Candidate for
Member, City Council; City of Mill Valley

My goal as a member of the Mill Valley City Council is to maintain and improve the quality of life in this wonderful town.

I have lived in the City of Mill Valley for over 20 years and I have been involved in a wide range of activities in our city including:

• Mill Valley Planning Commission (Six years, Chair for one year)
• Mill Valley Bicycle and Trails Committee
• Fundraising Committee for the Community Center
• Fundraising Committee for Tam High Foundation
• School District Class Size Reduction Task Force
• Old Mill School Site Council (President)
• Old Mill School PTA (Committee Chair three years)
• Tamalpais Preschool Board of Trustees (President)
• Mill Valley Soccer Club (President four years (two terms), board member 12 years, currently on Competitive Committee)
• Little League (Coach nine years, statistician two years)
• Soccer Club (Coach 12 years, competitive team manager eight years)

• I was born February 1, 1952, in Los Angeles, CA
• I graduated with honors from UC Berkeley,1973
• I received my JD from Boalt Hall School of Law, UC Berkeley, 1976
• I was in Bank of America's Legal Department from 1976- 1981
• From BofA, I went to Leland, Parachini, Steinberg, Matzger & Melnick law firm in San Francisco, where I am now a partner specializing in land use and real property law
• I married Leslie Lauricella on October 16, 1983, and we moved to Mill Valley 1984
• We have four wonderful children:
  1. David, born August 23, 1986, now a freshman at USC
  2. Samantha, born December 19, 1988, now a junior at Tam High
  3. Jacqueline, born March 8, 1991, now a freshman at Tam High
  4. Jonathan, born January 16, 1995, now a 5th grader at Old Mill School
• We have remodeled our house twice and are still married!
• My license plate, "I LOV LAW," is a reference to my wonderful wife, Leslie Ann Wachtel