Editing East Palo Alto, California (section)

==Government==
In the [[California State Legislature]], East Palo Alto is in {{Representative|casd|13|fmt=sdistrict}}, and in {{Representative|caad|21|fmt=adistrict}}, {{As of|2024|January|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statewide Database |url=http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201113744/http://statewidedatabase.org/gis/gis2011/index_2011.html |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |access-date=December 3, 2014 |publisher=UC Regents}}</ref>

In the [[United States House of Representatives]], East Palo Alto is in {{Representative|cacd|15|fmt=district}}, {{As of|2024|January|lc=y}}.<ref>{{Cite GovTrack|CA|15|access-date=March 12, 2013}}</ref>

The terms of Mayor and Vice Mayor are for one year and expire at the first meeting in December. {{As of|2024|January}}, 29-year-old Antonio Lopez is the mayor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 6, 2024 |title=Once a 'murder capital,' East Palo Alto celebrates a year without killings |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/01/05/once-murder-capital-east-palo-alto-celebrates-year-without-killings/ |access-date=January 7, 2024 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref> 
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! style="background:#F5DEB3"|  <small>Mayors of East Palo Alto, California</small>
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| Barbara Mouton
| 1983 – April 21, 1986<br>April 21, 1986 – May 1, 1987
| First mayor of East Palo Alto<ref name=MoutonObit>{{Cite news|first= Don|last= Kazak|authorlink=   |title= Mourners pack St. Francis of Assisi Church to honor East Palo Alto's first mayor  |newspaper=[[Palo Alto Weekly]]|date=March 23, 2007 |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2007/03/23/bidding-farewell-to-a-community-leader  |via=}}</ref><br> The first election since the founding of the city was held on April 8, 1986, with Mouton winning reelection as the top votegetter to the City Council<ref>{{cite news |last1= Gwynne|first1= Bashkin |title=New City Councils |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123323293/times-tribune/ |newspaper=[[Peninsula Times Tribune]] |date=April 9, 1986 |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123323293/times-tribune/ A1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123323213/times-tribune/ A12] |accessdate= |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> after serving three years as mayor.<ref>{{cite news |last1= Bashkin|first1= Gwynne |title=Mtn. View will select new council |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123322356/times-tribune/ |newspaper=[[Peninsula Times Tribune]] |date=April 7, 1986 |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123322356/times-tribune/ A10], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123322579/times-tribune/ A1] |accessdate= |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><br> She was reappointed mayor in a 3-2 secret ballot on April 21, 1986<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= Mouton re-elected mayor of E. Pa.  |newspaper=[[Peninsula Times Tribune]]|date=April 22, 1986 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123325114/times-tribune/ |via=}}</ref> The term of the mayor was reduced to one year thereafter.
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| James E. Blakey Jr.
| May 4, 1987 – April 18, 1988
| <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Task force prepares to pitch East Palo Alto site for Giants   |newspaper=[[The San Francisco Examiner]]|date=February 13, 1988 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113681391/task-force-prepares-to-pitch-east-palo/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bowles |first1=Edith H.  |title=City Breaks Ground On New Era|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123281838/times-tribune/ |newspaper=[[Peninsula Times Tribune]] |date= May 21, 1987|pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123281838/times-tribune/ A-1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123283468/times-tribune/ A-12] |accessdate= |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Lost reelection to the council in the April 12, 1988, election;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fortney |first1=Mary T.  |title=East Palo Alto Votes for Change|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune/135585950/ |newspaper=[[Peninsula Times Tribune]] |date= May 21, 1987|pages=[https://newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune/135585950/ A-1], [https://newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune/135585971/ A-12] |accessdate= |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Last day in office was April 18, 1988.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bowles |first1=Edith H.  |title=City, Crime First Concerns of Council|url=https://newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune/135585843/ |newspaper=[[Peninsula Times Tribune]] |date= April 14, 1988|pages=[https://newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune/135585843/ A-1], [https://newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune/135585877/ A-10] |accessdate= |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| John Bostic
| April 19, 1988 – July 18, 1988
| <ref>{{cite news |last1= |first1=  |title=Three of five reportedly ready to oust Bostic |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123273846/three-of-fiver-reportedly-ready-to-oust/ |newspaper=[[Peninsula Times Tribune]] |date=July 18, 1988 |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123273846/three-of-fiver-reportedly-ready-to-oust/ A-3], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123274053/times-tribune/ A-4] |accessdate= |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Resigned July 18, 1988, after pleading no-contest on July 8 to a misdemeanor charge of illegal election filing.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shapiro |first1=Michael  |title=Bostic, Coats At Ease?|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune/135586360/ |newspaper=[[Peninsula Times Tribune]] |date=July 20, 1988 |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune/135586360/ A-1], [https://www.newspapers.com/image/845789776/?clipping_id=135586380 A-6] |accessdate= |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| William Vines
