Capitola’s seaside village grew from Camp Capitola into a municipality with its own museum, Council and City Clerk. Its historical collection and public meeting records offer approachable ways to explore the community beyond a beach visit. Municipality: Capitola · Santa Cruz County. Council: Five directly elected Councilmembers, four-year terms. Capitola’s seaside village grew from Camp Capitola into a municipality with its own museum, Council and City Clerk. Its historical collection and public meeting records offer approachable ways to explore the community beyond a beach visit. LCP can bring your final copy and photographs into coordinated signs, print and a website, with clear proofs before production. From seaside village to municipal government. Capitola’s official historical essay traces the community’s path from a resort village to an incorporated city. It describes the destructive 1933 village fire, subsequent rebuilding, and later concerns about water, sewage disposal, street maintenance and lighting that helped bring local government into focus. Camp Capitola’s seaside-resort history and its relationship with neighboring Soquel are explored in the City’s historical essay. The Santa Cruz–Watsonville Highway helped separate the communities as the village developed its own municipal institutions. Five elected Council seats and a Council-selected Mayor. Capitola is a general law city. Its Council consists of five members directly elected by city voters for four-year terms. The Council selects a Mayor and Vice Mayor annually; these are not separate citywide mayoral contests. Council responsibilities include setting policy, adopting local laws, approving programs and allocating funds. The City’s November 3, 2026 election page identifies three Council seats. It also states that the City is transitioning toward district-based elections for a later cycle. Keep the 2026 at-large contest separate from that transition and consult the Clerk’s current materials before describing a later election system or map. The City Clerk and Santa Cruz County election resources. Capitola’s City Clerk serves as Election Officer, and municipal elections are consolidated with Santa Cruz County. The City’s 2026 page says Council candidates must be Capitola residents, registered voters and 18 years old, and directs prospective candidates to arrange a Clerk appointment for nomination papers. Capitola extended its 2026 nomination period through August 12 after two eligible incumbents did not file. The County’s candidate handbook supplies broader election guidance, while the City Clerk provides municipal nomination documents and appointments. Check the current City notice when preparing for a later election. A practical Capitola print-and-web production brief. For a Capitola project, LCP can develop a compact sign treatment, printed handout and a fuller website biography. Use documented local photographs with their permissions and captions, and give longer stories room online. Confirm the office wording and any event date or venue before the final proof. List quantities by format and name the person who can approve print and web revisions together. What Local Campaign Pros can produce for Capitola campaigns. Campaign direct mail: Postcards, letters and folded mailers designed, printed and mailed to the addresses you approve, with postage and mail-house handoff planned in. Lawn signs and walk pieces: Yard signs, stakes, door hangers and walk cards sized for your district, using the name, office and ballot designation you confirm. Campaign printing: Palm cards, flyers, envelopes and event pieces, proofed before anything goes to press. Websites and text artwork: A simple candidate website plus matching graphics for texts and email, built from the same approved copy and photos. How a project gets started. Approved content: Your name as it will appear, the office, a photo and any copy you have approved, including a candidate statement if you file one. Office and boundary confirmed: The exact office, district or seat, checked against the official election source for this place. Quantities: How many signs, pieces or mail addresses you need. We help estimate; you approve the final counts. Artwork and proofs: We design or adapt artwork and send proofs. Nothing prints until you sign off. Production schedule: We plan print and mail dates backward from the official deadlines and election dates you confirm. Do Capitola voters elect a separate Mayor? No. Voters elect the five Councilmembers, and the Council selects a Mayor and Vice Mayor annually. How many Council seats are listed for November 3, 2026? Three. The City’s notice describes a 2026 at-large election separately from the transition toward district-based elections for a later cycle. Who handles nomination papers and county election coordination? The City Clerk serves as Capitola’s Election Officer and handles municipal nomination questions. The City consolidates elections with Santa Cruz County. The 2026 nomination period was extended through August 12, not simply closed on August 7.