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South San Francisco City Clerk

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On the ballot

The City Clerk keeps South San Francisco's official records, administers municipal elections, and processes public-records requests. A separately elected, 4-year term.

Only one candidate qualified for City Clerk: Rosa Govea Acosta. This contest is settled and your vote here does not change the outcome.

South San Francisco's City Clerk is a separately elected, 4-year-term office: it keeps the city's official records, administers municipal elections, and processes public-records requests.

With no opponent, the useful question is not who to choose but what the officeholder has done and what to watch next.

Rosa Govea Acosta

Her filed ballot designation is simply "City Clerk" -- under California election law, that designation is only permitted if it names her actual current elected office, so it independently confirms her incumbency. A California Secretary of State CAL-ACCESS filer search finds two prior committees, both now terminated: one from her 2018 run and a 2022 one explicitly named "Re-elect Rosa Govea Acosta," confirming she was already the incumbent seeking a second term four years ago -- this cycle would be at least her third term.

Strengths

A multi-term incumbency (at least two prior elected terms, per her own committee-naming history) in a records-and-elections-administration role where continuity has real value.

Trade-offs

No independent reporting or official city bio was reachable this pass (ssfca.gov, the city's own site, was blocked to automated access throughout) to describe what she's specifically done in office.

Keep in mind

Running unopposed for a third-plus term means this seat's accountability runs through public-records requests and city meetings rather than through this ballot.

Source review: Strong (86/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

  • 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: the county's own certified candidate list, confirming both District 5 (Short Term) candidates and their ballot designations, and that Board of Education Trustee Area 2 is the only one of three expiring county trustee areas flagged 'On Ballot: Yes'
  • en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia -- South San Francisco, California: 'Government and politics' section names a five-member City Council elected by district to 4-year terms, with the Mayor and Vice Mayor selected by the council itself in an annual rotation rather than directly elected -- confirming why there is no Mayor contest on the November 2026 ballot. Also names the sitting council roster (Mayor Mark Addiego, Vice Mayor Mark Nagales, and Councilmembers James H. Coleman, Eddie Flores, and Buenaflor Nicolas) and dates Eddie Flores's appointment to the council to January 26, 2021, filling a vacancy left by Karyl Matsumoto
  • cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Secretary of State CAL-ACCESS -- filer search for "Rosa Govea Acosta": two TERMINATED committees only -- "ACOSTA FOR SSF CITY CLERK 2018" and "ACOSTA FOR SFF CITY CLERK 2022; RE-ELECT ROSA GOVEA" (the 'RE-ELECT' naming confirms she was already the incumbent in 2022) -- no active 2026 committee found
  • 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: the county's own certified candidate list, confirming South San Francisco's five contests (Council Districts 1, 3, 5; City Clerk; City Treasurer), the qualified candidate in each, and each candidate's filed ballot designation

Last updated September 1, 2026.