City Clerk’s Office

City of Lemon Grove

Legislative Services, Elections, Public Records, and Public Access

A Message from the City Clerk

Welcome to the Office of the City Clerk. It is my pleasure to serve the community of Lemon Grove and provide access to important public information, legislative records, and municipal services.

The City Clerk’s Office is committed to transparency, accuracy, and responsive public service. The City Clerk administers key democratic processes such as elections, legislative actions, public noticing, and access to City records, helping ensure the public remains informed and connected to local government.

The Office also serves an important compliance role under federal, state, and local law, including the Political Reform Act, the Ralph M. Brown Act, and the California Public Records Act. In addition, the City Clerk supports public inquiries, ceremonial functions, records management, and City Council operations.

Whether you are looking for meeting information, election materials, official filings, public notices, or appointment records, this page is designed to help you quickly access the services and resources most commonly requested from the Office of the City Clerk.

Joel G. Pablo

Joel G. Pablo, City Clerk

What the City Clerk Does

Prepares City Council agendas and agenda packets and records, preserves, and indexes official minutes, ordinances, and resolutions.
Maintains the Lemon Grove Municipal Code, serves as custodian of official City records, and coordinates responses to California Public Records Act requests.
Administers municipal elections in coordination with the County of San Diego and the California Secretary of State and publishes election notices, deadlines, and candidate information.
Serves as the local filing officer under the Political Reform Act for campaign finance documents and Statements of Economic Interests and supports public access to required filings.
Manages board and commission recruitments, appointments, and oaths of office and maintains the annual Local Appointments List pursuant to the Maddy Act.
Supports open meeting compliance and provides procedural and legislative support to the City Council and other public bodies as assigned.

Services and Quick Links

Agendas

View current meeting agendas, staff reports and agenda packet materials.

Public Notices

View legal notices, hearing notices, postings, and other official public notices issued by the City of Lemon Grove.

Elections

Access election information, candidate resources, filing materials, notices, deadlines, campaign disclosure resources, and prior election records.

Local Appointments List (Maddy Act)

Review the annual list of City boards, commissions, and committees subject to the Maddy Act, including current vacancies, membership, and term information.

Council Appointments to External Boards and Commissions

View current City Council appointments to regional boards, commissions, committees, and other outside agencies.