John Pickhaver
CA
John Pickhaver is a nonprofit CEO, coach and community organizer who chairs El Segundo's Arts and Culture Committee. He helped organize residents against a planned data center, and his priorities are pedestrian safety and housing that lets young people, seniors and workers stay in town.
Where John Pickhaver stands, based on their records
Supports
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (2 records), Civil Rights (4 records)
Track record
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 2 support
Asked the City Council to schedule a temporary pause on data centers and to rethink renewing its Flock surveillance camera contract.
September 1, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Backed a Sweat Equity Alliance proposal asking the city to start tracking police stops by race (the Racial and Identity Profiling Act rules) before the state deadline.
April 20, 2021Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 4 support
Asked the City Council to speak up for an El Segundo resident held in immigration detention.
December 16, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Accepted El Segundo's LGBTQ+ Pride Month proclamation for the Sweat Equity Alliance, after asking the council to issue one.
June 1, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Urged the City Council to speed up forming the city's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.
August 18, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Spoke to the City Council as a member of El Segundo for Black Lives during a special meeting on the Black Lives Matter movement.
June 16, 2020Supports Civil Rights
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Was endorsed by LA Forward for an at-large El Segundo City Council seat in the Nov. 3, 2026 election.
October 27, 2026
Source: laforward.org
Spoke at a City Council meeting in favor of the 45-day pause on new data centers, which the council then approved.
September 15, 2026
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Spoke at a City Council hearing against putting a charter city proposal on the November 2026 ballot.
June 2, 2026
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Was reappointed by the City Council to a full term on the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee.
June 17, 2025
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
As chair of the Arts and Culture Advisory Committee, presented the city's Cultural Arts Master Plan to the City Council with city staff.
April 1, 2025
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Was appointed by the City Council to a partial term on El Segundo's Arts and Culture Advisory Committee.
February 21, 2023
Source: docs.elsegundo.org
Past race John Pickhaver ran in:
- Member of the City Council · November 3, 2026 · El Segundo city, California