The November ballot starts taking shape Monday as council filing opens

The city's only piece of official business this week was also its most consequential: a Thursday news flash confirming that the filing period to run for Larkspur City Council begins July 13, ahead of the November 3, 2026 election. Nomination papers get pulled and returned during that window, and the notice is the formal signal that the clock has started.

The city's posting does not spell out how many seats are up, the filing deadline, or the qualification requirements. Anyone weighing a run should go straight to the city's alert page rather than trust a secondhand summary — nomination periods are administered strictly, and a paperwork miss is a disqualified candidacy, not a fixable error.

Everything else about Larkspur governance runs through whoever wins in November: housing approvals, ferry terminal traffic, the paving list, the budget. For the next few weeks, the most interesting thing happening in city government will be happening at the counter in the clerk's office.

What's next: filing opens Monday, July 13; the election is November 3, 2026.