uploads.rov.sbcounty.gov (opens in a new tab)San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters -- "Offices Up for Election, November 3, 2026, General Election": the City of Upland section lists exactly three offices -- Member, City Council, Districts 2, 3, and 4 -- each a single seat with a 4-year term, and no Mayor or Treasurer contest.
uploads.rov.sbcounty.gov (opens in a new tab)San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters -- statewide "Report_CandidateList.pdf" candidate-filing report: the City of Upland section (pages 183-186 of 249) names all three qualified 2026 candidates -- James Breitling (District 2), Carlos A. Garcia (District 3), Rudy Zuniga (District 4) -- each the sole candidate for their seat, each flagged Incumbent, and each with zero candidate statements filed.
uplandca.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Upland -- City Clerk's "November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election" page: states that Districts 2, 3, and 4 are up this cycle, that the nomination period closed August 7, 2026, and names all three qualified candidates with qualification dates (Garcia 7/27/26, Breitling 8/4/26, Zuniga 8/6/26), stating directly that "each district has one candidate running unopposed." Also covers Measure M (a business-license reform measure, out of scope under this dataset's ballot-measures rule).
uplandca.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Upland -- "City Council & Treasurer" page: lists all four council districts plus the separately elected citywide Mayor (Bill Velto) and City Treasurer (Greg Bradley) -- confirming James Breitling (District 2), Carlos A. Garcia (District 3), and Rudy Zuniga (District 4, Mayor Pro Tem) as sitting incumbents, and that neither the Mayor nor Treasurer office is a council seat.
uplandca.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Upland -- Councilmember Carlos A. Garcia's own official bio page: owns an IT and social-media-marketing company, previously worked as a high-school and adult CTE technology instructor, holds a Bachelor's in Information Technology and a Master's in Educational Technology from Pepperdine plus a CTE teaching credential from the University of San Diego, and served two years on the city's CDBG Committee representing District 3 before his election.
netfile.com (opens in a new tab)City of Upland's own NetFile-hosted public campaign-finance portal (aid=upl), queried by name for Carlos Garcia: his committee ("Garcia for City Council 2022," still the active filer name) filed an itemized FPPC Form 460 for Jan. 1-June 30, 2026 -- downloaded directly and read locally with pypdf -- showing $2,750 in itemized monetary contributions (Ryan Hutchison, a Rancho Cucamonga realtor, $250; San Bernardino Police Officers Association PAC, $1,000; E. Burr, CEO of Burrtec Inc., $500; Protect Our County PAC, $1,000), a $540 nonmonetary contribution (discounted fundraiser venue use), $5,101 in total expenditures (including travel to a California Republican Party event and several Upland restaurant tabs), an ending cash balance of $3,805.72, and -- in the form's own "Related Committees Not Included" section -- discloses a second controlled committee, "Garcia For State Senate 2024" (FPPC ID# 1463901).

Last updated August 31, 2026.

City of Upland

Upland City Council, District 3

This person would hold your district's seat on Upland's four-member City Council. All four seats are elected by district. Members vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. Terms are four years, staggered so District 1 is not up again until 2028. Districts 2, 3, and 4 are up this year. Upland's Mayor and City Treasurer are separate citywide offices, not council seats. Neither is up for election in 2026.

Carlos A. Garcia is the incumbent. He is unopposed for Upland's District 3 council seat. The race is already decided. Your vote will not change the outcome.

This person holds District 3's seat on Upland's City Council. The council has 4 members, all elected by district. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. Upland has a council-manager government. An appointed City Manager runs day-to-day operations. The term is four years, ending in November 2030. Upland's Mayor is Bill Velto. The City Treasurer is Greg Bradley. Both are separately elected citywide offices, not council seats. Neither is up for election this November. Upland moved from at-large to by-district council elections in 2016. That followed a California Voting Rights Act challenge. District 3's lines were last redrawn in a 2022 post-Census redistricting.

Garcia's filed ballot designation is simply "Incumbent." He has no opponent. The useful question is what he has done in office and what to watch. It is not who to choose. Over the next four years, accountability for this seat runs through the council and the public. It does not run through the ballot.

Carlos A. Garcia

Garcia has been Upland's District 3 councilmember since 2018. He owns a technology and social media marketing company. He also ran for California State Senate in 2024.

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