Santa Fe Springs elects five City Council members to four-year terms, and the Council chooses its Mayor each year. Jurisdiction: City of Santa Fe Springs, Los Angeles County. City Council: Five members, four-year terms. Mayor: Selected by the Council each year. City filings: Santa Fe Springs City Clerk. The City of Santa Fe Springs, in Los Angeles County, has a five-member City Council. City pages describe members as residents elected at large to four-year terms with no term limit, and say the Council reorganizes each year to select a Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem. The City Clerk administers general municipal and special elections for Council candidates and City measures. Who can run. The City lists the requirements for Council candidacy: registered to vote in Santa Fe Springs, a resident, at least 18 and a U.S. citizen. The City Clerk prepares the nomination papers and candidate materials. Contribution limits. The City does not set its own contribution limits, so the state default limit for city candidates applies. Check the FPPC for the current amount before fundraising. Check the current election page. The council and election descriptions above come from City pages marked as updated in April 2022. Use the City's current 2026 General Municipal Election page and the City Clerk to confirm how seats are elected now, and confirm the filing officer for school and special-district offices with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. Before you brief us on a Santa Fe Springs project. Confirm with the City Clerk how seats are elected for your election before we plan who receives mail. Bring your committee details for disclaimers. Tell us if you also need materials for a school or water district race. What Local Campaign Pros can produce for Santa Fe Springs 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 Santa Fe Springs mayor elected directly? City pages say the Council selects one of its members as Mayor each year. Are there local contribution limits? No local limits; the state default limit for city candidates applies, according to the City. Who administers city elections? The City Clerk.