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The period to nominate candidates for local offices across the San Ramon Valley in the November election begins on Monday.
Residents in Valley communities will vote in a variety of races this fall, including Danville Town Council, San Ramon City Council, San Ramon Valley school board and fire district board, and other special district boards.
Prospective candidates can begin to join the contests starting Monday morning. The candidacy filing period continues until Aug. 12 at 5 p.m. — unless one or more incumbent does not enter a particular race, in which case the filing window for that race would be extended until Aug. 17 for non-incumbents.
San Ramon Valley residents will also cast ballots this fall in runoff elections that pit candidates who advanced out of the June primary in races for county Board of Supervisors, State Assembly, State Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.
There are also a variety of state and federal candidates — including U.S. president and senator — as well as state and regional ballot measures set to be decided in November.
Local races
Danville Town Council: Three seats
City of San Ramon: Mayor’s seat, two City Council seats
San Ramon Valley Unified School District: Two board seats
San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District: Three board seats
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (Central San): Three board seats
Dublin San Ramon Services District: Three full board seats, one short-term board position to complete final two years of term
Diablo Community Services District: Two board seats
Contra Costa Community College District: Board seat for Ward 2, which includes Alamo. The Ward 5 seat, which does not include San Ramon Valley communities, is also up for election.
The Contra Costa County Board of Education, East Bay Municipal Utility District board and East Bay Regional Park District board also have seats up for election in November, but those positions do not include San Ramon Valley communities.
Runoffs for local representatives
Residents of Diablo, Blackhawk and the rest of District 3 will elect a new Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors member to replace retiring Supervisor Mary Piepho.
The race features the top two finishers from the six-candidate primary election in June: Brentwood City Councilman Steve Barr and Diane Burgis, who holds leadership roles on the Friends of the Marsh Creek Watershed and the East Bay Regional Park District’s board.
District 3 includes most of Antioch, Oakley and Brentwood as well as Discovery Bay, Diablo and Blackhawk.
State Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) and Republican challenger Joseph A. Rubay advanced out of the June primary and will compete this fall to represent the 7th Senatorial District, which includes the San Ramon Valley.
Freshman Assemblywoman Catharine Baker (R-San Ramon) and Democrat challenger Cheryl Cook-Kallio, a teacher and former Pleasanton City Council member, are vying to represent the San Ramon Valley and the rest of the 16th Assembly District.
In the 15th Congressional District including San Ramon, two-term Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin) faces Republican challenger Danny R. Turner.
First-term U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) and Republican challenger Roger Allen Petersen are competing for the 11th Congressional District, which includes Danville.
Learn more
To obtain nomination papers and other documents for Danville Town Council candidacy, contact city clerk Marie Sunseri at 314-3401 or msunseri@danville.ca.gov. For San Ramon City Council and mayor nomination paperwork, contact city clerk Renee Beck at 973-2538 or CityClerk@sanramon.ca.gov.
For information on other races, visit the Contra Costa County Registrar of Voters’ Office website or contact individual local district offices.
To Town of Danville residents: PLEASE STEP FORWARD TO RUN FOR COUNCIL!
Is Danville a kingdom? Two of the Council members have been on the Council for over TWENTY YEARS EACH—Mike Doyle and Newell Arnerich.
Mike is now 86 or 87. Please, Mike, step aside so someone else can represent the public and do the necessary homework to form an opinion separate from that of the Town Staff and other Council members.You have been acting as a rubber stamp for the Town Staff and other Council members in the last several years.
Newell is over sixty now. Newell, you have had more than 2 decades on the Council and it is now time to step aside. The contributions you received from many local developers for your failed Assembly campaign removes the last vestige of ANY veneer of objectivity regarding local development applications. Your staunch support of two much-maligned large developments in Danville makes you unfit to continue in office: the KB Homes “Quail Ridge” development that destroyed the bucolic Elworthy Ranch along San Ramon Blvd., and the SummerHill Homes development that was set to destroy Agricultural Open Space on the remnants of Magee ranch. Thankfully, you and the rest of the Town Council lost the lawsuit over that project and it is now stalled.
Renee Morgan: you barely won your seat, and only did so because you ran on the coattails of Arnerich and Doyle. Please do not run again so new voices can serve the public for once on the Danville Town Council.
Wow Local Resident,
You got a lot of people to back your comments. People must be really, really dissatisfied with life in Danville. I know my life here for the past 16 years really sucks.
Maybe YOU should run instead of asking others to run for council. Why should someone else run to make you happy?
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