Fremont, California
| Fremont, California | |
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| General information | |
Mayor of Fremont
Raj Salwan | |
| Last mayoral election: | 2024 |
| Next mayoral election: | 2028 |
| Last city council election: | 2024 |
| Next city council election: | 2026 |
| City council seats: | 7[1] |
| City website | |
| Composition data (2019) | |
| Population: | 235,740 |
| Race: | White 23.8% African American 3.1% Asian 59.4% Native American 0.5% Pacific Islander 0.9% Two or more 4.8% |
| Ethnicity: | Hispanic 12.9% |
| Median household income: | $133,354 |
| High school graduation rate: | 93.5% |
| College graduation rate: | 57.0% |
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Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. The city's population was 230,504 as of 2020, according to the United States Census Bureau.
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City government
- See also: Council-manager government
The city of Fremont utilizes a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council, which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body, appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the city council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2]
Mayor
The mayor is a member of the city council. He or she presides over council meetings and official city ceremonies. The mayor represents the city on the state, national, and international levels. The mayor also appoints members to the city's advisory boards with council approval.[3][2][4] The current Mayor of Fremont is Raj Salwan (nonpartisan). Salwan assumed office in 2024.
City manager
The city manager is the city's chief executive. The responsibilities of the city manager include overseeing the city's day-to-day operations, preparing and implementing the city's operating budget, and appointing departmental directors and other senior-level positions.[5][6]
City council
The Fremont City Council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for adopting the city budget, approving mayoral appointees, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies, and ordinances.[2][4]
The Fremont City Council is made up of seven members, including the mayor. While the mayor is elected at large, the other six members are elected by the city's six districts.[4][7]
The widget below automatically displays information about city council meetings. The topic list contains a sampling of keywords that Voterheads, a local government monitoring service, found in each meeting agenda. Click the meeting link to see more info and the full agenda:
Other elected officials
Ballotpedia does not cover any additional city officials in Fremont, California.
Mayoral partisanship
Fremont has a Democratic mayor. As of March 2025, 65 mayors in the largest 100 cities by population are affiliated with the Democratic Party, 25 are affiliated with the Republican Party, one is affiliated with the Libertarian Party, two are independents, four identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated, and three mayors' affiliations are unknown. Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations.
Mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan in most of the nation's largest cities. However, many officeholders are affiliated with political parties. Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder's partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
Elections
2024
The city of Fremont, California, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 5, 2024. The filing deadline for this election was August 9, 2024.
2022
The city of Fremont, California, held general elections for city council on November 8, 2022. The filing deadline for this election was August 12, 2022.
2020
The city of Fremont, California, held general elections for mayor and city council districts 1, 5, and 6 on November 3, 2020. The filing deadline for this election was August 7, 2020.
2018
The city of Fremont, California, held general elections for city council on November 6, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was August 10, 2018.
2016
The city of Fremont, California, held elections for mayor and city council on November 8, 2016. Two city council seats were up for election.[8]
2014
The city of Fremont, California, held elections for city council on November 4, 2014. The candidate filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was August 8, 2014.[9][10]
Two at-large council seats were up for election. The only incumbent in this race was Raj Salwan, who was appointed to the council in January 2013. A total of nine candidates filed for election. Challengers Rick Jones and Lily Mei won election to the city council.
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
| Demographic Data for Fremont | |
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| Fremont | |
| Population | 230,504 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 78 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 19.4% |
| Black/African American | 2.9% |
| Asian | 62.5% |
| Native American | 0.5% |
| Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more | 6.7% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 12.9% |
| Education | |
| High school graduation rate | 93% |
| College graduation rate | 62.7% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $176,350 |
| Persons below poverty level | 5.1% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2018-2023). | |
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | |
Budget
The city's budget process operates by fiscal years running from July 1 through June 30 of the next year. The city's municipal code charges the finance director and city manager with the preparation of the proposed annual budget. The finance director presents the budget to the city council in a televised public hearing. After the budget has been reviewed by the city council, public hearings are held to allow for public input in the budget process. The city council must adopt the budget on or before June 30.[2][6][11][12]
Fiscally standardized cities data
The fiscally standardized cities (FiSC) data below was compiled by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to make municipal budgets comparable across cities in the United States.[13]
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FiSCs are constructed by adding revenues and expenditures of each central city municipal government to a portion of the revenues and expenditures of overlying governments, including counties, independent school districts, and special districts. The allocations to FiSCs are estimates of the revenues collected from and services provided to central city residents and businesses by these overlying independent governments. Thus FiSCs provides a full picture of revenues raised from city residents and businesses and spending on their behalf, whether done by the city government or a separate overlying government.[14] |
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| —Lincoln Institute of Land Policy[15] | ||
The tables below show estimated finances within city limits. As such, the revenue and expenses listed may differ from the actual city budget.
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Historical total revenue and expenditure
To see the historical total revenue or expenditures as a rounded amount in this city, hover over the bars.[13]
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Footnotes
- ↑ The mayor is included in this number as one of the city council members.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 City of Fremont, "About City Government," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ City of Fremont, "Boards, Commissions, & Committees," accessed September 2, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 City of Fremont, "Mayor and City Council," accessed October 29, 2014
- ↑ City of Fremont, "City Manager," accessed October 29, 2014
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 City of Fremont, "Chapter 2.10 City Manager," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ City of Fremont, "Council District Elections," accessed October 13, 2021
- ↑ City of Fremont, "Election Information," accessed August 13, 2015
- ↑ City of Fremont, "Election Information," accessed March 10, 2014
- ↑ City of Fremont, "Basic Steps In Running For Office," accessed May 16, 2014
- ↑ City of Fremont, "Chapter 2.15 Finance Director," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ City of Fremont, "Fiscal Year 2022/23 Adopted Operating Budget," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities database," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑ Movement Advancement Project, "Local Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinances," accessed July 7, 2015
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