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• 🧾 2026-07-30 Files FPPC 460 — Campaign finance report (contributions & spending) ↗ Filed by Rebeca Armendariz for Gilroy City Council 2024. NetFile · auto-detected
• 🚩 2026-07-17 Files Form 501 and is issued nomination papers for District 6 ↗ Appears on the City Clerk's candidate table with a Form 501 filed and nomination papers issued July 17, 2026 for the District 6 seat. City of Gilroy
• 🚩 2026-07-17 Issued nomination papers ↗ The City Clerk issued nomination papers for the District 6 seat. City Clerk · auto-detected
• 🧾 2026-07-16 Files FPPC 410 — Committee registration ↗ Filed by Rebeca Armendariz for Gilroy City Council 2026. NetFile · auto-detected
• 🧾 2026-07-16 Files FPPC 501 — Candidate intention statement ↗ Filed by Armendariz, Rebeca. NetFile · auto-detected
• 🧾 2026-02-02 Files FPPC 460 — Campaign finance report (contributions & spending) ↗ Filed by Rebeca Armendariz for Gilroy City Council 2024. NetFile · auto-detected
• 🧾 2025-07-29 Files FPPC 460 — Campaign finance report (contributions & spending) ↗ Filed by Rebeca Armendariz for Gilroy City Council 2024. NetFile · auto-detected
• 📰 2022-11-28 Recall petition found insufficient — effort ends ↗ Organizers submitted 6,375 signatures in October 2022, but the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters determined the petition was insufficient after a random sample of 500 signatures found only 383 valid. The recall never went to a vote, and Armendariz served out her term through 2024. Gilroy Dispatch
• 📰 2022-10-03 Council majority asks her to resign if recall qualifies; she refuses ↗ At a contentious October 3, 2022 meeting, a council majority (Mayor Blankley and Councilmembers Dion Bracco, Leroe-Muñoz, Marques and Fred Tovar) directed the mayor to draft a formal resignation request if the recall petition gathered enough signatures. Armendariz said she would not resign: "I didn't ask for this recall, just like I didn't ask for that party." Gilroy Dispatch
• 📰 2022-08-22 Wrongful-death suit names her and the city ↗ The family of Jesse Sanchez, one of the men shot at the party who later died, filed a wrongful-death suit in Santa Clara County Superior Court naming Rebeca, Augustina and Domingo Armendariz along with the City of Gilroy as defendants. Gilroy Dispatch
• 📰 2022-05-16 Recall effort formally begins ↗ Recall organizers served Armendariz with a notice of intent to recall. Proponents needed signatures from 20% of Gilroy's registered voters (at least 6,217) to force a recall election. Ballotpedia
• 📰 April 2022 City investigation finds ordinance violations; citations issued ↗ An administrative investigation by the Hanson Bridgett law firm, released in mid-April 2022, concluded Armendariz violated several city ordinances in helping organize the party, including failing to obtain a permit and hosting an event where underage drinking occurred. The city issued her 10 citations; her attorney appealed them. Patch / Ballotpedia
• 📰 2021-10-30 Two killed at Halloween party at her residence ↗ Two people were shot and killed and two others injured at a Halloween party at Armendariz's Gilroy residence. She was later cited by the city in connection with the event. CBS San Francisco

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