- alamedacountyca.gov (opens in a new tab)Alameda County Registrar of Voters -- own JSON API behind its "Candidate List" web app (electionId 260 = General Election - 11/03/2026, Official): the racelist/260/600 endpoint names all 46 City-category races countywide, including the exact two City of Alameda races -- Mayor (raceId 89) and Members of City Council (raceId 90) -- with their raceIds and vote-for-1/vote-for-2 seat counts.
- alamedacountyca.gov (opens in a new tab)Alameda County Registrar of Voters -- the same candidatelist app's per-race candidate-detail view (POST to /rov_app/candidatelist/ with electionId=260, categoryId=600, and raceId 89 or 90, raceStatus/candidateStatus left blank), queried directly for both City of Alameda races: returns each candidate's exact filed ballot designation, filing agency, and incumbent flag -- Tony Daysog (Councilmember/Urban Planner), Tracy Jensen (Councilmember/Nonprofit Director), and Malia Vella (Businesswoman/Educator) for Mayor; Thushan Amarasiriwardena (Software Product Manager), Maria L. Bondonno (Public Service Attorney), Marcie Johnson (Social Worker), Tyler Savage (Technology Partner Manager), Steve Slauson (Small Business Owner), and Amos White (Environmental Nonprofit Executive) for Council -- the same nine-candidate roster independently confirmed by the Alameda Post's own reporting.
- alamedapost.com (opens in a new tab)The Alameda Post -- "UPDATED: Alameda's November Ballot Lineup Taking Shape" (published Aug. 7, 2026; updated Aug. 12, 2026 after the nomination period closed), read in full with a named byline (Editor and Publisher Adam Gillitt): quotes City Charter Section 2-14's two-consecutive-term limit and states Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft is ineligible to run again; profiles all three Mayoral candidates (Daysog, Jensen, Vella) and all six qualified Council candidates (Amarasiriwardena, Bondonno, Johnson, Savage, Slauson, White) with biographical detail; states the nomination period was extended from Aug. 7 to Aug. 12 because incumbent Councilmember Tracy Jensen had not filed to retain her seat; and confirms Zac Bowling pulled papers but did not qualify for the Council ballot.
- alamedapost.com (opens in a new tab)The Alameda Post -- "Alameda Candidates Outline Differences on Affordability, Housing, Infrastructure, Public Safety" (published Aug. 31, 2026), read in full with a named byline (contributing writer Karin K. Jensen): reports on an Aug. 22, 2026 City of Alameda Democratic Club candidate forum attended by all three Mayoral candidates and five of six Council candidates (Steve Slauson, identified as the field's only non-Democrat, did not attend), with each candidate's own stated position on affordability, vacant storefronts, housing, the $300 million Measure L infrastructure bond, and Flock Safety license-plate cameras, plus a candidate-by-candidate summary table. An editor's note discloses that Amarasiriwardena is a former Alameda Post board member who resigned earlier in 2026.
- netfile.com (opens in a new tab)The County of Alameda's own NetFile-hosted public campaign-finance portal (agency code COA, confirmed via NetFile's own public agency directory -- the City of Alameda has no NetFile portal of its own), queried directly via its own QuickNameSearch and filings/byCandidate JSON API for all nine 2026 City of Alameda candidates. No candidate has an FPPC Form 460 on file as of this retrieval: Daysog, Jensen, Amarasiriwardena, Johnson, and Savage have each filed only an initial Form 410 (Statement of Organization) for a 2026 committee; Vella, Bondonno, Slauson, and White have no 2026 committee on file under this search at all. A uniform, documented absence, not a search failure or a claim any candidate is non-compliant -- consistent with committees organized after the Jan.-June 2026 semi-annual reporting period closed having no Form 460 due until the pre-election filing in October.
- en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia's Alameda, California article -- states the 5-member City Council (Mayor plus four members) is elected entirely at-large, not by district; 2020 census population (78,280); council-manager government with an appointed City Manager.
Last updated September 1, 2026.
City of Alameda
Mayor of Alameda
Alameda's Mayor chairs the 5-member City Council (the Mayor plus four at-large Councilmembers) and represents the city publicly, in this roughly 78,000-resident Alameda County city under a council-manager government with an appointed City Manager. The term is four years, limited to two consecutive terms by the City Charter. Decided by plurality vote, not ranked-choice -- unlike Berkeley, San Leandro, or Oakland, Alameda County's three ranked-choice charter cities.
Three current or former City Councilmembers are running for Mayor. They are Tony Daysog, Tracy Jensen, and Malia Vella. They want to succeed Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft. She is term limited.
Alameda's Mayor chairs the 5-member City Council. That is the Mayor plus four at-large Councilmembers. The Mayor also represents the city publicly. Alameda is an Alameda County city of roughly 78,000 residents. It runs under a council-manager government with an appointed City Manager. The term is four years. The seat is decided by plurality vote, not ranked-choice. Berkeley, San Leandro, and Oakland are Alameda County's three ranked-choice charter cities.
City Charter Section 2-14 bars anyone from serving more than two complete consecutive terms in the same office. Mayor Ashcraft was first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022. She has served two consecutive terms, so she is not on the ballot. All three candidates below hold or once held a Council seat.
Tony Daysog
Tony Daysog has served on the City Council in three stretches since 1996. He ties affordability to transportation subsidies. He also backs a lower real estate transfer tax. He alone among the Mayor candidates opposes Measure L, the $300 million infrastructure bond.
Tracy Jensen
Tracy Jensen was elected to the City Council in 2022. She frames affordability around tenant protections. She also wants to attract jobs. She supports Measure L. But she criticized how it reached the ballot.
Malia Vella
Malia Vella served two City Council terms from 2016 to 2024. She cites rising childcare costs. She would expand social housing. She is the only Mayor candidate opposing continued use of Flock cameras.
Your pick
A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.