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City of Carson · Statewide General Election

Carson City Council, District 4

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

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On the ballot

This person holds your district's seat on Carson's 5-member City Council: city ordinances, the budget, and land use. A 4-year term.

Incumbent Arleen Bocatija Rojas, a 31-year Los Angeles Police Department veteran now serving on the council, faces John Hollaway, a small-business owner and sitting member of the city's own Public Works Commission, for the District 4 seat.

This person holds one of five district seats on Carson's City Council: city ordinances, the budget, and land-use decisions. A 4-year term. Council members choose one of their own to serve as mayor and mayor pro tem, presiding over meetings but casting only one vote like any other member.

Rojas is campaigning on her three-decade law-enforcement background, with public safety and senior services among her stated priorities. Hollaway, a first-time candidate for this seat, is campaigning under the banner "Breaking barriers and building bridges" on infrastructure, neighborhood beautification, and responsive government, drawing on his sitting Public Works Commission seat and the community nonprofit he founded.

Arleen Bocatija Rojas

Arleen Bocatija Rojas is the incumbent, a 31-year veteran Los Angeles Police Department officer and the first female Filipino-American officer in LAPD history. She has established a Public Safety Task Force and reactivated the city's Safety First Act Now community-safety initiative, and highlights her work improving relations between the Sheriff's Department and the community. She is also active across several Filipino-American civic and cultural organizations in the South Bay.

Strengths

A 31-year LAPD career, including undercover work on trafficking and drug cases, feeds directly into her council focus on public safety.

Trade-offs

Her record centers on public safety and community outreach; her stance on the budget and land-use decisions the seat also covers is less documented.

Keep in mind

Her Public Safety Task Force and Safety First Act Now initiative are her signature projects; whether either produces measurable results in a second term isn't yet documented.

John Hollaway

John Hollaway is a first-time candidate for this seat, founder of Legacy Garage Doors and a 20-plus-year Carson small-business owner. He's campaigning under the banner "Breaking barriers and building bridges" on infrastructure and street improvements, neighborhood beautification, and responsive government. He sits on the city's own Public Works Commission and founded Carson 411, a nonprofit running scholarship, senior, and neighborhood-cleanup programs.

Strengths

A sitting seat on the city's own Public Works Commission gives him direct exposure to the infrastructure decisions this council seat controls.

Trade-offs

No prior elected office; his public record is commission service and nonprofit work rather than City Council votes.

Keep in mind

No local campaign-finance filing was found under his name as of this retrieval, despite an active fundraising campaign site — see Financial info.

Source review: Strong (81/100) · 7 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with several source types checked for context; advocacy or endorsement sources are treated as attributed perspective.

Review note: John Hollaway for Carson City Council District 4 may have more bias because it is an advocacy voter guide compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.

Last updated August 30, 2026.