- voteinfo.net (opens in a new tab)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")
- desertsun.com (opens in a new tab)The Desert Sun — "See who's running for mayor and city council in Coachella Valley" (Tom Coulter and Sam Morgen, Aug. 13, 2026; its own "Who's running in Indio?" section names every qualified Indio council candidate with a one-line occupation/background note)
- en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia — "Indio, California" ("Government and politics" section: 5-member, district-elected City Council with a yearly rotating Mayor/Mayor Pro Tem; names the sitting council as of retrieval -- Mayor Elaine Holmes, Mayor Pro Tem Waymond Fermon, and Councilmembers Oscar Ortiz, Benjamin Guitron, Glenn Miller. Used in place of the city's own site, which returned HTTP 403 on every fetch attempt in this pass.)
- netfile.com (opens in a new tab)City of Indio NetFile — public campaign-disclosure search
Last updated September 3, 2026.
City of Indio
Indio City Council, District 4
This person holds your district's seat on Indio's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. The term is four years. The council selects one of its own members to serve as Mayor and another as Mayor Pro Tem each year -- the titles rotate rather than being separately elected.
District 4's seat is open. Incumbent Oscar Ortiz is not seeking reelection. He ran unsuccessfully for a California State Assembly seat earlier in 2026. Felipe Ortiz, vice chair of the Indio Planning Commission, is running to succeed him. Jonathan Becerra, founder and CEO of events company Palma City Productions, is also running.
This person holds your district's seat on Indio's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. The term is four years. The council selects one of its own members to serve as Mayor and another as Mayor Pro Tem each year — the titles rotate rather than being separately elected.
With no incumbent in the race, District 4 is guaranteed a new representative. Felipe Ortiz brings prior city-commission service; Becerra is making a second bid for a council seat after losing to now-Mayor Elaine Holmes in 2022. Neither candidate's detailed policy platform was independently reported beyond that background in the time researched for this profile.
Felipe Ortiz
Felipe Ortiz is vice chair of the Indio Planning Commission. They are running for the open District 4 council seat. The reporting reviewed does not say they are related to outgoing incumbent Oscar Ortiz. No other biography or platform statement was found for them beyond their commission role.
Jonathan Becerra
Jonathan Becerra is founder and CEO of Palma City Productions, an events company. They are running for the open District 4 council seat. They previously ran for an Indio council seat in 2022 and lost to Elaine Holmes. Holmes now holds the council's rotating Mayor title as the District 3 incumbent. No other biography or platform statement was found for them beyond their occupation.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.