6 Pick Up Forms for Council Elections

Six candidates have picked up nomination forms for the April 12 City Council elections, in which three seats on the five-member panel will be contested.

The potential candidates have until Jan. 14 to obtain 20 signatures of registered voters to qualify for the election, according to San Fernando Assistant City Clerk Wilma Miller.

San Fernando does not have geographical council districts, so the top three vote-getters will win seats.

Incumbents Doude Wysbeek and Jose Hernandez are among the six who obtained the forms, but Mayor Dan Acuna is expected to request his nomination papers in the coming week, said Miller.

Others who obtained nomination papers include John Becker and Ed Guzman, both members of the city’s Transportation and Safety Commission. Political newcomers Joanne Baltierrez and Arthur Kay, a workers’ compensation attorney, also have picked up nomination papers.