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Aliso Viejo, California

Aliso Viejo is a city in Orange County, California. It had a population of 47,823 as of the 2010 census, up from 40,166 as of the 2000 census. It became Orange County's 34th city on July 1, 2001, the only city in the county to incorporate since 2000...

since its incorporation in 2001.

#	Name	Years in 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 California State Legislature The California State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of California. It is a bicameral body consisting of the lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members, and the upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members...  on July 1, 2001.
1	Carmen Vali Carmen Vali-Cave Carmen Louise Vali-Cave was the first Mayor of Aliso Viejo, California. During times in her career she has also been known as Carmen Vali and Carmen L. Vali. She is now a councilwoman.-City Council:...	July 1, 2001 – December 31, 2002	Cynthia Pickett Cynthia Adams Cynthia Pickett-Adams, also known as Cynthia D. Adams is a former city councilmember for the City of Aliso Viejo, California. First elected to the city council upon the city's incorporation in 2001, Adams served as the city's first Mayor Pro Tem from 2001 to 2002 and again in 2006, and she was...
2	Cynthia Adams Cynthia Adams Cynthia Pickett-Adams, also known as Cynthia D. Adams is a former city councilmember for the City of Aliso Viejo, California. First elected to the city council upon the city's incorporation in 2001, Adams served as the city's first Mayor Pro Tem from 2001 to 2002 and again in 2006, and she was...	January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2003	Bill Phillips
3	Bill Phillips	January 1, 2004 – December 31, 2004	Karl Warkomski Karl Warkomski Karl P. Warkomski is a former city council member for Aliso Viejo, California and a member of the Green Party.-Career:...
4	Karl Warkomski Karl Warkomski Karl P. Warkomski is a former city council member for Aliso Viejo, California and a member of the Green Party.-Career:...	January 1, 2005 – December 31, 2005	Carmen Vali-Cave Carmen Vali-Cave Carmen Louise Vali-Cave was the first Mayor of Aliso Viejo, California. During times in her career she has also been known as Carmen Vali and Carmen L. Vali. She is now a councilwoman.-City Council:...
5	Carmen Vali-Cave Carmen Vali-Cave Carmen Louise Vali-Cave was the first Mayor of Aliso Viejo, California. During times in her career she has also been known as Carmen Vali and Carmen L. Vali. She is now a councilwoman.-City Council:...	January 1, 2006 – December 31, 2006	Cynthia Adams Cynthia Adams Cynthia Pickett-Adams, also known as Cynthia D. Adams is a former city councilmember for the City of Aliso Viejo, California. First elected to the city council upon the city's incorporation in 2001, Adams served as the city's first Mayor Pro Tem from 2001 to 2002 and again in 2006, and she was...
6	Cynthia Adams Cynthia Adams Cynthia Pickett-Adams, also known as Cynthia D. Adams is a former city councilmember for the City of Aliso Viejo, California. First elected to the city council upon the city's incorporation in 2001, Adams served as the city's first Mayor Pro Tem from 2001 to 2002 and again in 2006, and she was...	January 1, 2007 – May 13, 2007	Carmen Vali-Cave Carmen Vali-Cave Carmen Louise Vali-Cave was the first Mayor of Aliso Viejo, California. During times in her career she has also been known as Carmen Vali and Carmen L. Vali. She is now a councilwoman.-City Council:...
	Vacancy	May 13, 2007 – June 6, 2007
7	Carmen Vali-Cave Carmen Vali-Cave Carmen Louise Vali-Cave was the first Mayor of Aliso Viejo, California. During times in her career she has also been known as Carmen Vali and Carmen L. Vali. She is now a councilwoman.-City Council:...	June 6, 2007 – present	Bill Phillips

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

Carmen Vali-Cave

Carmen Louise Vali-Cave was the first Mayor of Aliso Viejo, California. During times in her career she has also been known as Carmen Vali and Carmen L. Vali. She is now a councilwoman.-City Council:...

 was chosen to serve as the City's first Mayor because she was instrumental in getting the City incorporated http://ci.aliso-viejo.ca.us/about_us/carmen_vali-cave2006.php; and Cynthia Pickett

Cynthia Adams

Cynthia Pickett-Adams, also known as Cynthia D. Adams is a former city councilmember for the City of Aliso Viejo, California. First elected to the city council upon the city's incorporation in 2001, Adams served as the city's first Mayor Pro Tem from 2001 to 2002 and again in 2006, and she was...

 was chosen to serve as the City's Mayor Pro Tem. Both were reelected in November 2006 to terms ending in 2010. http://ci.aliso-viejo.ca.us/about_us/city_officials.php 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

Karl Warkomski

Karl P. Warkomski is a former city council member for Aliso Viejo, California and a member of the Green Party.-Career:...

, and Greg Ficke. Each of these candidates were re-elected to serve on City Council in 2004 to terms ending in 2008.

A new Mayor is selected from the five City Council members each year. 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.

External links

• Elected Officials of Aliso Viejo - Official list from the City of Aliso Viejo