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CITY GOVERNMENT Mary Sue Maurer Mayor pro Tem Date Elected: 03/08/2005 Term Expiration: 2017 Mayor: 2008-09, 2012-13 [email protected] Mary Sue Maurer was elected to the Calabasas City Council in 2005 and was re-elected to another four-year term in 2009 and 2013. She served as Mayor in 2008 and 2012. Her focus on the City Council has been in the areas of environmental, senior and educational issues as well as the development of public health and public safety programs. Some of her accomplishments include sponsoring legislation banning plastic bags in grocery stores; legislation that prohibits the use of one-time use polystyrene (Styrofoam) packaging by Calabasas restaurants; and legislation that amended the original Calabasas second-hand smoke control ordinance. As Mayor, Maurer signed the U.S. Conference of Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement (supporting pledges to reduce carbon emissions in their cities below 1990 levels) in line with the Kyoto Protocol. As a member of the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy advisory board, she is a leading advocate of acquiring and protecting open space throughout the region for public benefit. She is a strong advocate for senior issues, including establishing a Senior Task Force to advise on a new senior enrichment center and other issues. of the LVUSD Measure G Oversight Committee 2012-present; Board Member of The Foundation for Las Virgenes Schools 2012-present; Board Member, Bay Laurel Elementary School 2012-present; City of Calabasas Environmental Commissioner 2011-2013; Co-Chair of the City of Calabasas Environmental Commission Ad Hoc Committee For Coyote Education, 20112013; City of Calabasas Bicycle Advisory Committee Member 2009-2011; and Neighborhood Watch Coordinator of the Braewood Community 2014-present. Weintraub’s community involvemnt inludes being part of the Education Committee of the Temple Aliyah Board Of Directors 20112013; guest speaker at Pepperdine University School of Public Policy; is a member of the Greater Mulwood Homeowners Association, the Calabasas Chamber of Commerce, Calabasas Historical Society, the Municipal Management Association of Southern California, the Urban Land Institute, the Calabasas-Las Virgenes Historical Society, the Sierra Club; and was a volunteer coordinator for the Calabasas Special Olympics. In May, 2002, she earned a Master of Public Policy with Specialization in Economics and Regional and Local Policy from Pepperdine University, School Of Public Policy in Malibu, California. In June, 1999, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a Minor in E