- ci.el-monte.ca.us (opens in a new tab)City of El Monte — Notice of Election, November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election (one Mayor at-large, 2-yr term; Council Districts 2, 3, 6; City Clerk and City Treasurer at-large — all four 4-yr terms)
- ci.el-monte.ca.us (opens in a new tab)City of El Monte — Interested Candidate List, Status of Candidate Pulling & Filing Nomination Papers (current through the extended Aug. 12, 2026 filing deadline; all three Mayor filers reached 'Date Qualified')
- ci.el-monte.ca.us (opens in a new tab)City of El Monte — City Council (official roster: the Mayor plus six single-member district councilmembers, a 7-member body in all; links to each member's biography page)
- cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)CA Secretary of State — Cal-Access filer search, 'Ramirez El Monte' (shows 'Ramirez for El Monte City Clerk 2022' active — Gabriel Ramirez's incumbent committee, corroborating his 2022 win and signature on the 2026 Notice of Election as sitting City Clerk — and an earlier 'Ramirez for El Monte City Council 2020' committee, corroborating an unsuccessful 2020 council bid; no Form 460 filed for the 2026 cycle as of this retrieval)
- cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)CA Secretary of State — Cal-Access, 'Velasco for El Monte City Clerk 2026; Jerry' (recipient committee, terminated Jan. 21, 2026, months before he pulled nomination papers in July; no Form 460 filed)
- sgvtribune.com (opens in a new tab)San Gabriel Valley Tribune (Southern California News Group) — El Monte City Council tables vote on making city clerk, city treasurer, mayor appointed roles (unanimous Feb. 25, 2026 vote to indefinitely table the restructuring; effort never reached the Nov. 2026 ballot)
- midvalleynews.com (opens in a new tab)The Mid Valley News — Council Advances Plan to Restructure Offices (names the Jan. 14, 2026 5-2 council vote to begin outreach on eliminating the elected Mayor/Clerk/Treasurer offices, with Ancona and Herrera voting no; superseded by the SGV Tribune's Feb. 25, 2026 tabling)
Last updated August 31, 2026.
City of El Monte
El Monte City Clerk
This person is El Monte's elections official. They also keep the city's records, like agendas, minutes, contracts, and campaign disclosure filings. The term is four years, and the office is elected citywide.
Incumbent City Clerk Gabriel Ramirez faces challenger Jerry Velasco. He is seeking a second term. There is no June primary for city offices. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright.
El Monte's City Clerk is the city's elections official and the custodian of its public records — agendas, minutes, contracts, and campaign-disclosure filings. It's a 4-year term, elected citywide rather than by district.
The council briefly debated making the Clerk, along with the Mayor and Treasurer, an appointed rather than elected position in early 2026, then tabled the idea unanimously — so this election keeps deciding that question directly, at least for now. Beyond incumbency, little separates the two candidates in the public record: no independent news coverage of either was found.
Gabriel Ramirez
Gabriel Ramirez is the incumbent City Clerk, elected in 2022. He is now seeking a second term. He signs the city's 2026 Notice of Election in that role. He ran unsuccessfully for City Council in 2020, before he won the Clerk's office. No independent news coverage of his time as Clerk was found.
Jerry Velasco
Jerry Velasco is challenging Gabriel Ramirez for City Clerk. Velasco filed a campaign committee with the state. That committee was terminated on January 21, 2026. That was months before they pulled nomination papers in July. No campaign finance report was ever filed. No biographical information or independent news coverage of them was found.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.