Folsom residents are getting the opportunity to get to know each of the candidates that will be on the ballot for open seats on Folsom City Council Monday evening in a special Candidate Forum presented by Choose Folsom at Folsom Lake College. The event presented by Choose Folsom is being moderated by Folsom Times’ Adam Frick and KFBK Radio’s John McGinnis and being live streamed for all residents to have the ability to watch by Folsom Times through its platform of www.folsomtimes.com as well on its Facebook page and that of Choose Folsom.
The event is set to begin at 5:30 p.m. and can be viewed by clicking HERE at https://www.youtube.com/@folsomtimes/streams for its entirety or watching below.
The event can be viewed on demand, with full free access anytime after the event concludes as well.
The evening is sure to be informative and engaging as each candidate will have the opportunity to provide a 90 second introducing prior to the presentation of a series of different questions and topics to the candidates that are of concern for the Folsom community ahead.
Who is participating?
The official nomination period closed for the Folsom City Council race last Friday. The terms of Councilmembers YK Chalamcherla and Rosario Rodriguez, who were both elected to four-year, at-large terms in 2020, will end in November 2024. At the November 2024 election, Councilmembers representing District 2 and District 4 will be elected to four-year terms. There will no longer be at-large Councilmembers after the upcoming election.
Following Friday’s closing of nominations for the race, three candidates will appear on the ballot for each of the two districts with open seats. In District 2, candidates include Hla Elkhatib, Justin Raithel and Dustin Silva. The candidates that will appear on the official ballot for Distict 4 will include Gul Khan, Barbara Leary and Jim Ortega.
The terms of current Folsom City councilmembers Mike Kozlowski (District 1), Sarah Aquino (District 3), and Anna Rohrbough (District 5), who were elected to four-year terms in 2022, will continue until November 2026. At the November 2026 election, Councilmembers representing District 1, District 3, and District 5 will be elected to four-year terms. In this case, all three incumbents will be eligible to run again based on their residency within their respective districts.
Folsom Lake College is located at 10 College Parkway in Folsom. For additional information on the upcoming forum visit the official event page HERE.
