# San Buenaventura City Council, District 6 Compare records and positions simply between Danny Carrillo, Steven Almcrantz, and 4 more for San Buenaventura City Council, District 6 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person would represent one of Ventura's seven City Council districts. Members vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. Terms are four years. Seats are staggered, so three or four come up every two years. Districts 1, 4, 5, and 6 are up this year. Districts 2, 3, and 7 vote again in 2028. Ventura has no directly elected Mayor. The Council instead picks a member each December to preside for two years. - Jurisdiction: City of Ventura - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/ventura-council-6 - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: September 1, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 93 out of 100 (Very strong), across 10 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Danny Carrillo** — College Personnel Commissioner - **Steven Almcrantz** — Public Works Inspector - **James Loughrie** — Teacher - **Kevin Daly** — Non Profit Executive - **Noe Aguilar Vega** — Local Business Owner - **Karba Eckley** — Energy Policy Consultant A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. This is an open seat. Incumbent Jim Duran did not file for re-election. That drew this cycle's most contested Ventura council field, with six candidates. They include business owner Noe Aguilar Vega, public works inspector Steven Almcrantz, and community-college commissioner Danny Carrillo. Also running are energy policy consultant Karba Eckley, teacher James Loughrie, and nonprofit executive Kevin Daly. This person would represent one of Ventura's seven City Council districts. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use for this Ventura County city of about 110,763 residents (the county seat). The Council appoints a City Manager -- Bill Ayub, a former Ventura County Sheriff, as of this cycle -- to run day-to-day operations. Terms are four years, staggered so three or four seats are up every two years. Ventura has no separately, directly elected Mayor -- the Council selects one of its own members each December to hold the title for a two-year term and preside over meetings. Dr. Jeannette Sanchez-Palacios (District 4, on this year's ballot for re-election) currently holds it, selected by her colleagues in December 2024, with Doug Halter (District 2) as Deputy Mayor. District 6 covers Southeastern Ventura. It's one of four districts up this cycle, alongside Districts 1, 4, and 5; Districts 2, 3, and 7 aren't up again until 2028. Ventura moved from at-large council elections to seven single-member districts in 2018, after a threatened California Voting Rights Act challenge. Incumbent Jim Duran did not pull nomination papers to run again; the city's own Elections page confirms his absence triggered a five-day nomination-period extension, to Aug. 12, specifically for this district -- the reason its field is six candidates rather than a typical two or three. ## Noe Aguilar Vega Aguilar Vega's ballot designation reads "Local Business Owner." Their candidate statement lists "Business Owner/Chief Executive Officer." They are 32 and a lifelong Ventura resident. They started working for their grandfather's business in high school. They later rose to a management role at the Summerland wastewater treatment plant. There they oversaw public funds, budgets, and capital projects. They received the California Special Districts Association's President's Award. They took over their grandfather's business in 2022. **Strengths:** Direct experience overseeing public-agency budgets and capital-improvement projects from the inside. They also own a small business now. **Trade-offs:** A first-time candidate with no prior elected office, in a six-candidate field. **Keep in mind:** No independent biography or news coverage beyond their own statement was found. ## Steven Almcrantz Almcrantz's ballot designation reads "Public Works Inspector." Their candidate statement adds a Bachelor's degree in Public Administration and Political Science. It says their career has involved overseeing hundreds of public infrastructure and community-improvement projects. Those include streets, sidewalks, traffic signals, parks, and beaches. They list public safety, infrastructure repair, and transportation as priorities. **Strengths:** A public-sector infrastructure background. It is directly relevant to the kind of projects a councilmember votes to fund. **Trade-offs:** A first-time candidate with no prior elected office, in a six-candidate field. **Keep in mind:** No independent biography or news coverage beyond their own statement was found. ## Danny Carrillo Carrillo's ballot designation reads "College Personnel Commissioner." Their own statement lists "Ventura College Commissioner." They are a U.S. Marine Corps veteran with a B.S. in Business. They currently serve as a Ventura County Community College District Commissioner. They previously served on the city's Measure O oversight committee and as a Library Commissioner. Their statement emphasizes public safety, infrastructure, and an open-door approach to constituents. **Strengths:** The broadest record of prior civic-board service among the six candidates. They hold a current community-college district commission seat, plus past city committee and commission service. **Trade-offs:** None of that service is on the City Council itself. It is adjacent experience, not a voting record on city matters. **Keep in mind:** No independent biography or news coverage beyond their own statement was found. ## Karba Eckley Eckley's ballot designation reads "Energy Policy Consultant." Their candidate statement says they are 36. They lead energy programs for public agencies across California. They previously worked on environmental and sustainability initiatives at Patagonia. They have served on the city's General Plan Advisory Committee and the Montalvo Area Community Council. They list affordability, road maintenance, and small-business partnerships as priorities. They state they are endorsed by current and former Council members. **Strengths:** Direct professional experience with public-agency budgets and infrastructure funding. They also recently served on the committee that shaped the city's General Plan through 2050. **Trade-offs:** A first-time candidate with no prior elected office. **Keep in mind:** Their statement claims endorsements from current and former Council members without naming them. Sanchez-Palacios's statement names hers. So which officials back Eckley could not be verified. ## James Loughrie Loughrie's