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City of Tulare · Statewide General Election

Tulare City Council, Area 2

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On the ballot

This person would represent one of Tulare's five City Council areas: city ordinances, the budget, and land-use decisions for this Tulare County city of about 68,875 residents (2020 Census). A 4-year term. The Mayor and Vice Mayor are chosen by the council from among its own members for two-year terms, rather than elected separately.

Only one candidate, Jocelyn Limas, qualified for Tulare City Council Area 2, so she runs unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot. The seat's sitting incumbent, Terry Anne Sayre, had held it by council appointment rather than election and did not file to run.

The winner serves a 4-year term as one of five members on Tulare's City Council, which sets city ordinances, the budget, and land-use decisions for this Tulare County city of about 68,875 residents. Tulare uses a council-manager government: a professional city manager runs day-to-day operations while the elected council sets policy, and the Mayor and Vice Mayor are chosen by the council from among its own members each two years rather than elected to those titles directly.

Because the county's own candidate-filing document flags this contest as printed and on the ballot -- not cancelled under the state's direct-appointment provision for a single filer -- Limas will still need to appear before voters this November even though no opponent qualified.

Jocelyn Limas

Jocelyn Limas is a Professional Land Surveyor, per the county's own candidate filing. Her own campaign site adds that she is a current City of Tulare Planning Commissioner, an educator, and a Rotary Club member who has lived in Tulare for eight years.

Strengths

Sitting experience on the city's own Planning Commission, plus a surveying career directly relevant to the land-use decisions the council makes.

Trade-offs

No prior elected office; her background comes from her own campaign site and the county's filing, not independent reporting.

Keep in mind

Her stated platform is planning, growth management, public safety, and fiscal stewardship. No candidate filer entry is registered under her name with the state.

Source review: Strong (82/100) · 5 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with several source types checked for context; advocacy or endorsement sources are treated as attributed perspective.

Review note: Jocelyn Limas's own campaign website: describes her as a Professional Land Surveyor, City of Tulare Planning Commissioner, educator, and Rotary Club member who has lived in Tulare for eight years; states a four-part platform of thoughtful planning for the city's future, responsible growth management, public safety, and financial stewardship may have more bias because it is an advocacy voter guide compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.

  • tc-web.widen.net (opens in a new tab)Tulare County Elections -- official "Contest/Candidate Proof List" (report CFMR001) for the November 3, 2026 General Election: within its City section, the City of Tulare shows exactly two contests -- Member, City Council Area 2 (1 qualified candidate, Jocelyn Limas; incumbent Terry Anne Sayre listed as "Appointed in Lieu" and not a candidate) and Member, City Council Area 4 (2 qualified candidates, Steve Celentano and Freddie Gonzalez; incumbent Dennis Alan Mederos likewise listed as "Appointed in Lieu" and not a candidate) -- no Mayor, Area 1, Area 3, Area 5, City Clerk, or City Treasurer contest appears anywhere in the 63-page document for the City of Tulare
  • en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)Wikipedia -- "Tulare, California": used narrowly for the city's council-manager government structure (a five-member City Council; the Mayor and Vice Mayor are selected by the council from among its own members for two-year terms), its current officeholder roster (Mayor Patrick Isherwood, Vice Mayor Stephen C. Harrell, and Councilmembers Jose Sigala, Terry A. Sayre, and Dennis A. Mederos -- independently corroborating which two seats' incumbents are not on this ballot), its 1888 incorporation date, and its 2020 Census population of 68,875; does not cover the 2026 election
  • netfile.com (opens in a new tab)A negative-result access attempt: the City of Tulare's NetFile campaign-disclosure portal (netfile.com/public/TULA/campaign) loads (HTTP 200 on direct curl request), but a direct HTML inspection shows a client-side-rendered single-page application with no static filer data anywhere in the served markup -- the same JS-gated pattern documented elsewhere in this dataset for NetFile-hosted portals. Documents the absence of a reachable financial-disclosure source rather than any candidate's actual finances.
  • jocelynlimas.com (opens in a new tab)Jocelyn Limas's own campaign website: describes her as a Professional Land Surveyor, City of Tulare Planning Commissioner, educator, and Rotary Club member who has lived in Tulare for eight years; states a four-part platform of thoughtful planning for the city's future, responsible growth management, public safety, and financial stewardship
  • cal-access.sos.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)California Secretary of State CAL-ACCESS -- filer search for "Limas": no results matching Jocelyn Limas; no campaign committee or candidate filer entry registered under her name

Last updated September 1, 2026.