PERSON
Carlos Adams
About this person
Carlos Adams is a Yuma business owner who ran as a write-in candidate for mayor in the July 21, 2026 City of Yuma primary. He has publicly promoted ethics-reform materials associated with the Yuma Transparency Club. The City of Yuma lists PC2026-03 Adams for Yuma Mayor as an active candidate committee.
Current roles
A current role has not been verified for this profile. Any dated or attributed role is described above and should be read with its cited source.
Related claims 1
- UnverifiedYuma Transparency Club is required to register as an Arizona political action committee.
Whether the Yuma Transparency Club must register as a PAC has not been established.
Sources 5
- Primary source · Public statementAdams for Yuma: Ethics Commission & Charter Reform
Adams for Yuma campaign page presenting the current Yuma Transparency Ethics Reform explanation. The page is marked updated September 24, 2026 and states that the updated YTER document replaces the earlier framework.
- Primary source · Government recordCity of Yuma Elections: November 3, 2026 General/Special Election
Current election listing identifies Proposition 436 as Permanent Base Adjustment and Proposition 437 as Signatures on Nomination Petitions.
- Primary source · Government recordCity of Yuma: Registered Committees
City of Yuma City Clerk page listing registered committees for City elections.
- Primary source · Public statementYuma Transparency Club: Club Information
First-party Adams for Yuma campaign page describing the Yuma Transparency Club as founded by Carlos Adams, nonpartisan, open to everyone, and free to participate in, and describing ethics and charter-reform work.
- Primary source · Public statementYuma Transparency Ethics Reform: Updated Explanation (September 24, 2026)
Six-page Yuma Transparency Ethics Reform explanation published through Adams for Yuma and identified with the Yuma Transparency Club. The Adams for Yuma ethics-reform page is marked updated September 24, 2026 and says this version replaces the earlier framework. The PDF describes itself as an easy-to-read explanation of the formal Charter amendment draft. It is not the complete operative Charter amendment text.
Timeline events 1
- Yuma Transparency Club publishes revised ethics-reform explanation
Adams for Yuma published an updated six-page Yuma Transparency Ethics Reform explanation and states that it replaces the earlier framework. The revision changes several proposal details, including provisional-member selection, commissioner terms, complaint procedures and civil penalties, and expressly states that the Commission could not rewrite Arizona conflict-of-interest law.
Organizations 2
- Adams for Yuma Mayor
The City of Yuma lists PC2026-03 Adams for Yuma Mayor as an active candidate committee for the 2026 mayoral election. This record reflects that official listing; it does not establish a financial or organizational relationship with Yuma Transparency Club.
- Yuma Transparency Club
Yuma Transparency Club is identified in public 2026 ethics-reform materials concerning proposed changes to Yuma’s ethics and government framework. Carlos Adams has publicly promoted materials associated with the group. Its formal legal structure, membership, finances and campaign-finance status are not established by the sources currently reviewed by Yuma Informed.
Related topics 1
- Yuma Ethics, Conflict of Interest & Government Reform
An evidence-based look at Yuma’s ethics rules, conflict-of-interest law, municipal authority, proposed reforms, and what Arizona law allows local government to do.