Sergio Lopez

Sergio Lopez was elected to the Campbell City Council in 2020, representing District 2.  He was re-elected to Council and appointed as Mayor in 2024.

With longtime roots in the community and a lifelong commitment to service, Mayor Lopez has worked at all levels of government and brings public policy experience across a number of industries. 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 in housing, environmental, and transportation issues, Mayor Lopez serves as the Chair of the Valley Transportation Authority and on the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, where he helped lead a historic initiative to electrify the Bay Area.

After attending Campbell schools, Mayor Lopez went on to Yale University, becoming the first in his family to graduate college.  He earned a Masters at Duke Divinity School and is attaining his M.B.A. at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley as well as an M.L.S. from the UC Los Angeles School of Law.  He lives in District 2 with his rescue dog, Pecos.

2026 Committee Assignments:

Campbell Ministerial Interfaith Group
Finance 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