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Rancho Santa Margarita · District 2

RodGanjifard

For the young families of Rancho Santa Margarita.

City Council, District 2Tuesday, November 3, 2026

I moved here ten years ago and never left. My wife and I got engaged at the lake and married there. Our five kids go to school here. I run technology for a large Orange County law firm, which means I read budgets and contracts for a living. I would like to do that for this city.

Rod and his wife with their five children under the arched underpass at Lago Santa Margarita, late afternoon light down the tunnel behind them.
Rod Ganjifard, head and shoulders, in a navy suit.

Filing as

Technology Executive

In RSM since 2016. Married at the lake. Five kids in local schools.

“I read the budget.
You should see what’s in it.”

  • CTO of a large Orange County law firm

  • Pop Warner coach, three seasons with Santa Margarita

  • San Francisco Solano parish, active member

  • Reform CrossFit RSM, weekends walking the lake

More about Rod ›

Now it’s our turn.

The generation that built this city left us something worth building on. I’m running to represent the young families of Rancho Santa Margarita — roughly one in three households here has a child under 18 at home. I’m one of them. Five kids, all in local schools. What the council decides, my family lives in.

Where I stand

What I will fight for.

All of it in detail, with the sources

Lago Santa Margarita from the air, homes and the parkway path along the shore, with the dry chaparral ridgeline rising directly behind the city.
Every dollar the city spends should come back to the people who live here.
Map of Rancho Santa Margarita's City Council districts with District 2 highlighted over a street map, showing Ave De Las Flores, Alma Aldea, Ave Empresa and Ave De Las Banderas.

Am I in your district?

District 2

District 2 is the central band of the city, running southwest to northeast: Ave De Las Flores, Alma Aldea, Ave Empresa and Ave De Las Banderas. Only District 2 voters can vote in this race.

Boundaries are the City of Rancho Santa Margarita’s own adopted council district map, Ordinance 23-02. What a picture cannot do is resolve a single address, so to confirm your district and registration, check with the City Clerk’s office or the Orange County Registrar of Voters at ocvote.gov.