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Cities in California

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Cities by state


Municipal government
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Top 100 cities by population

Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities. Ballotpedia also covers mayors, city councils, and district attorneys in all state capitals.

This page includes the following resources:

Cities

City government

Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope and the county governments that overlap those cities:

City County
Anaheim Orange County
Bakersfield Kern County
Chula Vista San Diego County
Fremont Alameda County
Fresno Fresno County
Irvine Orange County
Long Beach Los Angeles County
Los Angeles Los Angeles County
Oakland Alameda County
Riverside Riverside County
Sacramento Sacramento County
Santa Ana Orange County
San Bernardino San Bernardino County
San Diego San Diego County
San Jose San Francisco County
San Jose Santa Clara County
Santa Clarita Los Angeles County
Stockton San Joaquin County

According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 57 counties, 482 cities, towns, and villages, and 2,949 special districts.[1]

San Francisco is a consolidated city-county government, exercising powers and responsibilities of both forms of government.


Elections

Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.

2025

See also: United States municipal elections, 2025 and School board elections, 2025

2024

See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024

2023

See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023

2022

See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022
  • Anaheim, California - Mayor and city council
  • Bakersfield, California - City council
  • Chula Vista, California - Mayor, city attorney, and city council
  • Fremont, California - City council
  • Fresno, California - City council
  • Irvine, California - Mayor and city council
  • Long Beach, California - Mayor, city attorney, city auditor, city prosecutor, and city council
  • Los Angeles, California - Mayor, city attorney, city controller, and city council
  • Oakland, California - Mayor, city auditor, and city council
  • Sacramento, California - City council
  • San Bernardino, California - Mayor and city council
  • San Diego, California - City council
  • San Francisco, California - Assessor-recorder (regular & special), city attorney (special), district attorney (special), public defender, board of supervisors, community college board, BART director, and superior court judges
  • San Jose, California - Mayor and city council
  • Santa Ana, California - Mayor and city council
  • Santa Clarita, California - City council
  • Stockton, California - City council
  • Alameda County, California - Assessor, auditor/controller, district attorney, sheriff/coroner, treasurer/tax collector, superintendent of schools, board of supervisors, county board of education, Union Sanitary District, flood control board, AC Transit District board of directors, water district board, BART board, park district board, municipal utility district, healthcare district board, community college district boards, and superior court judges
  • Fresno County, California - Assessor-recorder, auditor, controller/treasurer-tax collector, clerk/registrar of voters, district attorney, sheriff coroner public administrator, superintendent of schools, county supervisors, county board of education, community college district board, irrigation district board, recreation district board, memorial district board, water district board, utility district board, and superior court judges
  • Kern County, California - Assessor-recorder, auditor-controller-county clerk, district attorney, sheriff-coroner-public administrator, superintendent of schools, treasurer-tax collector, board of supervisors, county board of education, community college district board, county water agency board, community services district board, and superior court judges
  • Los Angeles County, California - Assessor, sheriff, county supervisor, water district board, water replenishment district board, water agency board, community college districts, and superior court judges
  • Orange County, California - Assessor, auditor-controller, clerk-recorder, district attorney-public administrator, sheriff-coroner, treasurer-tax collector, superintendent of schools, county supervisors, county board of education, community college boards, water district boards, hazard abatement board, and superior court judges
  • Riverside County, California - Assessor-county clerk-recorder, auditor-controller, district attorney, sheriff-coroner-public administrator, superintendent of schools, treasurer-tax collector, board of supervisors, county board of education, community college district board, community services district board, sanitary district board, water district board (regular & special), and superior court judges
  • Sacramento County, California - Assessor, district attorney, sheriff, county board of supervisors, county board of education, water district boards, flood control district board, community college district board, municipal utility district board, fire district board, and superior court judges
  • San Bernardino County, California - Assessor-recorder, auditor-controller/treasurer/tax collector, district attorney, sheriff/coroner/public administrator, superintendent of schools, county supervisors, county board of education, community college district boards, water district board, and superior court judges
  • San Diego County, California - Assessor/recorder/county clerk, district attorney, sheriff, treasurer/tax collector, county board of supervisors, county board of education, community college district board, municipal water district board, healthcare district boards, and superior court judges
  • San Joaquin County, California - Assessor-recorder-clerk, auditor-controller, district attorney, sheriff-coroner-public administrator, superintendent of schools, treasurer-tax collector, county supervisors, community college board, irrigation district, water district board, fire district board, and superior court judges
  • Santa Clara County, California - Assessor, district attorney, sheriff, county supervisors, county board of education, community college district boards, water district board, geologic hazard abatement district board, open space authority board, and superior court judges
  • California school board elections

