Review note: No cited source describes the candidates; add descriptive coverage to lift the cap.
- ocvote.gov (opens in a new tab)OC Registrar of Voters -- Contest/Candidate Proof List, General Election 11/3/2026 -- City of San Juan Capistrano section (pages 148-149 of 188, downloaded directly and parsed locally with pypdf since a plain fetch returns undecodable PDF stream data): confirms Member, City Council, District 2 (2 qualified candidates) as the city's sole November 2026 race, Vote for 1, with the Incumbent(s) field naming Troy Bourne -- who is not among the 2 qualified candidates -- and each candidate's filed ballot designation
- sanjuancapistrano.org (opens in a new tab)City of San Juan Capistrano -- City Council page: confirms the 5-member district-elected council on staggered 4-year terms (District 1 Sergio Farias, District 2 Troy A. Bourne, District 3 Mayor John Campbell, District 4 Mayor Pro Tem John Taylor, District 5 Howard Hart), and that the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem are selected each December by a vote of the sitting council rather than separately elected
Last updated August 31, 2026.
City of San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano City Council, District 2
This person holds the District 2 seat on San Juan Capistrano's City Council. The council has five district seats. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. An appointed city manager runs day to day operations. The Mayor is not separately elected. Each December, the council picks a Mayor from among its own members. That Mayor serves a one year term. The term is four years.
Erin Beyer and Jeff Moore are running for San Juan Capistrano City Council District 2. This is an open seat, and Troy Bourne, the current officeholder, is not running. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright, since there is no runoff.
This person holds District 2's seat on San Juan Capistrano's 5-member district City Council. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use, alongside an appointed city manager who runs day-to-day operations. The Mayor is not separately elected -- the council selects one of its own members to serve a 1-year term as Mayor each December. The term is four years.
The county's own record lists Troy Bourne as District 2's current Incumbent(s), but he did not file as a candidate for this cycle -- neither Beyer nor Moore is the incumbent, per the county's record. No source found in this pass explains why Bourne isn't seeking re-election. Beyond each candidate's filed occupation, no independent profile, platform statement, or news coverage was found for either in this pass despite a real, time-boxed search effort -- documented below as a gap, not filled in with speculation.
Erin Beyer
Erin Beyer's ballot title is "Business Operations Manager." No campaign website, city biography, or news coverage about them was found.
Jeff Moore
Jeff Moore's ballot title is "City of San Juan Capistrano Planning Commission Chairperson." This title is self reported and could not be confirmed. No campaign website or news coverage about them was found.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.