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City of Mountain House · Statewide General Election

Mountain House City Council

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On the ballot

This person would hold one of two at-large seats up this cycle on Mountain House's 5-member City Council: city ordinances, the budget, and land use, for a 4-year term. Mountain House (2020 Census population 24,499) became California's 483rd incorporated city on July 1, 2024, after voters approved incorporation with over 90% support in the March 2024 primary -- the city doesn't directly elect a Mayor; the five councilmembers choose a Mayor and Vice Mayor from among themselves, and day-to-day operations run through an appointed City Manager.

Six candidates qualified for two of Mountain House's five at-large City Council seats: incumbents Ronna Green and Bernice King Tingle both seek reelection, while four challengers -- Happy Grewal, Arjun Juturu, Nader Shareghi, and Suresh Vuyyuru -- compete for the same two seats.

Mountain House (2020 Census population 24,499) became California's 483rd incorporated city on July 1, 2024, after voters approved incorporation -- Measure D -- with over 90% support in the March 2024 primary, replacing the pre-cityhood Mountain House Community Services District (MHCSD). The city runs under a Council/City Manager system: the five councilmembers set policy while an appointed City Manager runs day-to-day operations, and -- like several other cities built elsewhere in this dataset -- Mountain House doesn't directly elect a Mayor; the Council selects a Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its own members. All five sitting members, including this cycle's two incumbents, previously served on the pre-incorporation MHCSD board; Green's own city bio describes becoming, in 2024, "one of the first appointed City Council Members" following incorporation, consistent with the outgoing special-district board transitioning into the city's founding council rather than an immediate citywide election. This dataset could not confirm, and does not claim, whether November 2026 is Mountain House's first popularly elected Council contest.

Candidate depth here is genuinely uneven. The city's own staff-directory pages give both incumbents substantial, sourced official biographies. Beyond their own filed occupation on the county's certified candidate roster, no biography, campaign website, or independent news coverage was found this pass for any of the four challengers, despite checking Ballotpedia, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and the three local outlets that cover South San Joaquin County (Tracy Press, Manteca Bulletin, and 209 Times) -- all came back empty. Three of the four challengers did file a paid candidate statement with the county, but that text wasn't publicly reachable this pass; California's official Voter Information Guide typically isn't published online until closer to the election.

Ronna Green

Ronna Green is Mountain House's Vice Mayor and a resident since 2005. She's owned and operated the Rare Touch Salon in Fremont for 34 years. Her own city bio describes her as "one of the first appointed City Council Members following the incorporation of the City of Mountain House" in 2024. Beyond her council role, she's an advocate for youth mental-health and substance-use-prevention awareness, and helped organize a Mountain House Town Hall screening of the documentary Fentanyl High followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Kyle Santoro and local mental-health and addiction-treatment experts. She describes her approach to governance as centered on community engagement, fiscal responsibility, transparency, and strategic planning that draws on diverse community perspectives.

Strengths

34 years running a small business, plus two years on the founding Council since incorporation -- a direct record on this city's earliest decisions.

Trade-offs

As a sitting Councilmember, she owns that record -- this dataset found no independent (non-city) reporting evaluating it either way.

Keep in mind

Her council seat traces to an appointment following incorporation, not a prior popular election for this office -- this is her first time seeking the seat by direct vote, alongside Tingle.

Bernice King Tingle

Bernice King Tingle has lived in Mountain House since 2003. She served on the pre-cityhood MHCSD Board of Directors starting in 2008, as President for three terms and Vice President for five, before becoming the city's first Vice Mayor after incorporation. Professionally, she brings more than 27 years of project-management experience from Pacific Bell and over 15 years in leadership roles managing teams, budgets, and complex programs. She founded and chairs the city's Youth Action Committee, has served on the Delta College Foundation Board since 2020 (including as Board President), and has sat on the Valley Link Rail Project Board since 2018. Her stated council priorities are supporting the city's Master Plan, public safety, strong neighborhoods, quality housing, and intentional community growth, and she describes leading with fiscal responsibility aligned to long-term sustainability.

Strengths

The longest local-governance record in the race: 16 years on the CSD board and council, plus outside roles at Delta College and Valley Link Rail.

Trade-offs

That same tenure means she, more than any other candidate here, owns the pre- and post-incorporation status quo; this dataset found no independent evaluation of her record.

Keep in mind

Her Valley Link Rail Project Board seat ties her directly to a specific regional transit project -- worth following up on if that project matters to you as a voter.

Happy Grewal

Happy Grewal's filed occupation on the county's certified candidate roster is "Business Owner/Farmer." He filed a candidate statement with the county on July 22, 2026, but its text wasn't publicly reachable this pass. No independent biography, campaign website, or news coverage was found for him beyond that filed designation.

Strengths

A dual business-owner/farmer background, distinct from the other candidates' filed occupations in this race.

Trade-offs

No prior city or CSD board service was found for him this pass -- an open-seat-style challenger with no local-governance record located.

Keep in mind

He did file a paid candidate statement with the county (unlike Green or Vuyyuru); that statement should appear in San Joaquin County's official Voter Information Guide closer to the election, and is worth reading directly once available.

Arjun Juturu

Arjun Juturu's filed occupation on the county's certified candidate roster is "Engineer/Business Owner." He filed a candidate statement with the county on July 21, 2026, but its text wasn't publicly reachable this pass. No independent biography, campaign website, or news coverage was found for him beyond that filed designation.

