A valley town at the foot of the Sierra Cascade line — founded by John and Annie Bidwell in 1860, home to Chico State since 1887, and wrapped around one of the largest municipal parks in the country.
Lifelong Chico resident and fourth-generation co-owner of Shubert's Ice Cream & Candy, which she runs with her brother Nathan. Active with the Omega Nu sorority's scholarship work for local students. First elected in 2018; mayor since December 2024. She and her husband Mike have five children and three grandchildren.
Third-generation Chicoan and Chico State graduate who spent his career in shopping-center management — a vice president at LaSalle Partners, later managing the original North Valley Plaza and Chico Mall. Served on the city's Architectural Review board and Planning Commission before being appointed to the council in 2021, then elected in 2022 and 2024.
Chico State graduate with a master's from Gonzaga and a 36-year law-enforcement career, retiring as Chico's Chief of Police in 2020; he still works with the Butte County District Attorney's Office. Chaired the Jesus Center board for eight years and has taught policing at two universities and the Butte Academy.
Raised in Butte County from infancy; before taking office he worked and volunteered with the Chico Housing Action Team, Safe Space Winter Shelter, and Butte Environmental Council. Elected in 2022 as District 4's first representative — and, by his own account, the only Fair View High graduate elected to public office so far.
Earned a criminal-justice degree at Chico State in 2022 and is finishing a political-science master's there. Has worked for California State Parks on the Sacramento River parks and Bidwell Mansion, served as a California Climate Action Corps fellow, and taught recycling and composting curriculum in local elementary schools.
Grew up on a vineyard in Modesto and spent most of his career as a technology executive in the San Jose area. Elected in 2022 — in his words, because "I saw a lot of things in Chico that needed fixing and thought I could help." He and his wife Kim have three grown children and six grandchildren.
Transportation planner with an environmental-science degree from Humboldt State and a certificate in high-speed rail management from San Jose State. Served on Chico's Planning Commission and Climate Action Commission and on the Butte Environmental Council board before winning her seat in 2024.
Council meets first and third Tuesdays, 6pm, 421 Main St. All agendas →
Next city election: November 3, 2026. Council districts 2, 4, 6 are on the ballot — a majority-shifting election.
Who has filed papers to run so far (candidate intention statements with the City Clerk). The filing window runs through August 7 — the field can still grow, and the city certifies the final ballot after that.
Register or check your registration at registertovote.ca.gov (deadline: 15 days before election day; same-day conditional registration after that). Confirm your district and ballot status at voterstatus.sos.ca.gov. Every registered voter gets a mail ballot from Butte County Elections about a month out.
Rough guide by neighborhood — for the definitive answer, look up your address or see the official district map.
Read forward: growth has slowed five-fold since the Camp Fire surge was absorbed — roughly 104,500 people by 2028 at the current rate — so the binding constraint on the next decade is housing capacity, not population. The wind season that set all of this in motion returns every October.
Roster, portraits and member-provided bios from chicoca.gov · district boundaries and per-district population from the city's GIS (2021 redistricting) · meeting agendas from Granicus · candidate filings from the City Clerk's election page · political lean as characterized by local election reporting (ChicoSol, NSPR, Enterprise-Record) · census math on ACS via Census Reporter · parcel math on Butte County's roll. Corrections welcome.