{"id":155624,"date":"2026-01-29T23:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/155624\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T23:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T23:19:08","slug":"nominate-candidates-for-san-diego-city-council-starting-next-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/155624\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominate candidates for San Diego City Council starting next Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/timesofsandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0.cam1_-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/0.cam1_.jpg\" alt=\"Flags hang at the front of a room over several people sitting and watching over a packed audience. Two people stand speaking before them and a screen on the wall shows a sign &quot;Trust SD Coalition.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-358882\"  \/><\/a>The crowded gallery as the City Council heard from dozens of speakers on Dec. 9, 2025 regarding the contract of a firm to provide San Diego with ALPR service. (File photo by Adrian Childress\/Times of San Diego)<\/p>\n<p>The period to nominate candidates for San Diego City Council positions for the June 2 primary election ballot will begin next Wednesday and continue through March 5, officials announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The seats for City Council Districts 2, 4, 6 and 8 are on the ballot, with winners slated to take office Dec. 10 with the term ending Dec. 10, 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Potential candidates must appear in person at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/city-clerk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Office of the City Clerk<\/a> to obtain nomination papers during the nomination period during business hours at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/locations\/city-administration-building\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">City Administration Building<\/a>, a city statement said. <\/p>\n<p>Candidates may begin submitting nomination papers on Feb. 12 and all nomination forms must be submitted by March 5 at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>City Clerk Diana Fuentes\u2019 office will host a group orientation for prospective candidates on Wednesday, Feb. 4th at 5 p.m. in the City Administration Building, 12th floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChoosing to step into public service reflects courage and a deep commitment to the highest ideals,\u201d Fuentes said. \u201cOur office takes pride in ensuring city elections are conducted with fairness, transparency, and unwavering integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>District 2 is represented by Councilwoman Jennifer Campbell and District 8 by Councilwoman Vivian Moreno, both of whom are termed out.<\/p>\n<p>District 4 is represented by Councilman Henry L. Foster III, who was elected in 2024 in a special election to replace now-San Diego County Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe. District 6 is represented by Councilman Kent Lee, first elected to the office in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>More information is available on the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiego.gov\/2026elections\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Elections<\/a> webpage.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The crowded gallery as the City Council heard from dozens of speakers on Dec. 9, 2025 regarding the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":155625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[76301,989,38499,74,13134,76,75],"class_list":["post-155624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-election-year","tag-elections","tag-elections-2026","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-city-council","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}