Strengths

A combined engineering and business-ownership background.

Trade-offs

No prior city or CSD board service was found for him this pass.

Keep in mind

His candidate statement is on file with the county (filed earliest of the four challengers, July 21); it should appear in the official Voter Information Guide closer to the election.

Nader Shareghi

Nader Shareghi's filed occupation on the county's certified candidate roster is "Engineer/Assistant Manager." He filed a candidate statement with the county on July 23, 2026, but its text wasn't publicly reachable this pass. No independent biography, campaign website, or news coverage was found for him beyond that filed designation.

Strengths

A named engineering and management background.

Trade-offs

No prior city or CSD board service was found for him this pass.

Keep in mind

His candidate statement is on file with the county; it should appear in the official Voter Information Guide closer to the election.

Suresh Vuyyuru

Suresh Vuyyuru's filed occupation on the county's certified candidate roster is "Parent/Engineer/Farmer." He did not file a candidate statement with the county. No independent biography, campaign website, or news coverage was found for him beyond that filed designation.

Strengths

A three-part filed designation (parent, engineer, farmer) touching both a professional and an agricultural background.

Trade-offs

The thinnest record of the six candidates here -- no candidate statement filed with the county, and no prior city or CSD board service found.

Keep in mind

With no statement on file, no further first-person material from him is expected in the county's Voter Information Guide either; voters wanting more should look for a candidate forum or direct outreach before deciding.

Source review: Strong (85/100) · 12 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

  • en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia, "Mountain House, California": used for the 2020 Census population (24,499), the July 1, 2024 incorporation date, and the March 2024 Measure D incorporation vote ("more than 90% of voting residents voted for incorporation").
  • mountainhouseca.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Mountain House -- its own "Government" overview page: describes the city as "California's 483rd incorporated city" (established July 2024) operating under a "Council/City Manager system," with the City Council setting policy and an appointed City Manager running operations.
  • sjgov.org (opens in a new tab)San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters -- "Offices Up for Election" (gubernatorial general election 2026): lists "City of Mountain House / Member of City Council -- Vote for 2" under the not-advanced-from-primary MUNICIPAL OFFICES heading ("all qualified candidates appear on the general election ballot, as no primary election was held"), a 4-year, at-large term.
  • sjgov.org (opens in a new tab)San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters -- official "Notice of Election" for the November 3, 2026 General Election: lists "Mountain House City Council -- Vote for two (2)" under CITY OFFICES, alongside every other San Joaquin County municipal race on the ballot that cycle.
  • sjgov.org (opens in a new tab)San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters -- certified "Qualified Candidate List" (report CFMR009, printed 8/20/2026): contest 4010, "Mountain House City Council," On Ballot: Yes, Vote For 2, naming all six qualified candidates with each one's filed ballot designation and candidate-statement filing status.
  • mountainhouseca.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Mountain House -- its own "November 3, 2026 Candidate Log": independently lists the identical six qualified candidates with each one's nomination-paper pull and filing dates (e.g. Green pulled 7/13, filed 7/15; Vuyyuru pulled 7/31, filed 8/7, the filing deadline).
  • mountainhouseca.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Mountain House -- its own City Council page: lists the five sitting members -- Andy Su (Mayor), Ronna Green (Vice Mayor), Bernice King Tingle, Matt Disko, and Dan Harrison -- confirming Green's and Tingle's current incumbency and that Su, Disko, and Harrison are not on this cycle's ballot.
  • mountainhouseca.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Mountain House -- its own staff-directory bio page for Vice Mayor Ronna Green: a Mountain House resident since 2005 and 34-year owner of the Rare Touch Salon in Fremont; states she became, in 2024, "one of the first appointed City Council Members" following incorporation; describes her youth mental-health and substance-use-prevention advocacy, including a Town Hall screening of the documentary Fentanyl High.
  • mountainhouseca.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Mountain House -- its own staff-directory bio page for Councilmember Bernice King Tingle: a resident since 2003, on the pre-cityhood Community Services District board since 2008 (President for three terms, Vice President for five), First Vice Mayor after incorporation; 27+ years of project-management experience at Pacific Bell; founded and chairs the city's Youth Action Committee; serves on the Delta College Foundation Board (Board President since 2020) and the Valley Link Rail Project Board since 2018.
  • mountainhouseca.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Mountain House -- its own "Campaign Finance Requirements" page: explains FPPC Form 501/460/470 obligations in the abstract and directs candidates to the FPPC and Cal-Access, but hosts no filed disclosure documents for any 2026 candidate.
  • cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)A negative-result access check: California's statewide Cal-Access campaign-finance candidate search returned an empty, unusable response on direct fetch for all six built candidates -- the same access-blocking documented dataset-wide for that portal; Cal-Access's documented scope also excludes local candidates below the state level.
  • netfile.com (opens in a new tab)NetFile -- San Joaquin County's real-time countywide "Filing Log" RSS feed (covers the trailing 15 days of e-filed and paper-only filings across every county and city jurisdiction on the SJC NetFile instance): queried directly and contains no filing under any of the six candidates' names in that window. A negative-result check, not proof no committee exists -- the portal's own full historical search (public.netfile.com/pub2/?aid=SJC) is a client-rendered single-page application this session's fetch tooling could not drive.

Last updated September 2, 2026.