Review note: Christine Boles for Pacifica City Council -- her own re-election campaign site's home and 'About' pages: her background as a licensed architect and small-business owner, her current role as Mayor of Pacifica, prior council committee assignments, and her stated platform. and Dan Urban for Pacifica City Council District 2 -- his own campaign site's home and 'About' (/home-1) pages: his career background in food-service regional management, his two years living in Pacifica, and his stated platform. may have more bias because they are advocacy voter guides compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.
- smcacre.gov (opens in a new tab)San Mateo County ACRE (Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder-Elections) -- Roster of Candidates, Qualified Candidates Only, November 3, 2026 General Election (CFMR009), dated 2026-08-25: confirms Pacifica City Council Districts 2, 3, and 5 are each 'On Ballot: Yes,' Vote for 1, with District 2 drawing two qualified candidates (Christine Boles, Dan Urban), District 3 drawing one (Cindy Abbott), and District 5 drawing two (Margo Meiman, Sam Casillas); no Pacifica Mayor contest appears anywhere in the document
- smcacre.gov (opens in a new tab)San Mateo County ACRE -- 'Regularly Scheduled Elections' reference page: lists Pacifica among the county's 'Municipal Offices' jurisdictions that elect in November of even years, an independent structural corroboration of the roster's own contest listing
- en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia -- "Pacifica, California": used narrowly for the city's 2020 Census population (38,640) and its council-manager government with a Mayor chosen from among the five councilmembers for a one-year rotating term, not for anything volatile or candidate-specific
- christineforpacifica.com (opens in a new tab)Christine Boles for Pacifica City Council -- her own re-election campaign site's home and 'About' pages: a licensed architect and small-business owner of 40 years (MIT and UC Berkeley), her current role as Mayor of Pacifica (the office rotates annually among the five councilmembers) and prior council committee assignments, and her stated platform on the city's structural deficit, coastal and hillside climate resilience, local business development, and government transparency
- danforpacifica.com (opens in a new tab)Dan Urban for Pacifica City Council District 2 -- his own campaign site's home and 'About' (/home-1) pages: a recently retired regional director in food-service management (over $30M in managed volume, teams up to 200 employees), a Pacifica resident of two years with his wife, and his three-pillar platform of building community/local business, protecting the coastline and neighborhoods from thoughtless growth, and fiscal stewardship
Last updated September 1, 2026.
City of Pacifica
Pacifica City Council, District 2
This person would hold one of Pacifica's five district-elected City Council seats. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. Pacifica is a San Mateo County coastal city of about 38,600 residents. The term is four years. The Council picks a Mayor from among its own members. That person serves a one year term. There is no separately elected Mayor.
Mayor Christine Boles is seeking a second term. She represents District 2. She faces Dan Urban for this Pacifica City Council seat. Urban has never run for office before.
Pacifica's City Council has five district seats, each elected only by the voters of that district; councilmembers serve 4-year terms. The Council does not separately elect a Mayor -- instead, the five members rotate through a one-year term in that role, chosen from among themselves. Boles currently holds that rotating Mayor's seat while representing District 2 on the Council; the county's certified candidate roster lists her running-for-reelection designation as 'Architect / Businesswoman / Councilmember,' not 'Mayor,' reflecting that the mayorship is a role within the council, not a separate office on this ballot.
The county's own certified candidate roster confirms these are the only two District 2 filers by the filing deadline; whoever gets more votes on November 3 wins the seat outright, with no runoff.
Christine Boles
Christine Boles is the incumbent. She is Pacifica's current Mayor. She wants to fix the city's roughly $2.4 million budget deficit. She is a licensed architect. She has been a small business owner for 40 years.
Dan Urban
Dan Urban is a retired Regional Director in food service management. He wants to support local businesses. He wants to protect the coastline. He wants to use tax dollars wisely. He managed more than $30 million a year. He oversaw up to 200 employees.
Your pick
A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.