# Cathedral City Treasurer Compare records and positions simply between Shelley Kaplan or Greg Jackson for Cathedral City Treasurer at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person oversees the city's cash and investments. They report on Cathedral City's financial position. This is a technical role, not a policymaking one. The term is four years. - Jurisdiction: City of Cathedral City - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/cathedral-city-treasurer - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: September 3, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 78 out of 100 (Mixed), across 4 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Shelley Kaplan** - **Greg Jackson** — Incumbent A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Incumbent City Treasurer Greg Jackson, first elected in 2022, seeks reelection against Shelley Kaplan, a former Cathedral City councilmember, for the citywide Treasurer seat. This person oversees the city's cash and investments and reports on Cathedral City's financial position — a technical, non-policymaking role. The term is four years. Unlike the council seats, City Treasurer is elected citywide rather than by district. Jackson is seeking a second term; Kaplan, who previously served on the City Council, is seeking to move into the treasurer's office. ## Greg Jackson Greg Jackson has served as Cathedral City's elected Treasurer since 2022 and is seeking a second term. No independent biography or platform statement beyond their current officeholding, as reported by the city's own Mayor & Council page and the Desert Sun, was found in the time available for this profile. **Strengths:** Incumbency and existing experience with the Treasurer's specific, technical duties — overseeing the city's cash and investments. **Trade-offs:** No independently reported platform or record beyond their officeholding was found in the time available for this profile. **Keep in mind:** As a non-policymaking financial office, voters may weigh continuity and competence here differently than they would a council seat. ## Shelley Kaplan Shelley Kaplan is a former Cathedral City councilmember and chairs the board of directors of the Cathedral City Senior Center. No independent biography or platform statement beyond that background, as reported by the Desert Sun, was found in the time available for this profile. **Strengths:** Prior elected experience on the City Council, plus current nonprofit-board leadership at the Cathedral City Senior Center. **Trade-offs:** No independently reported platform specific to the Treasurer's financial duties was found in the time available for this profile. **Keep in mind:** Kaplan's prior council service was a policymaking role; Treasurer is a narrower, technical one — voters may want to weigh whether that experience transfers. ## Sources 1. [Riverside County Registrar of Voters — 2026 Annual Election Calendar (lists every November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election office by city, including "City of Cathedral City: City Council District 3 / District 4 / District 5 / City Treasurer")](https://voteinfo.net/sites/g/files/aldnop371/files/2026-02/Annual%20Election%20Calendar%202026.pdf) 2. [The Desert Sun — "See who's running for mayor and city council in Coachella Valley" (Tom Coulter and Sam Morgen, Aug. 13, 2026; names every qualified candidate in each Cathedral City council/treasurer race with a one-line occupation/background note)](https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/08/13/election-2026-whos-running-for-mayor-city-council-palm-springs-area/91221615007/) 3. [City of Cathedral City — Mayor & Council (official roster: Mayor Raymond Gregory/District 5, Mayor Pro Tem Ernesto Gutierrez/District 4, Councilmembers Lamb/District 1, Ross/District 2, Gordon/District 3, plus City Treasurer Greg Jackson)](https://web.archive.org/web/20260518041924/https://www.cathedralcity.gov/government/mayor-council) 4. [Riverside County NetFile — Cathedral City candidate-name searches](https://netfile.com/public/ctriv/campaign/search-entities) ## The rest of the ballot Cathedral City Treasurer is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. Vote or Else builds the full list for any California address and breaks down each contest the way this page does, with no account and without storing the address: https://voteorelse.com/ ## How to cite this page Vote or Else, "Cathedral City Treasurer — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/cathedral-city-treasurer (sources last retrieved September 3, 2026). Link the canonical page above rather than this Markdown file. Coverage is updated as the race develops, so quote it with its retrieval date.