Mayor of Santa Ana

Amezcua made history in 2022 as Santa Ana's first female mayor in the city's 155-year history. She spent more than 30 years in the Orange County Probation Department, developing expertise in public safety, gang prevention, domestic-violence investigations, and community intervention. Before her mayoral election, she served eight years on the Santa Ana Unified School District Board, including five years as President or Vice President, with an emphasis on graduation rates and campus safety. She holds a degree from the University of La Verne and a Family Engagement certificate from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and was named 2022 Woman of the Year by the National Hispanic Business Women's Association and one of Orange County's 100 Most Influential People. She also serves on the Orange County Transportation Authority, the Orange County Water District, and the Southern California Association of Governments, and chairs the Housing and Homelessness Committee for the Association of California Cities-Orange County. Her stated priorities are addressing homelessness, public safety, and "creating good-paying jobs."

Filed his candidacy under the ballot designation "Caregiver/City Commissioner" -- indicating he currently serves on a Santa Ana city commission in some capacity, though which one is not stated in the county's filing record. No campaign site, news coverage, or other independent source describing his background or platform could be found in this pass despite a real search effort (a direct guess at his own campaign-site domain did not resolve, and Ballotpedia has no page for him).

Filed his candidacy under the ballot designation "Attorney." No campaign site, news coverage, or other independent source describing his background or platform could be found in this pass despite a real search effort (a direct guess at his own campaign-site domain returned an unrelated domain-parking page, and Ballotpedia has no page for him).