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Pick your path. The School Board is the easy way in. The City Council is the bigger, citywide race. Here is each one, start to finish.
Registered Republicans, confirmed against the public voter file, who have filed for the Burbank Unified Board of Education. Updated automatically from the L.A. County candidate list.
Candidate filing remains open until 5:00 p.m. Friday, August 7, 2026 — this list updates as new Republicans qualify. Thinking about it? We will help you file.
To get on the ballot you go in person to the county elections office and fill out one short form — the Declaration of Candidacy. That’s the whole first step, and you can do it the very first day: July 13.
California Elections Code § 10510 — Declaration of Candidacy for district offices (this includes school district governing board members).
(a) Forms for declarations of candidacy for all district offices shall be obtained from the office of the county elections official. The county elections official may, for convenience or necessity, authorize the district secretary to issue declarations of candidacy. The forms shall first be available on the 113th day prior to the general district election and shall be filed not later than 5 p.m. on the 88th day prior to the general district election in the office of the county elections official during regular office hours or may be filed by certified mail so that the forms reach the office of the county election official no later than the deadline for filing in that office. The county elections official shall record the date of filing upon the first page of each declaration of candidacy filed pursuant to this section. No candidate shall withdraw his or her declaration of candidacy after 5 p.m. on the 88th day prior to the general district election.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person shall not file nomination papers for more than one district office or term of office for the same district at the same election.
(c) On request of the district secretary, the county elections official shall provide the secretary with a copy of each declaration of candidacy filed pursuant to this section.
In plain English: the form comes from the county elections office (the address above). It becomes available the 113th day before the election — July 13, 2026 — and must be filed by 5 PM on the 88th day before — August 7, 2026. That is your window. No fee or signatures are imposed by this section for a school board seat.
All dates 2026.
L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk
12400 Imperial Highway, Norwalk, CA 90650
2nd Floor, Room 2013 · Mon–Fri 8 AM–5 PM
It does not take a lot of money to run for school board — and you can win. Because you only run in your own neighborhood (Area 3 or 4), a focused, local campaign is very doable. This is the most accessible way to step up and serve.
You can run in — and vote for — only the BUSD trustee area where you live. Areas 3 and 4 are on the 2026 ballot. There is no minimum length of residency: just be a current resident and registered voter of your area.
Based on the adopted Map 104 boundaries. For the official record, confirm with the L.A. County Registrar.
Local school-district board candidates have no signature requirement and no filing fee. The declaration of candidacy is governed by California Elections Code § 10510 (full text in Step 1 above). Confirm details with the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.
Same dates for City Clerk & City Treasurer. All 2026.
Burbank City Clerk’s Office
275 E. Olive Avenue, Burbank, CA 91502
Phone: (818) 238-5851
cityclerks@burbankca.gov
Getting on the ballot is inexpensive. Winning is the bigger job: because you have to reach every voter — roughly 72,000 of them — a serious council run usually means mailers, signs, and outreach across the whole city. The filing bar is low; the campaign is the work. (Stay under $2,000 and your paperwork is a single short form.)
City requirements per the Burbank City Clerk’s “How to Run for City Office” guide (Elections Code 2101; Burbank Muni Code 2-3-111, 122, 125).
Four Burbank offices are on the November 3, 2026 ballot — City Council, City Clerk, City Treasurer, and the School Board — and every one of them is paid. Two are full-time salaried jobs; two are part-time offices that pay a monthly stipend. Here is what each pays and what it asks of you. (The City Clerk and City Treasurer file the same way, on the same dates, as City Council — see above.)
~$1,550per month · about $18,600 / year
~$194,000total pay, 2022 · base salary ~$138k
~$206,500total pay, 2024
$532per month · about $6,384 / year
Pay figures are approximate and change with cost-of-living adjustments. The City Council stipend is set by city ordinance under the Government Code § 36516 cap. City Clerk and City Treasurer amounts are from the City of Burbank employee gross-earnings reports and Transparent California; full-time figures are shown as total pay for the year noted (base salary is lower). The BUSD board stipend is set by district policy.
Are you a Republican running for Burbank School Board, City Council, City Clerk, or City Treasurer — or thinking about it? If you would like to be considered for the Burbank Republican Party’s support, we would be glad to talk. Tell us who you are and what you are running for.
