Juslyn C. Manalo

Background

Juslyn C. Manalo, whose name appears on the ballot as Juslyn Cabrera Manalo, describes herself in campaign materials as a lifelong North County resident and the daughter of immigrants. Her campaign says she attended Daly City public schools (Woodrow Wilson Elementary, Benjamin Franklin Middle School and Jefferson High School), holds a master's degree in public administration and has worked in economic and workforce development; it does not name an employer or the school that granted the degree. She is married and is raising two children in North County, according to the campaign. Hoodline reported in June 2026 that she has spent the past decade in Daly City government, including three separate turns as mayor, a post that rotates among council members with terms expiring each November, and that her campaign messaging and city biography highlight affordable housing and services for seniors.

In office

Manalo won a Daly City council seat on November 8, 2016, placing second of five candidates for two seats with 13,651 votes (29.2 percent), according to county results. On November 5, 2024 she placed first of three candidates for two full-term seats with 23,477 votes, and her current term ends in November 2028. She serves on the five-member council with Mayor Glenn R. Sylvester, Vice Mayor Teresa G. Proaño and Councilmembers Rod Daus-Magbual and Pamela DiGiovanni.

She represents the city on the Bay Area Water Supply and Conservation Agency; the City/County Association of Governments, including its Airport Land Use Committee and its Congestion Management and Air Quality Committee; the League of California Cities and the board of its Peninsula Division; the North County Fire Authority; the county's Consolidated Oversight Board; and the outreach and education committee of the county's Home for All initiative. Within the city she serves on ad hoc committees on affordable housing, the Age-Friendly Task Force, Bayshore revitalization and the Cow Palace, the Colma BART station specific plan, the public libraries, Seton Medical Center, short-term rentals, water issues, solid waste and recycling, and the Westlake Shopping Center, among others.

Her campaign credits her with what it calls saving Seton Hospital, championing the 555-unit Midway Village affordable housing development, restoring a fire engine eliminated during the Great Recession, leading Daly City to a World Health Organization Age-Friendly City designation and founding the city's Women's and Small Business Commissions. These claims were not checked against city records.

On the ballot

Manalo is on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Member, Board of Supervisors, District 5 (Short Term), with the ballot designation Daly City Councilmember. The special election fills the last two years of Supervisor David Canepa's term in a district covering Daly City, Brisbane, Colma and parts of South San Francisco and San Bruno; Canepa won the June race for Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and leaves the board January 4, 2027. Her opponent is South San Francisco Vice Mayor Mark Nagales. Hoodline reported that she framed her bid as an extension of work underway in Daly City. Her campaign lists endorsements from Canepa, Rep. Lateefah Simon, Attorney General Rob Bonta, the county building trades council and Daly City's police and firefighter unions. A win would leave her council seat vacant.