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.
City of Tulare
Tulare City Council, Area 2
This person would represent one of Tulare's five City Council areas. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use decisions. Tulare is a Tulare County city of about 68,875 residents. The term is four years. The council chooses the Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its own members. Those two roles serve two year terms. They are not elected separately.
Only one candidate, Jocelyn Limas, qualified for Tulare City Council Area 2. She runs unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Incumbent Terry Anne Sayre held the seat by appointment and did not file to run.
The winner serves a 4 year term as one of five members on Tulare's City Council. The council sets city ordinances, the budget, and land use. Tulare is in Tulare County. It has about 68,875 residents. Tulare uses a council manager government. A city manager runs the day to day work. The elected council sets policy. The council picks the Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its own members every two years. They are not elected to those titles directly.
The county's candidate filing document flags this contest as printed and on the ballot. It was not cancelled under the state's direct appointment rule for a single filer. So Limas will still appear before voters this November. No opponent qualified.
Jocelyn Limas
Jocelyn Limas is a Professional Land Surveyor. She also serves as a Tulare Planning Commissioner, an educator, and a Rotary Club member. She has lived in Tulare for eight years.
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A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.