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Jurupa Valley City Council, District 1

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City of Jurupa Valley

Jurupa Valley City Council, District 1

This person holds your district's seat on Jurupa Valley's five-member City Council. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. The term is four years. The council does not elect its Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem by citywide vote. Each year, the council picks one member to be Mayor. It also picks one member to be Mayor Pro Tem. An appointed city manager runs daily operations.

Two candidates are running for Jurupa Valley's District 1 City Council seat. Incumbent Armando Carmona faces challenger Jose Luis Godinez.

The winner serves a four-year term on Jurupa Valley's five-member City Council, which sets city ordinances, adopts the budget, and decides land use citywide. The council doesn't elect its Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem by separate citywide vote — each year, the council selects one of its own members to serve as Mayor and one to serve as Mayor Pro Tem — and day-to-day operations run through an appointed city manager.

Both candidates have a real record to run on: Carmona is finishing their first term as District 1's councilmember, while Godinez has spent six years on the elected board of the local parks district. The choice is between continuity with Carmona's council tenure and a challenger whose public record so far comes from a different, though related, local government body.

Armando Carmona

Armando Carmona is the incumbent District 1 councilmember, first elected in 2022. They cite neighborhood cleanup, more dumping fines, and flood funding for Mira Loma and Pedley. Their focus is responsible growth, public safety, and preserving the area's rural, equestrian character.

Jose Luis Godinez

Jose Luis Godinez is an educator who served six years on the Jurupa park board. They say the district's budget doubled and 62 acres of parkland were added. They are a Jurupa Valley High School and UC Riverside graduate, now pursuing a PhD.

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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.

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