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City of West Covina · Statewide General Election

West Covina City Council, District 4

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On the ballot

This person holds your district's seat on West Covina's 5-member City Council: city ordinances, the budget, and land-use decisions. A 4-year term. Council members choose one of their own to serve as mayor, presiding over meetings but casting only one vote like any other member.

LA County’s final qualified-candidate report confirms three candidates for West Covina City Council District 4. The ballot designations below are reproduced from that official record.

The county report is the controlling roster. Earlier social-media references to Jared Wilson are not used because he does not appear in the final qualified field.

The available official record establishes candidacy and ballot designation, but not a complete biography or platform for every candidate. The profiles therefore stop at the same records-first boundary for all three.

Ollie Cantos

Ollie Cantos is a qualified candidate and the incumbent. The ballot designation is “West Covina Councilman/Attorney.”

Strengths

The candidacy, incumbent status, and ballot designation are supported by official records.

Trade-offs

The cited roster does not establish a complete 2026 platform.

Keep in mind

The short profile reflects the source boundary, not a judgment about the candidate.

Pauline Pezza

Pauline Pezza is a qualified candidate. The ballot designation is “Executive/Nonprofit Director.”

Strengths

The candidacy and ballot designation are verified by the election authority.

Trade-offs

The cited roster does not establish a complete 2026 platform.

Keep in mind

No additional biography is inferred from unverified namesakes.

Danny Roman

Danny Roman is a qualified candidate. The ballot designation is “Retired LAPD Sergeant.”

Strengths

The candidacy and ballot designation are verified by the election authority.

Trade-offs

The cited roster does not establish a complete 2026 platform.

Keep in mind

No additional biography is inferred from unverified namesakes.

Source review: Very strong (94/100) · 4 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

  • content.lavote.gov (opens in a new tab)Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk — General Election Final List of Qualified Candidates to Appear on the Ballot (Election 4348, generated September 2, 2026 at 1:15 PM)
  • westcovina.gov (opens in a new tab)City of West Covina — Elected Officials (dated "Term: November 20XX to November 20XX" line for every officeholder; shows Districts 2, 4, 5, City Clerk, and City Treasurer each expiring November 2026, and Districts 1 and 3 expiring November 2028)
  • westcovina.gov (opens in a new tab)City of West Covina — Mayor & City Council (council-manager government structure, current roster by district, confirms the city moved to by-district elections in November 2018)
  • westcovina.gov (opens in a new tab)City of West Covina — Campaign Disclosure Reports & Public Official Appointments (the City Clerk's own per-councilmember index of filed campaign-finance statements; indexes City Council candidate committees only, not City Clerk/Treasurer. Lopez-Viado's and Wu's committees each show continuous activity back to 2018/2015, but the newest report posted for either as of this retrieval is a 2024 semi-annual statement — no 2026-dated filing for either, and none at all under Carlos Yado's name)

Last updated September 4, 2026.