# Pico Rivera City Council Compare records and positions simply between Gustavo V. Camacho, John R. Garcia, or Genaro Moreno for Pico Rivera City Council at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. 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. - Jurisdiction: City of Pico Rivera - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Seats: 2 - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/pico-rivera-council - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: August 31, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 88 out of 100 (Strong), across 11 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Gustavo V. Camacho** — Incumbent - **John R. Garcia** — Incumbent - **Genaro Moreno** A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Three candidates are running for two at-large seats on Pico Rivera's City Council. Incumbents Gustavo V. Camacho and John R. Garcia face a single challenger. The candidate is repeat candidate Genaro Moreno. Vote for up to two. 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. He was reelected in November 2022 and now serves as Pico Rivera's rotating Mayor. He's running for another 4-year term on the council. The Whittier Daily News reported his selection as the council's 2026 Mayor in December 2025. Councilmember Monica Sánchez was named Mayor Pro Tem at the same time. **Strengths:** Sitting Mayor under the council's rotating system. He has a full first term already served heading into this reelection bid. **Trade-offs:** No independent, dated reporting on his specific council votes or plans since 2022 was found beyond his mayoral selection. **Keep in mind:** No campaign-finance committee was found for him on Cal-Access or any local disclosure portal. Pico Rivera runs no such portal itself. ## John R. Garcia John R. Garcia is the incumbent. He was 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. Independent 2022 coverage described him as a planning commissioner making his first bid for elected office. That field also included then-incumbent Raul Elias, who lost his seat that year. **Strengths:** A former Planning Commissioner who brought land-use experience into his first council term. He was elected alongside Camacho in 2022. **Trade-offs:** Like his running mate, no independent reporting on his specific votes or council plans since 2022 was found. **Keep in mind:** No campaign-finance committee was found for him on Cal-Access or any local disclosure portal. That is the same pattern as the rest of this field. ## Genaro Moreno Genaro Moreno is a challenger. They are a police officer and licensed real estate agent making their second run for the Pico Rivera City Council. They're campaigning again after finishing short of a seat in the November 2024 general election. The Whittier Daily News's 2024 candidate questionnaire listed their job title as 'Police officer / Realtor / Animal Advocate.' They announced this 2026 campaign on social media in mid-August. **Strengths:** A repeat candidate with real name recognition from their 2024 run. They also have a law-enforcement and real-estate background outside city hall. **Trade-offs:** They finished short of a council seat in November 2024. No independent reporting or endorsement beyond their own social media confirms momentum this time. **Keep in mind:** No campaign-finance committee was found for them either. The city clerk's own qualified list, not a detailed public platform, is what confirms this run. ## Sources 1. [City of Pico Rivera — Posting Notice, "Who is running for City Council?" (November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election; two 4-year at-large seats expiring 2030; posted after the Aug. 7, 2026 nomination-period close)](https://www.pico-rivera.org/wp-content/uploads/8-10-26-Posting-Notice-Who-is-running-for-city-council.pdf) 2. [City of Pico Rivera — Elections Information (five-member City Council, elected at-large on a non-partisan basis, staggered 4-year terms; two seats elected Nov. 2022 up in Nov. 2026, three elected Nov. 2024 up in Nov. 2028)](https://www.pico-rivera.org/elections-and-voting/) 3. [City of Pico Rivera — City Council (current roster: Mayor Gustavo V. Camacho, Mayor Pro Tem Dr. Monica Sanchez, Councilmembers Andrew C. Lara, Erik Lutz, and John R. Garcia; rotating-mayor, council-manager government)](https://www.pico-rivera.org/our-city/city-council/) 4. [Whittier Daily News — "Election 2022: Incumbents in Pico Rivera City Council..." (election-night coverage naming Gustavo Camacho and John Garcia, a Planning Commissioner, as the leading finishers for the two open council seats, ahead of incumbent Raul Elias)](https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2022/11/08/election-2022-pico-rivera-voters-cast-ballots-for-city-council-school-board/) 5. [Whittier Daily News — "Election 2022: Voters choose slate in Pico Rivera City Council..." (day-after follow-up confirming Camacho and Garcia as the top-two finishers)](https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2022/11/09/election-2022-lead-change-in-el-rancho-unified-school-district-board-race/) 6. [Whittier Daily News — Genaro Moreno, candidate for Pico Rivera City Council, 2024 election questionnaire (job title: 'Police officer / Realtor / Animal Advocate')](https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2024/10/15/genaro-moreno-candidate-for-pico-rivera-city-council-2024-election-questionnaire/) 7. [Whittier Daily News — Pico Rivera City Council appoints Gustavo Camacho as mayor (with Monica Sánchez as Mayor Pro Tem)](https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2025/12/12/pico-rivera-city-council-appoints-gustavo-camacho-as-mayor/) 8. [Los Cerritos Community News — "Pico Rivera City Council Candidate Forum This Sunday" (naming Camacho, Raul Elias, Antonio Hernandez, and John Garcia as the field ahead of the Nov. 2022 election)](https://www.loscerritosnews.net/2022/10/06/pico-rivera-city-council-candidate-forum-this-sunday/) 9. [LA Wave Newspaper Group — "Southeast area city councils can expect new faces" (reporting Camacho's and Garcia's vote totals in the Nov. 2022 Pico Rivera council race)](https://wavepublication.com/southeast-area-city-councils-can-expect-new-faces/) 10. [Ballotpedia — Genaro Moreno (Pico Rivera City Council At-large, California, candidate 2024)](https://ballotpedia.org/Genaro_Moreno_(Pico_Rivera_City_Council_At-large,_California,_candidate_2024)) 11. [Nestfully — Genaro Moreno, Real Estate Agent (Pico Rivera, CA; DRE #01486461)](https://www.nestfully.com/AgentSearch/GENAROMORENO-14162111) ## The rest of the ballot Pico Rivera City Council is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. Vote or Else builds the full list for any California address and breaks down each contest the way this page does, with no account and without storing the address: https://voteorelse.com/ ## How to cite this page Vote or Else, "Pico Rivera City Council — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/pico-rivera-council (sources last retrieved August 31, 2026). Link the canonical page above rather than this Markdown file. Coverage is updated as the race develops, so quote it with its retrieval date.