| July 19, 1988 – September 6, 1988 (Acting)<br> September 6, 1988 – 1990
| Selected as vice mayor on July 19, 1988; served as acting mayor as council deadlocked on selecting new mayor.<br> Selected as mayor on September 6, 1988<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shapiro |first1=Michael  |title=E. Palo Alto council picks Vines as mayor|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-peninsula-times-tribune/135586533/ |newspaper=[[Peninsula Times Tribune]] |date=September 7, 1988 |pages=A-3 |accessdate= |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| Warnell Coats
| 1991
| <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= Tight elections, council member recalls, revolving managers, revolting crimes, and redevelopment - 20 years of East Palo Alto  |newspaper=[[Palo Alto Weekly]]|date= September 10, 2003|url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/2003/2003_09_10.timeline10rough.html  |via=}}</ref>
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| Pat Johnson
| 1992
| <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=East Palo Alto: Things Looking Up   |newspaper=[[The San Francisco Examiner]]|date= March 1, 1992|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113683068/the-san-francisco-examiner/  |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| [[File:Sharifa Wilson, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| [[Sharifa Wilson]]
| 1992–1995
| <ref>{{Cite news|first= Tanya|last= Schevitz |authorlink=   |title= Sharifa Wilson helps tame streets with hands-on spirit |newspaper=[[San Francisco Gate]]|date=February 28, 1995 |url=  https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Sharifa-Wilson-helps-tame-streets-with-hands-on-3157983.php|via=|quote=serving first as a councilwoman in 1990 and 1991 and then as mayor from 1992 through this past January. She has turned the often-maligned city from the murder capital of the country in 1992, when 42 people were slain in the city of 23,000, to one that had only eight homicides last year.}}</ref>
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| [[File:Rose Jacobs Gibson, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| [[Rose Jacobs Gibson]]
| 1995–1997
| <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=  East Palo Alto marks start of a new era |newspaper=Ravenswood High School alumni|date= June 16, 1995|url=http://www.sequoiaalumni.net/schools/ravenswood/rwhs_story.html  |via=}}</ref> In 1999, she was appointed as the first African-American on the [[San Mateo County Board of Supervisors]];<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v53-5MPN5BcC&dq=%22Rose+Jacobs+Gibson%22+palo+alto&pg=PA17923|first=Jackie|last= Speier|authorlink=Jackie Speier|title=In Recognition of San Mateo County Board Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson by Hon. Jackie Speier in the House of Representatives|pages= 17923|publisher=[[Congressional Record]]|date=December 18, 2012|isbn=}}</ref> and subsequently elected three times.  She served as President of the Board in 2003 and 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Rose Jacobs Gibson - 2013   |website=Women's Hall of Fame - San Mateo County|date=2013 |url=https://whof.smcgov.org/listofhonorees/rose-jacobs-gibson/  |accessdate=}}</ref>
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| R.B. Jones
| 1997–1998
| <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= City and County Government List  |newspaper=[[The San Francisco Examiner]]|date=February 9, 1997 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113683519/the-san-francisco-examiner/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| [[File:Sharifa Wilson, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Sharifa Wilson<br> (2nd term)
| 1999–2000 
| <ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= Rainbow/Push Plans Bay Office |newspaper=[[The San Francisco Examiner]]|date=December 14, 1999 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113683850/rainbowpush-plans-bay-office/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title= Clinton Hi-Tech and Equality |newspaper=[[The San Francisco Examiner]]|date=April 18, 2000 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113684065/the-san-francisco-examiner/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| Myrtle Walker 
| 2001
| <ref>{{Cite news|first= Don|last=Kazak |authorlink=   |title= Mayor claims colleagues are trying to oust her - Walker says she is not involved in recall effort|newspaper=[[Palo Alto Weekly]]|date= September 14, 2001|url= https://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/2001/2001_09_14.myrtle.html|via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Justin|last=Jouvenal |authorlink=   |title= East Palo Alto keeps Title of Most Youthful in Bay Area |newspaper=[[Oakland Tribune]]|date=May 25, 2001 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113684578/oakland-tribune/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| Duane G. Bay
| 2002
| <ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Mayor & City Council   |website=cityofepa.org|date= |url=http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html  |accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020806130550/http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html| archive-date=August 6, 2002}}</ref>
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| [[File:Patrica Foster, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Patricia Foster
| 2003   
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Suzanne|last=Zalev|authorlink=   |title= Bay Area Police Chief Accused of Misconduct |newspaper=[[Oakland Tribune]]|date=May 9, 2003 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113685189/oakland-tribune/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Mayor & City Council   |website=cityofepa.org|date= |url=http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html |accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030408015751/http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html| archive-date=April 8, 2003}}</ref>
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| [[File:Donna Rutherford, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Donna Rutherford
| 2004
