# Vallejo City Council, District 5

Compare records and positions simply between Tanya Hall, Tara Beasley Stansberry, or Rebekah Truemper for Vallejo City Council, District 5 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person would hold one of six district seats on Vallejo's City Council. The council has seven members, including a directly elected Mayor. Members vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. The term is four years. The Council picks a Vice Mayor from its own district-elected members. Voters do not elect the Vice Mayor directly.

- Jurisdiction: City of Vallejo
- Election: November 3, 2026 California general election
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## On the ballot

- **Tanya Hall** — Retired Career Advisor
- **Tara Beasley Stansberry** — Businessowner / HR Recruiter
- **Rebekah Truemper** — Nonprofit Organization Advisor

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

Three candidates are running for Vallejo's open District 5 council seat. Incumbent Peter Bregenzer declined to seek reelection. The candidates are Tara Beasley Stansberry, Tanya Hall, and Rebekah Truemper. Whoever gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright. There is no runoff.

This person would hold the District 5 seat (central Vallejo) on Vallejo's 7-member City Council -- six district councilmembers plus a directly elected, at-large Mayor governing this 126,090-resident North Bay city. The term is four years.

Sitting councilmember Peter Bregenzer did not file for reelection; the county's own Candidate Filed Log marks his row "DID NOT FILE," and the Vallejo Sun independently confirms he "declined to run," leaving the seat genuinely open.

## Tanya Hall

Hall's 2026 ballot designation is "Retired Career Advisor." Per the Vallejo Sun, she is a lifetime resident of District 5. She is vice chair of the city's Architectural Heritage Landmarks Commission and a founding member of the African American Parent Network. She is a former Inter Tribal Council member and Participatory Budgeting delegate. She previously worked as a college and career advisor for the Vallejo City Unified School District. She came in third in her 2022 bid for City Council. On her own campaign site, she frames her candidacy through her grandfather's story. He moved to Vallejo in 1919 from a lumber mill he owned in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He came at the urging of an uncle she describes as "a Buffalo Soldier and Vallejo's very first African-American contractor." Her grandfather spent nearly 45 years as a first class rigger at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.

**Strengths:** A lifetime District 5 resident with a career in school district college and career advising. Her civic record is broad. She also has a prior council run for comparison, 3rd place in 2022.

**Trade-offs:** Her own site stresses family history over a detailed policy platform. No issue by issue 2026 platform was found beyond the Vallejo Sun's brief summary.

**Keep in mind:** This is a repeat run. She lost in 2022, finishing third of five candidates.

## Tara Beasley Stansberry

Beasley Stansberry's 2026 ballot designation is "Businessowner / HR Recruiter." She styles her name "Tara Beasley-Stansberry" on her own campaign site and in the Vallejo Sun's reporting. She currently serves as a Vallejo Planning Commissioner and on the Police Chief's Advisory Board. Per the Vallejo Sun, as Planning Commissioner she has advocated for a neighborhood mixed use designation to increase the affordable housing supply. She came in second in her 2022 council bid, in a field of five candidates. Her own site describes her as "a wife and mother, a small business owner, and a public servant." It states her platform under the banner "Results over Rhetoric." She calls for cleaner streets and safer public spaces, with faster response to blight and broken infrastructure. She calls for accountable housing and health solutions. She also calls for support for small businesses and local hiring.

**Strengths:** On the Planning Commission and the Police Advisory Board. One named policy position, mixed use zoning for affordable housing. Her 2022 showing was the strongest of the three, 2nd of 5.

**Trade-offs:** Her own site does not name her business or professional background beyond "small business owner." No independent news profile was found beyond the Vallejo Sun's brief.

**Keep in mind:** Her Planning Commission role means she has already taken public positions on Vallejo land use questions. That gives voters a record to weigh directly, not just a platform.

## Rebekah Truemper

Truemper's 2026 ballot designation is "Nonprofit Organization Advisor." Per the Vallejo Sun, she is a 26 year Vallejo resident and chair of the McCune Commission. She is an active organizer in a District 5 neighborhood group. She joined with parents and teachers to help start Vallejo's first K-8 model school. Her own campaign site describes her as "a strategist, change agent, community builder, and resource generator." It lays out a six part platform. She calls for continuing progress on public safety, a plan for economic development, and better opportunities for young people. She calls for resources for unhoused residents and affordable housing for working families. She also calls for safety for women, children, and other vulnerable people.

**Strengths:** The longest documented Vallejo tenure of the three, at 26 years. She chairs the McCune Commission. She also helped start the city's first K-8 model school.

**Trade-offs:** Her own site does not say what the McCune Commission governs. It does not name her nonprofit employer or her formal education. Those come only from the Vallejo Sun's brief mention.

**Keep in mind:** She is a first time council candidate. Her two opponents each have a 2022 result to compare against.

## Review notes

- Tanya Hall's own campaign site (hallforvallejo.com/about): recounts her grandfather's 1919 move from a Vicksburg, Mississippi lumber mill to Vallejo at the urging of his uncle, "a Buffalo Soldier and Vallejo's very first African-American contractor," and his subsequent 44-years-11-months career as a first-class rigger at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, as the basis for her own District 5 candidacy., Rebekah Truemper's own campaign site (rebekahforvallejo.com): describes her as a 26-year Vallejo resident and nonprofit leader, "a strategist, change agent, community builder, and resource generator"; lists a six-part platform -- public safety, economic development, youth opportunity, resources for the unhoused, affordable housing for working families, and safety for vulnerable populations., and Tara Beasley-Stansberry's own campaign site (taraforvallejo.com): describes her as "a wife and mother, a small business owner, and a public servant" currently serving as a Vallejo Planning Commissioner and on the Police Chief's Advisory Board; states her platform as cleaner/safer streets, accountable housing and health solutions, and local economic opportunity, under the banner "Results over Rhetoric." may have more bias because they are advocacy voter guides compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources.

