Ojai is a general law city with a directly elected two-year Mayor and City Council members elected by district. Jurisdiction: City of Ojai (general law), Ventura County. Mayor: Elected, two-year term. Council: By district, four-year terms. Ballot: Ventura County Registrar of Voters. The City of Ojai, in Ventura County, is a general law city. Its Council resolution calling the November 3, 2026 election set one Mayor for a two-year term and Council members for Districts 1, 2 and 3 for four-year terms, and directed the City Clerk to coordinate with the Ventura County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters. Mayor and district seats. Ojai voters elect the Mayor citywide for two years, while Council members are elected by district for four. That means a mayoral race and a district race in the same year reach different groups of voters. How each election is called. Before each general municipal election the Council adopts a resolution that names the offices, requests services from the County and adopts rules for candidate statements. Read the current resolution and the City Clerk's Election Information page to see which seats are actually on your ballot. County, school and district contests. The Ventura County Registrar of Voters furnishes ballots and runs the election. Confirm the filing officer for school and special-district offices with the County; the Ojai Valley extends beyond city limits. Before you brief us on a Ojai project. Say whether you are running for Mayor or a Council district and confirm the district for each address. Bring the Council resolution or notice for your election so the office and term print correctly. Confirm addresses are inside city limits, not just in the wider valley. What Local Campaign Pros can produce for Ojai 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. Is the Ojai mayor directly elected? Yes. The 2026 election resolution called for electing one Mayor to a two-year term. Are Ojai council seats by district? Yes. The 2026 resolution called district elections for Council Districts 1, 2 and 3. Who runs the ballot? The Ventura County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters, in coordination with the City Clerk.