# South San Francisco City Treasurer

Frank Risso is running uncontested for South San Francisco City Treasurer. Full ballot at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. The City Treasurer manages South San Francisco's cash and investments. They report on the city's financial position. This is a separately elected office. The term is four years.

- Jurisdiction: City of South San Francisco
- Election: November 3, 2026 California general election
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- Sources last retrieved: September 7, 2026
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## On the ballot

- **Frank Risso** — City Treasurer · Incumbent

A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.

Only one candidate qualified for City Treasurer: Frank Risso. This contest is settled and your vote here does not change the outcome.

South San Francisco's City Treasurer is a separately elected, 4-year-term office: it manages the city's cash and investments and reports on the city's financial position.

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

## Frank Risso

Risso's filed ballot designation is simply "City Treasurer" -- under California election law, that designation is only permitted if it names their actual current elected office, so it independently confirms their incumbency. A California Secretary of State CAL-ACCESS filer search finds two prior committees, both now terminated: one from a 2013 run and one from 2022, indicating multiple prior terms.

**Strengths:** A long incumbency (committee history stretching back to at least 2013) in a financial-oversight role where a track record of clean audits and stable investment management is the relevant credential.

**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 confirm Risso's specific record in office.

**Keep in mind:** Running unopposed for another term means this seat's accountability runs through the city's published financial reports and audits rather than through this ballot.

## Sources

1. [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'](https://smcacre.gov/system/files/2026-08/52_candidateroster0825.pdf)
2. [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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_San_Francisco,_California)
3. [California Secretary of State CAL-ACCESS -- filer search for "Frank Risso": two TERMINATED committees only -- "RISSO FOR CITY TREASURER 2013" and "RISSO FOR CITY TREASURER 2022" -- no active 2026 committee found](https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Misc/filerSearch.aspx?SEARCH=Frank%20Risso)
4. [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](https://smcacre.gov/system/files/2026-08/52_candidateroster0825.pdf)

## The rest of the ballot

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