Yuma El Centro, AZ, October 16, 2026 —

Joong Kim has announced he is running for one of two open seats on the Calexico City Council in the November election. His stated priorities include increasing police and firefighter staffing and addressing parking meter issues that he believes affect local businesses and visitors.

Kim has previously served on the City Council and was Calexico’s mayor in 2015 and 2016. The announcement places his candidacy alongside his earlier municipal service, though details about the length of his council tenure were not provided.

His platform identifies public safety staffing and parking meters as areas he wants to address. The announcement does not specify how many additional police officers or firefighters he would seek, how those staffing increases might be implemented, or what changes he proposes for parking meters. It also does not provide further details about the effects of the meters on businesses or visitors beyond Kim’s stated view that they are an issue.

The election is described as taking place in November, but the year and the date of the vote were not provided. Information about other candidates, the city’s process for filling the two open seats, and Kim’s campaign schedule was also not included.

For now, the available details establish Kim’s candidacy, two central platform priorities and his prior leadership roles in Calexico. Additional information about his proposals and the other contenders was not provided in the announcement summary.


Story summarized from the original created by Carolina Garcia on kyma.com, see more information here.

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