Sergio Lopez

Sergio Lopez was elected to the Campbell City Council in 2020, representing District 2.  He was re-elected to Council unopposed and became Campbell’s first-ever Latino Mayor in 2024.

With longtime roots in the community and a lifelong commitment to service, Lopez has worked at all levels of government and brings public policy experience from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. A historian and author, his writing has been published in Time, Teen Vogue, America magazine, and many more.  He writes a monthly column for the Campbell Press and his first book of history is forthcoming from University of Georgia Press.

A regional leader on housing, environmental, and transportation issues, Lopez serves as the youngest-ever Chair of the Valley Transportation Authority and the first to serve two consecutive terms. He previously helped lead a historic initiative to electrify the Bay Area, and he is President of the League of Cities division spanning both San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties.

On the Campbell City Council, his work has focused on housing (working to attain Campbell’s Pro-Housing Designation from the state), supporting small businesses (serving on the Economic Development sub-committee), transportation (integrating land use and transit and bringing regional resources to the local level), and climate (supporting Campbell’s first-ever Climate Action and Adaptation Plan).

After attending Campbell schools, Lopez went on to Yale University, becoming the first in his family to graduate college.  He has earned a Masters at Duke Divinity School and at the UCLA School of Law, while working attaining his M.B.A. at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.  
He is married and lives in District 2 with his former foster dog, Pecos, who is now a proud Campbell resident.

2026 Committee Assignments:

Campbell Ministerial Interfaith Group
Subcommittee Finance 
Education Subcommittee 

League of California Peninsula Division Executive Committee**
Santa Clara County Housing and Community Development Advisory Committee
Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors**

Association of Bay Area Governments (Alt.)
DCBA Liaison (Alt.)
Friends of the Heritage Theater Liaison (Alt.)
Santa Clara County Library District JPA Board of Directors (Alt.)
Santa Clara Valley Water District County Water Commission (Alt.)
West Valley Solid Waste Management Authority JPA (Alt.)
West Valley Stormwater Authority (Alt.)

**Appointed by other agencies