City of Arcadia

Arcadia City Council, District 3

This person holds your district's seat on Arcadia's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use.

The District 3 seat is open after Eileen Wang resigned in May 2026. She had pleaded guilty to acting as an illegal agent of the People's Republic of China. The council appointed John Han to the seat, and Han now faces Grace Arabella Lee and Cynthia Ng Monje.

The winner serves a four-year term on Arcadia's five-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the citywide budget, and land-use decisions, plus a share in the council's rotating mayor's chair.

This is an appointment now tested at the ballot, not an ordinary open seat: Han already holds the office by the council's June vote and is asking voters to keep Han for a full term, Monje sought that same appointment and was passed over, and Lee enters with no city government record at all. The vacancy itself is not on the ballot — only who holds what has become, again, an ordinary four-year term.

John Han

John Han is a self-employed investment manager who has lived in Arcadia for over a decade. The City Council appointed them to the District 3 seat in June 2026 to finish Eileen Wang's term. They are now running to keep the seat for a full four-year term.

Grace Arabella Lee

Grace Arabella Lee is a substitute teacher, author, and ordained reverend running for the District 3 seat. Their campaign describes its idea as building bridges of faith, love, and community. No detailed policy platform for the council seat is documented.

Cynthia Ng Monje

Monje is a retired senior executive administrator at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a more than 20-year Arcadia resident. They were among the applicants the council considered for the June appointment to this seat and were not chosen. They are now seeking the seat directly from voters instead.

Your pick

A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.

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