Eric Guerra
Nonpartisan · CA · Sacramento Mayor Pro Tem and City Councilmember, District 6; California Air Resources Board member
Eric Guerra has represented Sacramento City Council District 6 since 2015 and serves as mayor pro tem. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed him to the California Air Resources Board in January 2023 for a term ending in 2028. He previously chaired the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District and the Sacramento County Planning Commission, served on the California State University Board of Trustees, and worked in the California Legislature. Guerra earned a bachelor's degree in electrical and electronic engineering and a master's degree in public policy and administration from California State University, Sacramento.
Track record
Environment and Public Health
· 3 records
Eric Guerra led a Sacramento City Council resolution recognizing National Day of Play and promoting outdoor, device-free community activity.
March 20, 2026For
Source: sacramentocityexpress.com · researched July 13, 2026
Eric Guerra joined the California Air Resources Board's 12-2 vote approving updated Low Carbon Fuel Standard rules and asked the board to track retail gas prices under the new standards every six months.
November 8, 2024For
Source: kcra.com · researched July 13, 2026
Eric Guerra joined a unanimous Sacramento City Council vote adopting an emergency ordinance that created an eight-foot buffer against harassment or intimidation near entrances to health-care facilities.
June 14, 2022For
Source: kcra.com · researched July 13, 2026
Government Efficiency
· 3 records
Eric Guerra testified before the California Senate Environmental Quality Committee in support of AB 907, arguing that compensating local-air-district representatives on the California Air Resources Board would strengthen local representation.
June 17, 2026For
Source: calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org · researched July 13, 2026
Eric Guerra joined the California Air Resources Board's 12-2 vote approving updated Low Carbon Fuel Standard rules and asked the board to track retail gas prices under the new standards every six months.
November 8, 2024For
Source: kcra.com · researched July 13, 2026
Eric Guerra moved to delay reconsideration of the city manager's raise and begin changing city policy so the city manager could no longer place the manager's own compensation on a council agenda.
January 9, 2024For
Source: kcra.com · researched July 13, 2026
Government Spending Reduction
· 1 record
Eric Guerra voted with five other Sacramento council members to approve a $20,000 base-pay increase and expanded leave for City Manager Howard Chan at a special meeting; the city later acknowledged that the compensation vote violated the Brown Act and scheduled a new vote.
December 12, 2023Against
Source: aol.com · researched July 13, 2026
Public Safety and Crime Control
· 2 records
Eric Guerra spearheaded an ordinance Sacramento adopted requiring special permits and operating standards for massage businesses, with enforcement and fee provisions intended to disrupt sex trafficking and support survivors.
April 20, 2021For
Source: sacramento.newsreview.com · researched July 13, 2026
Eric Guerra and state Senator Richard Pan helped secure $1.5 million for a Sacramento County study of sex trafficking and strategies to prevent it and support survivors.
September 16, 2019For
Source: capradio.org · researched July 13, 2026
Housing Affordability
· 5 records
Eric Guerra voted for Sacramento's interim Missing Middle Housing ordinance, which broadened the range of housing types permitted by right.
September 17, 2024For
Source: cityofsacramento.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Eric Guerra helped sustain a city-county partnership for the San Juan Apartments, and the Sacramento City Council directed $2.5 million toward the planned 113-unit affordable-housing project.
May 7, 2024For
Source: sacramentocityexpress.com · researched July 13, 2026
Eric Guerra joined Sacramento's official ballot argument against Measure C, a proposed stronger rent-control charter amendment, arguing it would add bureaucracy and discourage housing development.
October 7, 2020Against
Source: sacramento.newsreview.com · researched July 13, 2026
Eric Guerra, Steve Hansen, and Rick Jennings recommended Sacramento's Tenant Protection and Relief Act, which the City Council adopted to limit annual rent increases and prohibit no-cause evictions for covered tenants.
August 13, 2019For
Source: sacramento.granicus.com · researched July 13, 2026
Eric Guerra formally registered support for California SB 481, which authorized Sacramento County's redevelopment successor agency to transfer the former San Juan Motel property below market value for development as affordable housing.
June 20, 2018For
Source: alcl.assembly.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Social Programs and Welfare
· 2 records
Eric Guerra spearheaded an ordinance Sacramento adopted requiring special permits and operating standards for massage businesses, with enforcement and fee provisions intended to disrupt sex trafficking and support survivors.
April 20, 2021For
Source: sacramento.newsreview.com · researched July 13, 2026
Eric Guerra spearheaded Sacramento City Council support for the FUEL Network, a coalition providing free legal, education, and health services to immigrant communities.
December 11, 2018For
Source: engagesac.org · researched July 13, 2026
General
· 7 records
The Sacramento County Deputy Sheriffs' Association endorsed Eric Guerra for Sacramento County Board of Supervisors District 1.
March 3, 2026
Source: sacramentodsa.com · researched July 13, 2026
Outgoing Sacramento County Supervisor Phil Serna endorsed Eric Guerra to succeed him in Board of Supervisors District 1.
October 29, 2025
Source: kcra.com · researched July 13, 2026
Sacramento's City Council confirmed Eric Guerra as mayor pro tempore for 2025 and assigned him to the Budget and Audit and Racial Equity committees.
January 7, 2025
Source: sacramentocityexpress.com · researched July 13, 2026
While serving as vice mayor, Eric Guerra ended a Sacramento City Council meeting after public comments over police reform escalated into sustained shouting and demonstrators rushed toward departing council members.
February 7, 2023
Source: cbsnews.com · researched July 13, 2026
Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Eric Guerra to the California Air Resources Board, subject to Senate confirmation.
January 30, 2023
Source: gov.ca.gov · researched July 13, 2026
Sacramento's City Council confirmed Eric Guerra as vice mayor for 2023 and assigned him to the Law and Legislation and Budget and Audit committees.
January 10, 2023
Source: sacramentocityexpress.com · researched July 13, 2026
Eric Guerra served as a member of Sacramento's newly created Racial Equity Ad Hoc Committee, a public forum reviewing equity in city policies, practices, and spending decisions.
October 6, 2021
Source: engagesac.org · researched July 13, 2026
Integrity and Ethics
· 2 records
Financial disclosures showed Eric Guerra held Chevron stock valued at $10,000 to $100,000 and DuPont stock valued at $2,000 to $10,000 while serving on the California Air Resources Board; Guerra defended his environmental record, and reporting described the holdings as raising conflict-of-interest questions rather than establishing a violation.
February 16, 2024
Source: yahoo.com · researched July 13, 2026
Eric Guerra voted with five other Sacramento council members to approve a $20,000 base-pay increase and expanded leave for City Manager Howard Chan at a special meeting; the city later acknowledged that the compensation vote violated the Brown Act and scheduled a new vote.
December 12, 2023
Source: aol.com · researched July 13, 2026
Elections
- Board of Supervisors, District 1 · November 3, 2026 · Sacramento County, California
Profile last researched July 13, 2026.