List of mayors of Aliso Viejo, California

Mayor of the City of Aliso Viejo
Seal of the City of Aliso Viejo
Incumbent
Mike Munzing
since January 1, 2020
FormationJuly 1, 2001
First holderCarmen Vali-Cave

This is a list of mayors of Aliso Viejo in Orange County, California — since its incorporation in 2001.[1]

List

# Image Name Took office Left office Mayor Pro Tem
Mayors of the City of Aliso Viejo
The City of Aliso Viejo was incorporated by act
of the California State Legislature on July 1, 2001.
1 Carmen Vali-Cave July 1, 2001 December 31, 2002 Cynthia Pickett
2 Cynthia Adams January 1, 2003 December 31, 2003 William A. "Bill" Phillips
3 William A. "Bill" Phillips[2] January 1, 2004 December 31, 2004 Karl Warkomski
4 Karl Warkomski January 1, 2005 December 31, 2005 Carmen Vali-Cave
5 Carmen Vali-Cave January 1, 2006 December 31, 2006 Cynthia Adams
6 Cynthia Adams January 1, 2007 May 13, 2007 Carmen Vali-Cave
Vacant May 13, 2007 June 6, 2007
7 Carmen Vali-Cave June 6, 2007 December 31, 2007 William A. "Bill" Phillips
8 William A. "Bill" Phillips January 1, 2008 December 31, 2008
9 Donald Garcia[3] January 1, 2009 December 31, 2009 Phillip B. Tsunoda
10 Phillip B. Tsunoda[4] January 1, 2010 December 31, 2010 Carmen Vali-Cave
11 Carmen Vali-Cave[5] January 1, 2011 December 31, 2011
12 Donald Garcia[6] January 1, 2012 December 31, 2012 William A. "Bill" Phillips
13 Carmen Vali-Cave[7] January 1, 2013 December 31, 2013 Phillip B. Tsunoda
14 Phillip B. Tsunoda[8] January 1, 2014 December 31, 2014 William A. "Bill" Phillips
15 William A. "Bill" Phillips[9] January 1, 2015 December 31, 2015 Mike Munzing
16 Mike Munzing [10] January 1, 2016 December 31, 2016 Dave Harrington
17 Dave Harrington January 1, 2017 December 31, 2017 Phillip B. Tsunoda
17 Dave Harrington January 1, 2018 December 31, 2019 Ross Chun
18 Mike Munzing January 1, 2020 Incumbent Tiffany Ackley

History of city council

When Aliso Viejo was first incorporated as a city in 2001, five city council members were elected to serve terms. Carmen Vali was chosen to serve as the city's first mayor because she was instrumental in getting the city incorporated;[11] and Cynthia Pickett was chosen to serve as the city's mayor pro tem. Both were reelected in November 2006 to terms ending in 2010.[1] Both women later married during their terms, with Carmen Vali becoming Carmen Vali-Cave and Cynthia Pickett becoming Cynthia Adams.

Also elected in 2001 were Bill Phillips, Karl Warkomski, and Greg Ficke. Each of these candidates were re-elected to serve on City Council in 2004 to terms ending in 2008.[1]

A new mayor is selected from the five city council members each year.[1]

So far, Ficke is the only member of the original council to never have served as mayor, while Cynthia Adams and Carmen Vali-Cave are the only original members to have served as mayor for more than one term. Until Warkomski's resignation in February 2007 and Adams's resignation three months later, all five current city council members had been the only five to have served on city council since the city's incorporation.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e City officials of Aliso Viejo Archived 2006-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Meet Bill Phillips". votewilliamphillips.com. 2016. Mayor in 2004, 2008, and 2015
  3. ^ "CITY OF ALISO VIEJO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING" (PDF). 2 September 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ^ "CITY OF ALISO VIEJO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING" (PDF). 18 August 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. ^ "CITY OF ALISO VIEJO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING" (PDF). 7 September 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  6. ^ "CITY OF ALISO VIEJO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING" (PDF). 19 September 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  7. ^ "CITY OF ALISO VIEJO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING" (PDF). 18 September 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. ^ "CITY OF ALISO VIEJO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING" (PDF). 17 September 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  9. ^ "CITY OF ALISO VIEJO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES SPECIAL MEETING". 2 September 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  10. ^ "CITY OF ALISO VIEJO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING". 21 September 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  11. ^ aliso-viejo.ca: Carmen Vali-Cave Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine