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, 'Xiaohu Meng' (shows 'Meng for El Monte City Treasurer 2026; Xiaohu' active, and 'Meng City Council 2024; Xiaohu' terminated Nov. 8, 2024 — election day that cycle — corroborating an unsuccessful 2024 El Monte City Council run before this Treasurer bid; no Form 460 filed for the 2026 committee as of this retrieval)
cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)CA Secretary of State — Cal-Access filer search, 'Barrios El Monte' (returns only an unrelated, decade-old, terminated 'Barrios for El Monte Mayor 2011, Art' committee — a different person from City Treasurer candidate Maryann G. Barrios; no committee found for her)
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vote to begin outreach on eliminating the elected Mayor/Clerk/Treasurer offices, with Ancona and Herrera voting no; superseded by the SGV Tribune's Feb. 25, 2026 tabling)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 Treasurer

This person oversees the city's cash and investments and reports on El Monte's financial position. The term is four years, and the office is elected citywide.

Three candidates are running for City Treasurer. They are Xiaohu Meng, Maryann G. Barrios, and Maria Santay. A fourth filer, Cuitlahuac Dominguez, pulled nomination papers but never filed them. So he is not on the ballot. There is no June primary for city offices. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright.

El Monte's City Treasurer oversees the city's cash and investments and reports on its financial position. It's a 4-year term, elected citywide.

No sitting incumbent was identified among the three qualified candidates — the city's own council and staff pages don't name a current Treasurer — and the council briefly debated making the office appointed rather than elected in early 2026 before tabling the idea unanimously. All three candidates are thinly documented: only Meng has a confirmed campaign history (an unsuccessful 2024 Council run), and no independent news coverage of any of the three was found.

Xiaohu Meng

Xiaohu Meng ran unsuccessfully for El Monte City Council in 2024. That was before this run for Treasurer. State records show that 2024 committee ended on election day. Meng has an active 2026 Treasurer committee, but no report has been filed yet. No biography or independent news coverage was found beyond that campaign finance history.

Maryann G. Barrios

Maryann G. Barrios is one of three candidates for City Treasurer. No campaign finance committee, biography, or independent news coverage was found for them. A records search for their name found only an unrelated 2011 committee. That committee belonged to a different person who shares their last name.

Maria Santay

Maria Santay is one of three candidates for City Treasurer. No campaign finance committee, biography, or independent news coverage was found for them. A records search for their name found no results at all.

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