Patricia "Patty" Lizarraga
Candidate for Imperial County Supervisorial District 5 · Retired Accountant Auditor
Patricia "Patty" Lizarraga worked in the Imperial County Auditor-Controller's Department for 25 years before retiring earlier in 2026. She previously served as an elected trustee on the county's retirement board and as lead representative for the County Professional Employee Group. She holds a bachelor's degree in public administration from San Diego State University and an MBA from Grand Canyon University, along with pension-management certifications from UC Berkeley and Pepperdine University.
Positions in brief
Lizarraga's campaign centers on fiscal transparency and accountability, directing new outside funding toward aging roads, parks and public infrastructure, and requiring fuller review and disclosure — including on water use — before new industrial and data-center projects are approved.
Lizarraga has listed public safety and animal control, economic development, and accountability and fiscal stewardship among her top priorities. She emphasizes her finance background, saying "I'm very good with numbers, and I would like to see how is this benefiting my community," and pledges to pursue outside state and federal funding to fix aging roads, parks and public spaces: "Roads, parks, public spaces…I will make sure that we secure funds for those priorities." On homelessness, she wants to expand partnerships with cities and nonprofits for transitional and supportive housing, building on programs she says have worked in Calexico, and to streamline affordable-housing permitting. On data centers, she opposes how current desert data-center proposals have been handled — "I'm opposed totally [to] the way it's being handled right now" — and wants full transparency, complete environmental review, and clear answers on water use and community impact before such projects are approved. On health care, she wants better coordination on primary care, mental health and preventive care, and more mobile health services for underserved areas. On immigration enforcement, she has called for auditing the county's contracts and relationships with immigration-detention authorities: "Go back and analyze our contracts or negotiations and review what is being done."
On the issues
- Public Safety & Policing
Lists public safety and animal control as a top campaign priority.
Source → - Taxes & Cost of Living
Emphasizes her finance background and pledges to make county spending more transparent and accountable to residents.
“I'm very good with numbers, and I would like to see how is this benefiting my community.”
Source → - Infrastructure & Transportation
Pledges to pursue outside state and federal funding to repair aging roads, parks and other public infrastructure.
“Roads, parks, public spaces…I will make sure that we secure funds for those priorities.”
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Wants to expand partnerships with cities and nonprofits for transitional and supportive housing, building on programs she says have worked in Calexico, and to streamline affordable-housing permitting.
“I will make sure that I can seek state and federal funding so we can fund and continue to serve those programs that already exist.”
Source → - Environment, Energy & Climate
Opposes how current desert data-center proposals have been handled, and wants full transparency, complete environmental review and local-hiring requirements before such projects are approved.
“I'm opposed totally [to] the way it's being handled right now.”
Source → - Water & Natural Resources
Wants clear answers on how new data centers and industrial projects would affect local water use before such projects are approved.
Source → - Health & Health Care
Wants better coordination on primary care, mental health and preventive care, and more mobile health services for underserved areas.
Source → - Immigration & Border
Calls for auditing the county's contracts and relationships with immigration-detention authorities and reviewing facility conditions using county oversight authority.
“Go back and analyze our contracts or negotiations and review what is being done.”
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