## Sources

1. [Solano County Registrar of Voters -- "CANDIDATE FILED LOG - November 3, 2026 GENERAL ELECTION" (AS OF 8/20/2026, printed 8/27/2026): a materially updated republication, under the same filename already on file for this dataset's county-level Solano shard, of the July version the local-authoring queue's original estimate was drawn from. Its CITY OF VALLEJO section flags all three district contests ON THE BALLOT: District 2 with exactly one qualified candidate, Diosdado "JR" Matulac (Incumbent, "Councilmember / Restorative Specialist"); District 4 with Charles Palmares (Incumbent), Brianna Rogers, and Chris Platzer qualified, plus Roxann Reyes marked "DID NOT COMPLETE FILING"; District 5 with Tara Beasley Stansberry, Tanya Hall, and Rebekah Truemper qualified, plus incumbent Peter Bregenzer marked "DID NOT FILE." No Vallejo Mayor section appears anywhere in the document](https://content.solanocounty.gov/sites/default/files/2026-07/CANDIDATE_FILED_LOG_Nov_3_2026_7.13.26.pdf)
2. [City of Vallejo City Clerk -- "FINAL CANDIDATE ROSTER: Candidates for Vallejo Councilmembers in Districts 2, 4 & 5, November 3, 2026" (dated 8/12/26, the close of District 5's extended nomination period): independently corroborates the county log's qualified roster and adds filing-mechanics detail -- Roxann Reyes (District 4) was issued supplemental nomination papers 8/6-8/7/26 but has no corresponding filed date, unlike the other three District 4 candidates, who each show a complete issue-and-file date pair; Tara Beasley Stansberry (District 5) needed and filed a supplemental nomination petition 7/29-7/30/26. Carries no Mayor section at all -- its own title names only Districts 2, 4, and 5](https://www.cityofvallejo.net/UserFiles/Servers/Server_16925367/Image/City%20Clerks%20Office/FINAL%20CANDIDATE%20ROSTER%20081226.pdf)
3. [City of Vallejo -- its own "Mayor & City Council" page: names the sitting seven-member Council by district and term -- Mayor Andrea Sorce (at-large, term expires January 2029), Vice Mayor Diosdado "JR" Matulac (District 2), Alexander Matias (District 1), Tonia Lediju PhD (District 3), Charles Palmares (District 4), Peter Bregenzer (District 5), Helen-Marie Gordon (District 6) -- and confirms Districts 2, 4, and 5 are the three seats with terms expiring January 2027, the seats up this cycle. States councilmembers are "elected by-district" while the Mayor is "directly elected," both to 4-year terms, with a two-consecutive-term charter limit](https://www.cityofvallejo.net/our_city/city_government/mayor_city_council)
4. [Vallejo Sun, Aug. 13, 2026, "Several incumbents decline to run again in November elections for Vallejo, Benicia" (by Ryan Geller and Gretchen Zimmermann): profiles all three Vallejo council races with real, checkable biographical detail for all seven qualified candidates -- confirms Matulac unopposed in District 2; Palmares's Army career and traffic-calming record, Rogers's Georgetown degree and board seats, and Platzer's Coast Guard license and 2020 Planning Commission resignation ("after he was seen drinking beer and threw his cat during a public Zoom meeting") in District 4; and Hall's, Beasley Stansberry's, and Truemper's civic roles, 2022 election results, and platforms in the open District 5 seat](https://www.vallejosun.com/several-incumbents-decline-to-run-again-in-november-elections-for-vallejo-benicia/)
5. [Tanya Hall's own campaign site (hallforvallejo.com/about): recounts her grandfather's 1919 move from a Vicksburg, Mississippi lumber mill to Vallejo at the urging of his uncle, "a Buffalo Soldier and Vallejo's very first African-American contractor," and his subsequent 44-years-11-months career as a first-class rigger at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, as the basis for her own District 5 candidacy](https://www.hallforvallejo.com/about)
6. [Tara Beasley-Stansberry's own campaign site (taraforvallejo.com): describes her as "a wife and mother, a small business owner, and a public servant" currently serving as a Vallejo Planning Commissioner and on the Police Chief's Advisory Board; states her platform as cleaner/safer streets, accountable housing and health solutions, and local economic opportunity, under the banner "Results over Rhetoric"](https://www.taraforvallejo.com)
7. [Rebekah Truemper's own campaign site (rebekahforvallejo.com): describes her as a 26-year Vallejo resident and nonprofit leader, "a strategist, change agent, community builder, and resource generator"; lists a six-part platform -- public safety, economic development, youth opportunity, resources for the unhoused, affordable housing for working families, and safety for vulnerable populations](https://www.rebekahforvallejo.com)
8. [Wikipedia -- "Vallejo, California": used narrowly for the city's 2020 Census population (126,090) and its general district-based council-manager structure; does not cover the 2026 election, and its claim that the Vice Mayor title is "currently held by the District 5 representative" is stale, contradicted by the city's own current roster (District 2's Matulac), so it is not used](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallejo,_California)
9. [A negative-result campaign-finance search: California's Cal-Access campaign-finance search (cal-access.sos.ca.gov) returned only a blocked bot-verification shell for a direct filer search against each of the seven qualified Vallejo candidates this session, the same recurring bot-detection failure mode documented elsewhere in this dataset. Cal-Access also covers only state-level committees, not local city-council candidates, in any case. Documents the absence of a reachable financial-disclosure source for these three contests, not any candidate's actual finances](https://cal-access.sos.ca.gov/Misc/filerSearch.aspx?SEARCH=Palmares)

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