| Baguio City Council | |
| Native Name: | Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Baguio |
| House Type: | Unicameral |
| Term Limits: | 3 terms (9 years) |
| Leader1 Type: | Presiding Officer |
| Leader1: | Faustino A. Olowan |
| Leader2 Type: | Presiding Officer pro tempore |
| Leader3 Type: | Floor Leader |
| Term Length: | 3 years |
| Political Groups1: | UNA (5) Liberal (3) PDP-Laban (2) NUP (1) Nacionalista (1) Nonpartisan (2) |
The Baguio City Council (fil|Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Baguio|) is Baguio's Sangguniang Panlungsod or legislative body. The council has 15 members which is composed of 12 councilors, one ex officio member elected from the ranks of barangay (neighborhood) chairmen, one ex officio member elected from the ranks of Sangguniang Kabataan (youth council) chairmen and one presiding officer. The Vice-mayor of the city is the presiding officer of the council, who is elected citywide.
The council is responsible for creating laws and ordinances under the city's jurisdiction. The mayor can veto proposed bills, but the council can override it with a two-thirds supermajority.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod, as the legislative body of the city, is mandated by the Local Government Code of 1991 (Republic Act No. 7160) to:
Furthermore, the following duties and functions are relegated to the Sangguniang Panlungsod:
The city elects twelve members of the council at-large. In plurality-at-large voting, a voter may vote for up to ten candidates and the candidates with the ten highest numbers of votes are elected.[1] Barangay and SK chairs throughout the city each elect a representative to the council, for a total of 14 councilors. City-council elections are synchronized with other elections in the country, which have been held on the second Monday of May every third year since 1992.[2]
These are the members after the 2019 local elections,[3] and 2018 barangay and SK elections:
| Position | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presiding Officer | Faustino A. Olowan | ||
| City Councilors | Joel A. Alangsab | ||
| Benny O. Bomogao | |||
| Betty Lourdes F. Tabanda | |||
| Elaine D. Sembrano | |||
| Maria Mylen Victoria G. Yaranon | |||
| Isabelo B. Cosalan, Jr. | |||
| Francisco Roberto A. Ortega VI | |||
| Arthur L. Allad-iw | |||
| Vladimir D. Cayabas | |||
| Fred L. Bagbagen | |||
| Lilia A. Fariñas | |||
| Philian Louise Weygan-Allan | |||
| Ex Officio City Council Member | |||
| ABC President | Michael L. Lawana | ||
| SK Federation President | Levy Lloyd B. Orcales | ||
The Baguio City Council has an Indigenous People's Mandatory Representative (IPMR) as a member in compliance with the Indigenous Peoples' Rights Act of 1997. It was only on February 3, 2023 that the IPMR seat would be filled for the very first time. Maximo Hilario Edwin Bugnay Jr., was elected by the Ibaloy, Kankanaey and Kalanguya clans.[4]
| + 2016-2019 Membership[5] | Position | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Presiding Officer | Edison R. Bilog | |
| City Councilors | Leandro B. Yangot Jr. | |
| Edgar M. Avila | ||
| Joel A. Alangsab | ||
| Faustino A. Olowan | ||
| Elmer O. Datuin | ||
| Maria Mylen Victoria G. Yaranon | ||
| Elaine D. Sembrano | ||
| Peter C. Fianza | ||
| Lilia A. Fariñas | ||
| Arthur L. Allad-iw | ||
| Benny O. Bomogao | ||
| Roberto C. Ortega | ||
| ABC President | Michael L. Lawana | |
| SK Federation President |