 3; term ends December 20284sourcedMark WaldmanCouncil Member, District 5; term ends December 20284sourced

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Seat the CouncilPick winners, see the councilWhat council decidesPublic safety and police leadership, City budget, Council transparency and meeting rulesKey datesDeadlines and vote centers

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General Municipal Election Day

Tue, Nov 3, 2026

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What the next council decides

Public safety and police leadership

Where it standsThe council hired an interim police chief in March 2026.

What's on the tableHow the council funds and oversees police and fire services and who leads the Police Department.

City budget

Where it standsThe council adopted a Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget in June 2025 and amended it at mid-year in March 2026.

What's on the tableThe next annual budget and any further mid-year adjustments.

Council transparency and meeting rules

Where it standsIn January 2025 the council adopted a Code of Conduct, and a request to live stream meetings did not receive a second.

What's on the tableWhether to revisit live streaming of meetings and how council members place items on the agenda.

Streets and infrastructure

Where it standsThe council has been awarding street maintenance contracts, including slurry seal work in Residential Zone 4 in June 2025.

What's on the tableWhich street and infrastructure projects the budget funds.

  • In June 2025 the council awarded the Residential Zone 4 Slurry Seal contract (City Project No. ST-372) to Roy Allan Slurry Seal, Inc. in the amount of $173,446.24; the vote was 3-0 with one recusal and one absence. City Council minutes, June 3, 2025 · Jun 3, 2025

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    The seat math

    3 stay (not up this year): Debbie Baker, Vikesh Patel, Mark Waldman2 on this ballot

    5 council seats. The council decides by a 3-vote majority.

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