The City of Goleta has notified the Santa Barbara County Elections Office of the need to extend the filing deadline for the Goleta City Council election.
The new deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11.
The need for extension occurs when one or more incumbents do not file nomination papers. As of 5 p.m. Friday, Councilmen Michael Bennett and Roger Aceves had filed papers and are qualified as candidates for the Nov. 2 election. Mayor Eric Onnen did not file nomination papers.
A third candidate, Reyne Stapelmann, has filed papers and is a qualified candidate for this election. Paula Perrotte filed a Candidate Intention Statement, but as of Friday’s deadline had not filed the remaining documents necessary for nomination. She and any other interested candidates have until 5 p.m. Aug. 11 to file.
All potential candidates must be issued nomination papers by the city clerk. For more information about the election process, call the Clerk’s Office at 805.961.7505.
— Valerie Kushnerov is a public information officer for the City of Goleta.