City Council

The City of Pacifica is governed by a five-member city council. Beginning with the general municipal election in November 2020, the City of Pacifica transitioned from at-large to district-based elections.  With district-based elections, each of five councilmembers are elected by voters within that candidate's district. The City Council selected the sequencing of elections for the districts such that District 1 and District 4 held elections for City Council seats in November 2020. Districts 2, 3 and 5 will be up for election for City Council seats in November 2022. For more information about City of Pacifica's district-based elections, visit the District Based City Council Elections webpage.  For more information on the Redistricting Process based on 2020 Census data, visit the Redistricting webpage.

The mayor is selected from among members of the city council by majority vote of the council. The mayor serves a one-year term beginning in December of each year. Listed below is the current structure of the Pacifica City Council, with term expiration dates included.

Email entire City Council (citycouncil@ci.pacifica.ca.us) 

	Mayor Mary Bier  Elected At-Large (term expires December 2022) 650-516-6034 Email: mbier@pacifica.gov Current Committee Assignments
Mayor Pro Tempore Tygarjas Bigstyck District 4 (term expires December 2024) 415-214-1435 Email: tbigstyck@pacifica.gov   Current Committee Assignments	Councilmember  Sue Vaterlaus District 1 (term expires December 2024)  650-291-0470 Email:  svaterlaus@pacifica.gov Current Committee Assignments
Councilmember Mike O'Neill  Elected At-Large (term expires December 2022) 650-302-2470 Email:  moneill@pacifica.gov   Current Committee Assignments	Councilmember Sue Beckmeyer Elected At-Large (term expires December 2022) Email: sbeckmeyer@pacifica.gov Current Committee Assignments

A City Council Meeting brochure has been written to introduce you to the City Council Meetings and to inform you how the meetings are conducted.  The Councilmembers also serve as liaisons to other committees, commissions and task force boards.  Their assignments are described here.

The City Council Members listed above are elected officers identified in Government Code Section 87200 and file Statements of Economic Interests with the City Clerk's Office.  Copies of the Statements of Economic Interests filed by the above elected officials may be obtained by visiting the offices of the Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) or the City Clerk.   

The physical address of the FPPC is 428 J Street, Suite 620, Sacramento, California  95814.

The physical address of the City Clerk's Office is 540 Crespi Drive, Pacifica, California  94044.

The Statements of Economic Interests for some state and local government agency elected officials may be available in electronic format on the FPPC's website at http://www.fppc.ca.gov/.  Or use the Public Portal to view filed Statements of Economic Interests. 

The Pacifica City Council meets at 7:00pm on the second and fourth Monday of each month at the City Council Chambers located at 2212 Beach Boulevard on the second floor.  Due to COVID-19, City Council meetings are being held by teleconference using Zoom with no physical location open to the public.  See the City Council Agendas posted on the online meeting portal for further detail.

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The City Council Meeting agenda outlines, agenda packets and minutes can be found on our online meeting portal.