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City of Pico Rivera

Pico Rivera City Council

This person holds one of two at-large seats up this cycle on Pico Rivera's 5-member City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. The term is four years. The council doesn't elect its mayor directly -- members choose one of their own to preside, on a rotating basis, and day-to-day operations run through an appointed city manager.

Three candidates are running for two at-large seats on Pico Rivera's City Council. Incumbents Gustavo V. Camacho and John R. Garcia face one challenger, repeat candidate Genaro Moreno. Voters may vote for up to two candidates. There is no primary and no runoff.

Council seats carry 4-year terms, staggered so either two or three seats are up each cycle — this year it's two, both held since Camacho and Garcia won them in November 2022. Winners join three sitting councilmembers not up this cycle — Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Monica Sánchez, Andrew C. Lara, and Erik Lutz — to make five votes on the city budget, ordinances, and land use; the council then selects one of its own to serve as the rotating Mayor, a role Camacho currently holds, and day-to-day operations run through an appointed city manager.

With no ballot measure or documented citywide controversy defining this race, the practical choice is about council continuity: keep both incumbents in place for another term, or open one of the two seats to a challenger already familiar to voters from Moreno's last run. Neither incumbent faces any independently reported dispute this cycle, and no campaign-finance filings were found for any of the three, so there's little public record here beyond who has already served and who hasn't.

Gustavo V. Camacho

Gustavo V. Camacho is the incumbent, a sitting councilmember reelected in November 2022. He now serves as Pico Rivera's rotating Mayor and is running for another 4-year term. In December 2025, the Whittier Daily News reported his selection as the council's 2026 Mayor. Councilmember Monica Sánchez was named Mayor Pro Tem at the same time.

John R. Garcia

John R. Garcia is the incumbent, first elected to the City Council in November 2022. Before that, he served as a Pico Rivera Planning Commissioner. He's running for another 4-year term on the council. In 2022, that was his first bid for elected office. The race also included then-incumbent Raul Elias, who lost his seat that year.

Genaro Moreno

Genaro Moreno is a challenger for Pico Rivera City Council. They work as a police officer and licensed real estate agent. This is their second run for a council seat. They finished short of a seat in the November 2024 general election. The Whittier Daily News's 2024 questionnaire named their job police officer, realtor, and animal advocate. They announced this 2026 campaign on social media in mid-August.

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