Government
Carmel is a general law city that is governed by a mayor and 4 city council members. The current mayor is Jason Burnett. The current city councilmembers are Carrie Theis, Steve Hillyard, Victoria Beach, and Ken Talmage.
At the county level, Carmel is represented by Supervisor Dave Potter. In the California State Assembly, Carmel is represented by Bill Monning as part of the 27th Assembly district. In the State Senate, Carmel is represented by Sam Blakeslee as part of the 15th State Senate district. In the U.S. House of Representatives, Carmel is part of California's 17th congressional district, represented by Sam Farr
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