2021

See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021

2020

See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020
Past elections

2019

See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019

2018

See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018
  • Anaheim, California - Mayor and city council
  • Bakersfield, California - City council
  • Chula Vista, California - Mayor, city council, and city attorney
  • Fremont, California - City council
  • Fresno, California - City council
  • Irvine, California - Mayor and city council
  • Long Beach, California - Mayor, city council, city attorney, city auditor, and city prosecutor
  • Oakland, California - Mayor, city council, and auditor
  • Sacramento, California - City council
  • San Bernardino, California - Mayor and city council
  • San Diego, California - City council
  • San Francisco, California - Mayor, board of supervisors, city assessor-recorder, public defender, county board of education members, superior court judge, and seats on the college board
  • San Jose, California - Mayor and city council
  • Santa Ana, California - Mayor and city council
  • Stockton, California - City council
  • Alameda County, California - County board of supervisors, County board of education, flood control board of directors, County superintendent of schools, County assessor, County auditor-controller/clerk recorder, District attorney, County sheriff/coroner, County treasurer-tax collector, Superior court judges, community college boards, Union Sanitary District, Water District directors, Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) directors, East Bay Municipal Utility District board, Washington Township Healthcare District board, and East Bay Regional Park District board
  • Fresno County, California - County clerk, county board of supervisors, county assessor recorder, county auditor-controller/treasurer-tax collector, district attorney-public administrator, county sheriff-coroner, county superintendent of schools, superior court judges, irrigation district board, community college district board, park district board, memorial district board, water district board, and public utility district board
  • Kern County, California - County board of supervisors, county assessor-recorder, county auditor-controller-county clerk, district attorney, county sheriff-coroner-public administrator, county treasurer-tax collector, county superintendent of schools, superior court judges, county board of education, community college district governing board, water agency board, and community services district board
  • Los Angeles County, California - County board of supervisors, county assessor, county sheriff, college district governing board, water district boards, and superior court judges
  • Orange County, California - County board of supervisors, county assessor, county auditor-controller, district attorney-public administrator, county sheriff-coroner, county treasurer-tax collector, county superintendent of schools, county clerk-recorder, college district boards, water district boards, hazard abatement district, and superior court judges
  • Riverside County, California - County board of supervisors, county assessor-clerk-recorder, county auditor-controller, district attorney, county sheriff-coroner-public administrator, county treasurer-tax collector, county superintendent of schools, county board of education, water district board, college district board, and superior court judges
  • Sacramento County, California - County board of supervisors, county board of education, county assessor, county sheriff, district attorney, fire district board, utility district board, water district boards, flood control district board, college district trustees, and superior court judges
  • San Bernardino County, California - County board of supervisors, county assessor/recorder, county auditor-controller/treasurer/tax collector, district attorney, county sheriff/coroner/public administrator, county superintendent of schools, college district board members, water district board members, and superior court judges
  • San Diego County, California - County board of supervisors, county assessor/recorder/county clerk, county treasurer/tax collector, district attorney, county sheriff, county board of education members, college district members, irrigation district board members, water district members, health care district members, and superior court judges
  • San Joaquin County, California - County board of supervisors, county assessor-recorder-clerk, county treasurer-tax collector, district attorney, county sheriff-coroner-public administrator, county board of education, county auditor-controller, county superintendent of schools, water district board, college district board, irrigation district board, fire protection district board, and superior court judges
  • Santa Clara County, California - County board of supervisors, county assessor, county sheriff, district attorney, superior court judges, county board of education, college district boards, water district board, and special districts
  • California school board elections

2017

See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017

2016

See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016

2015

See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015


Initiative process availability

See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in California

The local units of government in California that make the initiative process available are:

  • All 361 general law cities, which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process for ordinances.
  • All 121 charter cities, which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process for charter amendments.
  • All 44 general law counties, which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process for ordinances.
  • All 14 charter counties, which have a state mandated initiative and referendum process.[2]

See also

California Municipal government Other local coverage
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