Pico Rivera, California Public Records

The LA Metro Transit Authority maintains its own transit police force, and the California Highway Patrol covers freeways and unincorporated areas. LAPD crime data is published at data.lacity.org. Under SB 2 (2023), all California law enforcement agencies must proactively disclose sustained misconduct records, use-of-force incidents, and officer-involved shooting investigations.

To find a current inmate, residents can use the LASD Inmate Information Center at app5.lasd.org and search by name or booking number. Bail bond information, court dates, and housing location are all available online. For inmates held in city jails like those in Long Beach, Pasadena, or Burbank, contact each city's police department directly.

California Proposition 57 from 2016 and AB 1950 from 2021 have modified certain sentence and probation rules that affect record visibility. Individuals may petition LA Superior Court to expunge (dismiss) eligible convictions under Penal Code §1203.4.

Residents can register to vote online at registertovote.ca.gov, the California Secretary of State's online voter registration portal, which requires a California driver's license or state ID number. The registration deadline is 15 days before any election, though California also offers conditional voter registration and same-day registration at vote centers during early voting and on Election Day. The city conducts municipal elections for Mayor and four City Council members using a general municipal election cycle with council seats elected to four-year terms. The next municipal election is scheduled for March 2025, with the Mayor and two Council seats on the ballot. Candidate filing information, campaign finance disclosures, and local ballot measures can be found through the City Clerk's office at 6615 Passons Boulevard, phone (562) 801-4389, and on the city website. Local voters can find their assigned polling place or vote center using the poll locator tool at lavote.gov by entering their address. The county has transitioned to a Vote Center model, allowing voters to visit any vote center countywide during the 11-day voting period before and including Election Day, not just their assigned precinct location. Election records that are public in California include voter registration lists (available for political purposes to candidates and committees), campaign finance reports filed by candidates and committees (searchable at ethics.lacity.org and netfile.com for local races, and cal-access.sos.ca.gov for state races), candidate statements and filing documents, precinct-level election results, and poll worker rosters. Individual voter history—whether someone voted, not how they voted—is also public. In the November 2024 presidential election, Los Angeles County reported approximately 58% voter turnout, with over 3.5 million ballots cast out of approximately 6 million registered voters. Looking ahead to November 3, 2026, voters in the area will decide several important races including the California Governor race (incumbent Gavin Newsom is term-limited, so this will be an open seat), all four statewide constitutional offices (Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Controller), State Senate and Assembly seats representing the city's districts, Los Angeles County Supervisor for the district covering the community, Los Angeles County Superior Court judges, and potentially local school board and special district positions. No U.S. Senate seat from California is scheduled for election in 2026 as both seats were on the ballot in 2024 and 2022. California allows all registered voters to request a vote-by-mail ballot through the state's permanent vote-by-mail system; voters can sign up at lavote.gov or request a one-time mail ballot for any election. Mail ballots are sent starting 29 days before Election Day and must be postmarked by Election Day and received within 7 days to be counted, or can be returned to any vote center or official drop box by 8:00 PM on Election Day.