- ocvote.gov (opens in a new tab)OC Registrar of Voters -- Contest/Candidate Proof List, General Election 11/3/2026 -- City of Los Alamitos section (pages 128-130 of 188, downloaded directly and parsed locally with pypdf since a plain fetch returns undecodable PDF stream data): confirms Member City Council District 4 and District 5 as the city's two November 2026 races, each Vote for 1 with 2 qualified candidates, naming incumbents Shelley Hasselbrink (District 4) and Emily Hibard (District 5) and each candidate's filed ballot designation
- cityoflosalamitos.org (opens in a new tab)City of Los Alamitos -- City Council page: confirms the sitting 5-member, district-elected body (Tanya Doby, District 1, Mayor; Gary Loe, District 2; Jordan Nefulda, District 3, Mayor Pro Tem; Shelley Hasselbrink, District 4; Emily Hibard, District 5), that Districts 4 and 5 are the only two with terms ending Nov 2026 (Districts 1-3 run through Nov 2028), 4-year staggered terms with a 3-consecutive-term limit, and that the Mayor is elected annually by the Council from among its own members each December rather than directly by voters
- cityoflosalamitos.org (opens in a new tab)City of Los Alamitos -- Shelley Hasselbrink official council-member biography: first elected 2014, served as Mayor in 2017, 2022, and 2025; Controller for Mason West (seismic engineering firm); OC Fire Authority board/executive/budget-finance committees (Board Chair 2020); founded the Los Alamitos Community Foundation
Last updated August 31, 2026.
City of Los Alamitos
Los Alamitos City Council, District 4
This person holds your district's seat on Los Alamitos's City Council. The council has five members. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. An appointed city manager runs day-to-day operations. Los Alamitos does not directly elect a Mayor. Each December, the council elects one of its own members to serve as Mayor. That Mayor serves for the coming year. Not all five council districts are elected in the same year. Only Districts 4 and 5 have terms ending in 2026. Districts 1, 2, and 3 run through November 2028. The term is four years. Members are limited to three terms in a row.
Incumbent Shelley Hasselbrink faces challenger Joe Hastie for Los Alamitos City Council District 4. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright. There is no runoff.
This person holds District 4's seat on Los Alamitos's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside an appointed city manager who runs day-to-day operations. Los Alamitos does not directly elect a Mayor -- each December the Council elects one of its own members to serve as Mayor for the coming year. Only Districts 4 and 5 have terms expiring in 2026; Districts 1, 2, and 3 run through November 2028. The term is four years, and members are limited to three consecutive terms.
Hasselbrink is the sitting District 4 councilmember, first elected in 2014 and now seeking re-election, confirmed by the city's own council roster and her own official biography page. Hastie holds no city office found in this dataset's research. Beyond each candidate's filed occupation and, for Hasselbrink, her city biography page, no independent profile, platform statement, or news coverage was found for Hastie in this pass despite a real, time-boxed search effort -- documented below as a gap, not filled in with speculation.
Shelley Hasselbrink
Shelley Hasselbrink is the sitting District 4 councilmember, first elected in 2014. She has also served as the Council's rotating Mayor in 2017, 2022, and 2025. She is Controller for Mason West, a seismic engineering firm. She sits on the Orange County Fire Authority's board. She also represents the city on the Airport Land Use Commission. She founded the Los Alamitos Community Foundation, and has lived in the city since 1993.
Joe Hastie
Joe Hastie's ballot title is "Maintenance Operations Director." No other information about their background or platform was found.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.