Main Street in a small Napa Valley town at golden hour, with brick storefronts and hills beyond

St. Helena City Council

Scott Diaz

Accountability you can check.

Since joining the Council, Scott has pressed staff and committee numbers for accuracy rather than voting with the room. He works through the city's own audited data, source by source, so that decisions in St. Helena start from figures residents can verify.

Portrait of Scott Diaz

Three things this campaign is about

Water Quality and Infrastructure Accountability

Discolored water. A Grand Jury report on water leadership. Residents deserve better than that, and it's Scott's top priority right now.

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Fiscal Sustainability and Budget Oversight

Eleven years of audited General Fund data, traced back to the source instead of taken on summary.

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City Government Efficiency

Part of the City Council that turned a $100,000 outside study into an adopted, department-level Strategic Plan.

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Track record

May 2026
Appointed to the St. Helena City Council.
August 2026
Part of the City Council that moved a $100,000 outside efficiency study into an adopted, department-level Strategic Plan.
2026
Flagged accuracy and citation problems in the city's draft response to the Napa County Grand Jury report on water system leadership, before it went out.
Ahead of the November vote
Reconciled competing claims about the General Fund in the city's audited financial data.

If something here doesn't add up, say so

This is a town of about 5,300 people. Questions about the budget, the water system, or anything else on the Council's agenda are welcome, and if you'd like to help with the campaign, there's a box for that on the contact form.