Los Angeles City Clerk's office opens candidate filing; petitions due March 4

Jamie, a staff member at the Los Angeles City Clerk's office, announced that the declaration-of-intention period closed last Saturday and the candidate filing phase has begun. "Candidates may begin picking up their nominating petitions and collecting the required signatures," Jamie said. "The deadline to file those petitions is March 4 at 5PM."

The announcement covers races for mayor, city council, city controller, LAUSD and city attorney. Jamie directed potential candidates and members of the public to the Clerk's elections webpage for the full declaration-of-intention filing list: clerk.lacd.gov/elections.

Under the schedule provided by the Clerk's office, petitions that qualify will be certified and placed on the ballot for the primary nominating election on June 2, 2026. The office did not provide signature thresholds, filing fees or additional qualifying criteria in the announcement; those details appear on the Clerk's website.

The Clerk's office statement is procedural: it sets the timeframe for collecting and filing nomination materials ahead of the June primary and directs candidates to official resources for forms and instructions. The filing deadline — March 4 at 5 p.m. — is the next immediate step for anyone seeking to appear on the June 2 ballot.

For more information and the full list of declarations of intention, the Clerk's office provided its elections webpage: clerk.lacd.gov/elections.