# Laguna Hills City Council, District 4 Compare records and positions simply between Michael Caputo, Tiffany Boccieri, and 2 more for Laguna Hills City Council, District 4 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person holds your district's seat on Laguna Hills's five-member City Council. They vote on the budget, land use, and city laws. An appointed city manager runs daily operations. This is Laguna Hills's first-ever district election. The city adopted by-district voting for the 2026 cycle. It replaces citywide, at-large elections. Districts 1, 2, and 4 vote first. Districts 3 and 5 follow in 2028. The term is four years. - Jurisdiction: City of Laguna Hills - 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/laguna-hills-council-4 - 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: August 31, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 90 out of 100 (Very strong), across 3 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Michael Caputo** — Traffic Commissioner/Businessman - **Tiffany Boccieri** — Attorney/Mother - **Valerie Anne Geller** — Educator/Music Director - **Scott Miller** — Laguna Hills Traffic Commissioner A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Laguna Hills's District 4 City Council seat is on the November 3 ballot for the first time, as the city switches from citywide, at-large council elections to by-district elections this cycle. The county's own filing record marks the seat vacant, with no sitting officeholder. Four candidates filed: Michael Caputo, a city Traffic Commissioner and businessman; Tiffany Boccieri, an attorney; Valerie Anne Geller, an educator and music director; and Scott Miller, also a city Traffic Commissioner. Whichever candidate gets the most votes wins outright, with no runoff. Whoever wins joins a five-member council that sets the budget, land use, and city ordinances, with an appointed city manager handling day-to-day operations. This is Laguna Hills's first-ever district election: the City Council adopted a district map by ordinance in December 2025, replacing citywide elections in which every voter chose every councilmember. Districts 1, 2, and 4 vote first in 2026; Districts 3 and 5 follow in 2028. The term is four years. Because the district system is brand new, District 4 has no sitting district officeholder to defend the seat -- the county's own candidate filing labels the seat "Vacant," and the city's current at-large council roster (Mayor Don Caskey, Mayor Pro Tem Jared Mathis, and members Erica Pezold, Joshua Sweeney, and Dave Wheeler) includes none of the four candidates. This is a wide-open first-time race, not an incumbent defending a district seat. ## Michael Caputo Michael Caputo filed for City Council with the ballot designation "Traffic Commissioner/Businessman," indicating current service on a Laguna Hills city commission alongside a business background. This dataset could not independently confirm further details -- the city's own Traffic Commission staff-listing page did not name them, and no campaign site or news coverage was found within this pass's research window. A documented research gap, not a claim that no such material exists. **Strengths:** Current city commission service and a business background, per their own filed ballot designation. **Trade-offs:** No independent source describes their platform, priorities, or the scope of their commission work. **Keep in mind:** No independent campaign-finance figures could be found for their 2026 committee -- see Financial info. ## Tiffany Boccieri Tiffany Boccieri filed for City Council with the ballot designation "Attorney/Mother." This dataset could not independently confirm their area of legal practice, background, or platform within this pass's research window -- no campaign site, professional bio, or news coverage was found. A documented research gap, not a claim that no such material exists. **Strengths:** A legal background, per their own filed ballot designation. **Trade-offs:** No independent source describes their area of practice, platform, or priorities. **Keep in mind:** No independent campaign-finance figures could be found for their 2026 committee -- see Financial info. ## Valerie Anne Geller Valerie Anne Geller filed for City Council with the ballot designation "Educator/Music Director." This dataset could not independently confirm where they teach or direct music, their background, or their platform within this pass's research window -- no campaign site, professional bio, or news coverage was found. A documented research gap, not a claim that no such material exists. **Strengths:** An education and arts background, per their own filed ballot designation. **Trade-offs:** No independent source describes their platform, priorities, or professional affiliation. **Keep in mind:** No independent campaign-finance figures could be found for their 2026 committee -- see Financial info. ## Scott Miller Scott Miller filed for City Council with the ballot designation "Laguna Hills Traffic Commissioner," indicating current service on the same city commission cited in Michael Caputo's designation. This dataset could not independently confirm further details -- the city's own Traffic Commission staff-listing page did not name them, and no campaign site or news coverage was found within this pass's research window. A documented research gap, not a claim that no such material exists. **Strengths:** Current city commission service, per their own filed ballot designation. **Trade-offs:** No independent source describes their platform, priorities, or the scope of their commission work. **Keep in mind:** No independent campaign-finance figures could be found for their 2026 committee -- see Financial info. ## Sources 1. [OC Registrar of Voters -- Contest/Candidate Proof List, General Election 11/3/2026 -- City of Laguna Hills section (fetched directly and parsed locally with pypdf across all 188 pages): confirms exactly two "CITY OF LAGUNA HILLS Member, City Council" contests -- District 1 (Vote for 1, 2 qualified candidates) and District 4 (Vote for 1, 4 qualified candidates) -- with every candidate's filing date and filed ballot designation, District 1's incumbent field blank and District 4's marked "Vacant"; no District 2, 3, or 5 contest, and no at-large or Mayor contest, appears anywhere in the section](https://ocvote.gov/fileadmin/user_upload/data/candlog/GEN2026/candlog.pdf) 2. [City of Laguna Hills -- City Council page: confirms the sitting 5-member at-large council (Mayor Don Caskey and Mayor Pro Tem Jared Mathis, both through December 2028; Erica Pezold, Joshua Sweeney, and Dave Wheeler, terms expiring December 8, 2026) -- cited to independently confirm none of the six District 1 or District 4 candidates is a current councilmember](https://www.lagunahillsca.gov/129/City-Council) 3. [City of Laguna Hills districting site (maplh.org, the redirect target of lagunahillsca.gov/603/Districting): the City Council adopted "Map 108" by ordinance effective December 9, 2025, replacing citywide at-large City Council elections with by-district elections starting in 2026; 5 districts total, with Districts 1, 2, and 4 holding their first elections in 2026 and Districts 3 and 5 following in 2028](https://maplh.org/) ## The rest of the ballot Laguna Hills City Council, District 4 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. 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