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City of Orland · Statewide General Election

Orland City Council

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On the ballot

This person would hold one of Orland's two 4-year City Council seats: city ordinances, the budget, and land use in a small Glenn County city (incorporated Nov. 11, 1909; population about 8,298 as of the 2020 Census). Orland's City Council has five at-large members, and the Mayor isn't a separately elected office -- it's a title one of the five Councilmembers holds, per the City's own homepage (current Mayor Terrie Barr). A separate 2-year/split-term Council seat is on the same ballot as its own contest.

Four candidates filed for Orland's two open 4-year City Council seats: incumbents John McDermott and Alegandro "Alex" Enriquez, plus non-incumbents Andrew "Andy" Ramirez and Sharon Lazorko. With four candidates for two seats, this is a genuinely contested race.

This person would hold one of Orland's two 4-year City Council seats: city ordinances, the budget, and land use in a small Glenn County city (incorporated Nov. 11, 1909; population about 8,298 as of the 2020 Census). A separate 2-year/split-term Council seat is on the same ballot as its own contest.

Orland's City Council has five at-large members, and the Mayor isn't a separately elected office -- it's a title one of the five Councilmembers holds, chosen from among themselves, per the City's own homepage (current Mayor Terrie Barr).

Orland's Council adopted a resolution in December 2025 declaring its intent to transition to by-division (district) elections, following five public hearings held March-May 2026. That transition had not taken effect for this cycle -- the City's own site confirms the Council "is currently elected under an at-large election system" for the November 2026 election, with by-division elections expected in a future cycle.

John McDermott

John McDermott is an incumbent Orland Councilmember seeking reelection, confirmed as currently sitting by both the County of Glenn's own candidate-filing document and the City's own site. No further independent record of his occupation, background, or platform was found in this pass -- the county's and city's documents confirm his incumbency and name only.

Strengths

Sitting incumbent, confirmed by both the county's and the city's own official sources.

Trade-offs

No independent record of his occupation, platform, or voting record beyond his incumbency was found in this pass.

Keep in mind

A bare public record beyond confirmed incumbency is the norm for this contest's two incumbents, not a red flag specific to him.

Alegandro "Alex" Enriquez

Alegandro "Alex" Enriquez (the spelling the county's own candidate document uses consistently; also seen as "Alejandro") is Orland's incumbent Vice Mayor seeking reelection to City Council, confirmed sitting by both the county's filing document and the City's own homepage, which names him Vice Mayor directly. No further independent record of his occupation, background, or platform was found in this pass.

Strengths

Sitting incumbent and Vice Mayor, confirmed by both the county's and the city's own official sources.

Trade-offs

No independent record of his occupation, platform, or voting record beyond his incumbency and Vice Mayor title was found in this pass.

Keep in mind

A bare public record beyond confirmed incumbency is the norm for this contest's two incumbents, not a red flag specific to him.

Andrew "Andy" Ramirez

Andrew "Andy" Ramirez is a non-incumbent candidate for Orland City Council. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the City's Parks & Recreation Commission, confirmed via the Recreation Department's own meeting-schedule page; a Jan. 2026 City Council agenda item on his commission appointment shows the city-authored "Fact Sheet for Council Appointment" filed with his application lists his education as a GED. He's also shown speaking in support of a project as a public commenter at an April 2026 Council meeting, per the meeting's own minutes.

Strengths

Current Vice Chair of the City's Parks & Recreation Commission, a real (if appointed rather than elected) local civic record confirmed by the city's own sources.

Trade-offs

No occupation or platform beyond his Commission role and GED-level education (per his own city appointment fact sheet) was found in this pass.

Keep in mind

His civic record here is thinner than a full campaign platform -- it documents commission service, not a stated position on city issues.

Sharon Lazorko

Sharon Lazorko is a non-incumbent candidate for Orland City Council. She currently serves as a Commissioner on the City's Planning Commission, confirmed via a citizenportal.ai summary of an August 2026 Commission meeting where she seconded a resolution; she's also a recurring, engaged presence in the City's public meeting record going back to at least 2024. No occupation or stated campaign platform beyond her Planning Commission service was found in this pass.

Strengths

Current member of the City's Planning Commission, a real local land-use civic record confirmed via an independent meeting-coverage source.

Trade-offs

No occupation or platform beyond her Planning Commission service was found in this pass.

Keep in mind

Her civic record here is thinner than a full campaign platform -- it documents commission service, not a stated position on city issues.

Source review: Strong (82/100) · 7 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

  • countyofglenn.net (opens in a new tab)County of Glenn Elections Department -- "Candidate Watch List" page: embeds a scanned "Notice of Election" (dated Aug. 13, 2026) naming Orland's full candidate roster by seat, plus a "Candidate Filing Status" tracking table (also updated Aug. 13, 2026) marking every Orland filing "CLOSED" and naming McDermott, Elliott, and Enriquez as incumbents.
  • countyofglenn.net (opens in a new tab)County of Glenn Elections Department -- "Campaign Disclosure Filings" page: lists all five Orland candidates' FPPC Form 470 ("1st Pre-Election") filings, dated Aug. 6-7, 2026.
  • cityoforland.com (opens in a new tab)City of Orland -- "Election & Voter Information" page: names the three seats up (two 4-year, one 2-year), currently held by Enriquez, Elliott, and McDermott.
  • cityoforland.com (opens in a new tab)City of Orland -- official homepage: names the 5-member at-large Council (Mayor Terrie Barr, Vice Mayor Alex Enriquez, Councilmembers John McDermott and JC Tolle) and confirms the Mayor is a title held by one of the five, not a separately elected office.
  • citizenportal.ai (opens in a new tab)citizenportal.ai -- summary of an Orland Planning Commission meeting: names Sharon Lazorko as a sitting Commissioner.
  • orlandrec.recdesk.com (opens in a new tab)City of Orland Recreation Department -- RecDesk "Meeting Schedule" page: names Andy Ramirez as Parks & Recreation Commission Vice Chair.
  • en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia -- "Orland, California": used narrowly for the Nov. 11, 1909 incorporation date and the 2020 Census population figure (8,298).

Last updated September 2, 2026.