Politics & Government
Planning Commission Member John McCauley Pulls Papers for City Council Seat
McCauley said he plans to run on a platform of financial management, improving roads, fire and public safety, strong sustainability policies, and support for the arts. There are two open seats on the City Council.
Five-year Planning Commission member John McCauley hopes to join another city board after the Nov. 5 election – the City Council.
The long-time Mill Valley resident pulled nomination papers last week, effectively announcing his candidacy for one of the two open seats being vacated by Mayor Andy Berman and Vice-mayor Shawn Marshall, who are retiring from the board.
McCauley served as Planning Commission chairman in 2010, and was also a member of the Miller Avenue Design Advisory Council and Chairman of the Community Vitality Working Group of the city’s General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC), which is wrapping up.
McCauley said he’s running on "a platform of prudent financial management of the city budget, improving our neighborhood roads, continued emphasis on fire and public safety, strong sustainability policies, and last but not least, more public support for the arts.”
He said he supports housing choices for all income levels and senior housing, but not large projects, and “will protect the small town character of Mill Valley.”
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McCauley recently retired from a 35-year career as a CPA, and is currently inactive. At PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, he managed the firm’s 300-person San Francisco audit practice, and led the firm’s West Coast Insurance Practice. He also teaches in the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.
He and his wife Cindy, who currently services as a trustee of the Tamalpais Union High School District, have lived in Mill Valley since 1984. They have two adult children, Bryan and Erin, who went through the Mill Valley public school system.
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The deadline to file nomination papers is 5 p.m. Aug. 9. If an incumbent does not file for office by then, the filing period will be extended for that office until 5 p.m. Aug. 14 for non-incumbent candidates only.
So far, McCauley is the only person to pull papers for a City Council seat, although Berman has heard three other men are also interested.
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