ballot designation reads "Teacher." Their candidate statement says they are a 20-year Special Education teacher. They are also a Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, volunteer. They are a Montalvo Area Community Council member. Their platform is the most specific among this cycle's Ventura candidates. They name three concrete proposals. Two are focusing spending on road and sidewalk repair, and a 650-foot buffer ordinance between sober-living houses. The third is banning e-bikes from city parks. **Strengths:** The most specific, concrete platform of any candidate here. They name proposed ordinances rather than general priorities. **Trade-offs:** A first-time candidate with no prior elected office. Their named proposals, the sober-living-house buffer and the e-bike ban, would each need their own legal review if enacted. **Keep in mind:** No independent biography or news coverage beyond their own statement was found. ## Kevin Daly Daly's ballot designation reads "Non Profit Executive." They did not pay to file a candidate statement. So no biography or platform is available from that source. **Strengths:** None found beyond having qualified for the ballot. The city's own roster shows Daly qualified earliest among the six, on July 29, 2026. **Trade-offs:** The least documented candidate in this six-person field. There is no statement, and no independent coverage was found. **Keep in mind:** Declining a statement is a candidate's own choice. It is not evidence of anything about their campaign. It just means there is little to go on for them beyond their ballot designation. ## Sources 1. [Ventura County Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters -- "Contest/Candidate Proof List" (report CFMR001, dated Aug. 18, 2026, on-ballot contests only): confirms the City of San Buenaventura (City of Ventura) has exactly four contests this cycle -- City Council Districts 1, 4, 5, and 6 -- and names each district's incumbent and full qualified candidate roster](https://clerkrecorder.venturacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/cfmcfmr001_contcanddataproof_08-18-2026-on-ballot-alpha-order-applied.pdf) 2. [Ventura County Clerk-Recorder/Registrar of Voters -- November 3, 2026 General Election Contest/Candidate Proof List, off-ballot companion document (single-filer and appointed-in-lieu contests under Elections Code Section 10229): carries no City of San Buenaventura entry of any kind, ruling out a Section 10229 cancellation for any of the four council districts](https://clerkrecorder.venturacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cfmcfmr001_contcanddataproof_08-17-2026-off-ballot.pdf) 3. [City of Ventura -- Elections page: "the next General Municipal Election will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 for Districts 1, 4, 5, and 6"; also states the 2026 expenditure ceiling ($55,000) and single-source contribution limits ($425 if the ceiling is accepted, $225 if rejected)](https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/265/Elections) 4. [City of Ventura -- "November 3, 2026 Election" page: nomination period July 13 - Aug. 7, 2026, with a note that the period is extended five days (to Aug. 12) for any district whose incumbent doesn't run for re-election; links to the City Clerk's Roster of Candidate Activity and the four per-district Candidate Statement PDFs](https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/2790/November-3-2026-Election) 5. [City of Ventura -- City Council page: names the current Mayor (Dr. Jeannette Sánchez-Palacios, District 4) and Deputy Mayor (Doug Halter, District 2), and lists all seven councilmembers by district, including District 6's Jim Duran -- the incumbent who did not seek re-election in 2026](https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/712/City-Council) 6. [City of Ventura City Clerk -- "Roster of Candidate Activity, November 3, 2026" (as of Aug. 12, 2026): a per-candidate filing and "Qualified for Ballot" table matching the county's certified roster exactly for all fourteen on-ballot candidates, and additionally showing three people (Katherine "KC" Rodriguez, District 6; Heather May, District 4; Jan Zavolosieck, District 5) who filed a Form 501 but never completed nomination papers and so did not qualify](https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/51103) 7. [Ojai Valley News -- 'See who's officially on the ballot for Ventura council, school board, education races' (Grant Phillips, updated Aug. 11, 2026): independently lists the certified Area 2 pairing (Mike Teasdale, incumbent; Debra McIntyre-Sciarrino) and Area 4 pairing (Scott Dettorre, Kristina Pine), with matching geographic descriptions -- Area 2 as Conejo Valley, Area 4 as eastern county including Simi Valley and Moorpark](https://www.ojaivalleynews.com/news/elections/see-whos-officially-on-the-ballot-for-ventura-council-school-board-education-races/article_c918da7b-6607-4a48-a1e1-17eff0ed89a7.html) 8. [Wikipedia -- "Ventura, California," Government section: council-manager government, seven single-member council districts adopted in 2018 after a threatened California Voting Rights Act challenge, 4-year staggered terms, a Council-elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor serving 2-year terms, and the 2020 Census population (110,763); its infobox also names City Manager Bill Ayub, sourced in the page's own wikitext to a Dec. 2023 KVTA News report on his appointment](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventura,_California) 9. [Ventura's own NetFile public campaign-finance portal (public.netfile.com/pub2/?AID=VNT, linked from the city's own Elections page): a negative-result check -- the portal is a client-rendered single-page app with no static content or reachable public API found this session, so no itemized Form 460/497 contribution or expenditure figures are available for any of the fourteen candidates. Documents the absence of a reachable local financial-disclosure source, not any candidate's actual finances.](https://public.netfile.com/pub2/?AID=VNT) 10. [City of Ventura City Clerk -- "District 6 Candidate Statements 2026": official, paid Statements of Qualifications filed by Noe Aguilar Vega, Steven Almcrantz, Daniel "Danny" Carrillo, Karba Eckley, and James Loughrie; Kevin Daly did not pay to file one ("N/A" on the roster's Candidate Statement Deposit column), so no statement exists for him](https://www.cityofventura.ca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/51794) ## The rest of the ballot San Buenaventura City Council, District 6 is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. 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