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Stockton, California
| Stockton, California | |
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| General information | |
Mayor of Stockton
Christina Fugazi | |
| Last mayoral election: | 2024 |
| Next mayoral election: | 2028 |
| Last city council election: | 2024 |
| Next city council election: | 2026 |
| City council seats: | 7[1] |
| City website | |
| Composition data | |
| Population: | 320,804 |
| Race: | White 23.5% African American 12.6% Asian 22% Native American 1.7% Pacific Islander 0.8% Multiple 13.8% |
| Ethnicity: | Hispanic or Latino origin 44.1% |
| Median household income: | $76,851 |
| High school graduation rate: | 77.1% |
| College graduation rate: | 19.1% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2023 ACS data. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. | |
| Related Stockton offices | |
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Stockton is a city in San Joaquin County, California. The city's population was 320,804 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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City government
- See also: Council-manager government
Since 1922, the city of Stockton has utilized a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2]
Mayor
The mayor is a member of the city council. He or she presides over council meetings and official city ceremonies. The mayor also represents the city on the state, national, and international levels.[3] The current Mayor of Stockton is Christina Fugazi (nonpartisan). Fugazi assumed office in 2025.
City manager
The city manager is Stockton's chief executive officer. Appointed by the city council, the city manager is responsible for overseeing the city's day-to-day operations, planning and implementing the city's operating budget, carrying out council policies, and hiring most city government employees.[4]
City council
The Stockton City Council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for approving and adopting the city budget, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies, and ordinances.[3]
The city council consists of seven members including the mayor. While the mayor is elected at large, the other six members are elected by the city's six districts.[3]
The widget below automatically displays information about city council meetings. The topic list contains a sampling of keywords that Voterheads, a local government monitoring service, found in each meeting agenda. Click the meeting link to see more info and the full agenda:
Other elected officials
Ballotpedia does not cover any additional city officials in Stockton, California.
Mayoral partisanship
Stockton has a Democratic mayor. As of September 2025, 66 mayors in the largest 100 cities by population are affiliated with the Democratic Party, 23 are affiliated with the Republican Party, one is affiliated with the Libertarian Party, three are independents, five identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated, and two mayors' affiliations are unknown. Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations.
Mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan in most of the nation's largest cities. However, many officeholders are affiliated with political parties. Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder's partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
Elections
2024
The city of Stockton, California, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for March 5, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was December 8, 2023.
2022
The city of Stockton, California, held general elections for city council on November 8, 2022. A primary was scheduled for June 7, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was March 11, 2022.
2020
The city of Stockton, California, held a primary election for mayor and city council districts 2, 4, and 6 on March 3, 2020. A general election was held November 3, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was December 6, 2019.[5]
2018
The city of Stockton, California, held general elections for city council on November 6, 2018. The primary was on June 5, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was March 9, 2018.
2016
The city of Stockton, California, held elections for mayor and city council on November 8, 2016. A primary election took place on June 7, 2016. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 11, 2016. Three of the six city council seats were up for election.[6]
2014
The city of Stockton, California, held nonpartisan elections for city council on November 4, 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014.[7]
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
| Demographic Data for Stockton | |
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| Stockton | |
| Population | 320,804 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 63 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 26.6% |
| Black/African American | 11.6% |
| Asian | 21.1% |
| Native American | 1.5% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.1% |
| Other (single race) | 18.7% |
| Multiple | 20% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 45.2% |
| Education | |
| High school graduation rate | 77.1% |
| College graduation rate | 19.1% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $76,851 |
| Persons below poverty level | 15.4% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2018-2023). | |
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | |
Budget
The city's budget process operates by fiscal years running from July 1 to June 30 of the next year.[8] The city manager is responsible for submitting a proposed annual budget to the city council no later than May 15.[9] The city council is responsible for revising and adopting the annual budget after holding a public hearing.[10]
Fiscally standardized cities data
The fiscally standardized cities (FiSC) data below was compiled by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to make municipal budgets comparable across cities in the United States.[11]
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FiSCs are constructed by adding revenues and expenditures of each central city municipal government to a portion of the revenues and expenditures of overlying governments, including counties, independent school districts, and special districts. The allocations to FiSCs are estimates of the revenues collected from and services provided to central city residents and businesses by these overlying independent governments. Thus FiSCs provides a full picture of revenues raised from city residents and businesses and spending on their behalf, whether done by the city government or a separate overlying government.[12] |
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| —Lincoln Institute of Land Policy[13] | ||
The tables below show estimated finances within city limits. As such, the revenue and expenses listed may differ from the actual city budget.
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Historical total revenue and expenditure
To see the historical total revenue or expenditures as a rounded amount in this city, hover over the bars.[11]
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Contact information
Mayor's office
425 N. El Dorado Street
Stockton, CA 95202
Phone: 209-937-8499
City Clerk's office
425 N. El Dorado Street, 1st Floor
Stockton, CA 95202
Phone: 209-937-8458
Click here for city council contact information.
Ballot measures
Stockton is located in San Joaquin County. A list of ballot measures in San Joaquin County is available here.
Noteworthy events
2020: Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
During the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, demonstrations and protests took place in cities nationwide, including Stockton, following the death of George Floyd. Events in Stockton, California, began on Sunday, May 31, 2020.[14] Before the demonstrations, Mayor Michael Tubbs (D) and other city officials hosted a virtual community town hall on policing and community relations.[15] No curfews were issued. The national guard was not deployed.
2015: Study on city's nondiscrimination laws
In July 2015, the Movement Advancement Project described Stockton, California, as a city or county that prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of gender identity via ordinances that apply to public and private employers. At that time, a total of 71 of America's largest 100 cities prohibited private employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, while 69 of those cities also prohibited discrimination based on gender identity. This did not include those jurisdictions that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for government employees.[16]
Nondiscrimination laws can cover a variety of areas, including public employment, private employment, housing, and public accommodations. Such laws may be enacted at the state, county, or city level.
See also
- Cities in California
- San Joaquin County, California
- Largest cities in the United States by population
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The mayor is included in this number as one of the city council members.
- ↑ City of Stockton, "Government," accessed September 5, 2014
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 City of Stockton, "City Council," accessed September 5, 2014
- ↑ City of Stockton, "City Manager," accessed September 5, 2014
- ↑ City of Stockton, "Elections," accessed February 7, 2020
- ↑ San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters, "Scheduled Elections," accessed August 13, 2015
- ↑ City of Stockton, "Elections," accessed March 10, 2014
- ↑ City of Stockton, "FY 2023-24 Proposed Annual Budget," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ Quality Code Publishing, "The Charter of the City of Stockton - Section 1905. Proposed Budget," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ Quality Code Publishing, "The Charter of the City of Stockton - Section 1906. Budget Modifications and Adoption of Budget," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities database," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ Twitter, "Kevin John," May 31, 2020
- ↑ Twitter, "Michael Tubbs," May 31, 2020
- ↑ Movement Advancement Project, "Local Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinances," accessed July 7, 2015
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