| <ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Mayor & City Council   |website=cityofepa.org|date= |url=http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html |accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040604210305/http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html| archive-date=June 4, 2004}}</ref>
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| [[File:David E. Woods, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| David E. Woods
| 2005
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Ed|last=Carpenter|authorlink=   |title= Dozens arrested in drug sting |newspaper=[[The San Francisco Examiner]]|date=September 9, 2005 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113685388/the-san-francisco-examiner/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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| [[File:Ruben Abrica, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Ruben Abrica
| 2006
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=|last=|authorlink=   |title= Thousands gather to remember slain officer |newspaper=[[The San Francisco Examiner]]|date=January 13, 2006 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113685580/the-san-francisco-examiner/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Mayor & City Council   |website=cityofepa.org|date= |url=http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html |accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924011414/http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html| archive-date=September 24, 2006}}</ref>
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| [[File:David E. Woods, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| David E. Woods<br> (2nd term)
| 2007
| <ref name=MoutonObit/><ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Mayor & City Council   |website=cityofepa.org|date= |url=http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html|accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809001229/http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html| archive-date=August 9, 2007}}</ref>
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| [[File:Patrica Foster, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Patricia Foster<br> (2nd term)
| 2008
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Jessie |last=Mangaliman |authorlink=   |title= Palo Alto police chief resigns after controversy  |newspaper=[[Oakland Tribune]]|date=November 21, 2008 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113690783/oakland-tribune/ |via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Mayor & City Council   |website=cityofepa.org|date= |url=http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html|accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603070539/http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html| archive-date=June 3, 2008}}</ref>
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| [[File:Ruben Abrica, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Ruben Abrica<br> (2nd term)
| 2009
| <ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Mayor & City Council   |website=cityofepa.org|date= |url=http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html|accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615042412/http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html| archive-date=June 15, 2009}}</ref>
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| [[File:David E. Woods, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| David E. Woods<br> (3rd term)
| 2010
| <ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Mayor & City Council   |website=cityofepa.org|date= |url=http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html|accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423161926/http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html| archive-date=April 23, 2010}}</ref>
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| [[File:Carlos Romero, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Carlos Romero
| 2011
| <ref>{{Cite news|first1=Sue |last1= Dremann| first2=Jay| last2=Thorwaldson|authorlink=   |title= East Palo Alto gets $245K grant for Cooley Landing  |newspaper=[[Palo Alto Online]]|date=February 17, 2011 |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2011/02/17/east-palo-alto-gets-245k-grant-for-cooley-landing  |via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Mayor & City Council   |website=cityofepa.org|date= |url=http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html|accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024150546/http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html| archive-date=October 24, 2011}}</ref>
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| [[File:Laura Martinez, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Laura Martinez
| 2012
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Bonnie |last=Eslinger |authorlink=   |title=27-year-old Laura Martinez becomes East Palo Alto's mayor   |newspaper=[[The Mercury News]]|date=December 7, 2011 |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2011/12/07/27-year-old-laura-martinez-becomes-east-palo-altos-mayor/  |via=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Mayor & City Council   |website=cityofepa.org|date= |url=http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html|accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728120132/http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/citycouncil/index.html| archive-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref>
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| [[File:Ruben Abrica, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Ruben Abrica<br> (3rd term)
| 2013
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Bonnie |last=Eslinger|authorlink=   |title=East Palo Alto Vice Mayor David Woods resigns in middle of term   |newspaper=[[The Mercury News]]|date=October 3, 2013 |url= https://www.mercurynews.com/2013/10/03/east-palo-alto-vice-mayor-david-woods-resigns-in-middle-of-term/ |via=}}</ref>
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| [[File:Laura Martinez, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Laura Martinez<br> (2nd term)
| 2014
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Sue |last= Dremann  |authorlink=   |title= Zuckerberg, wife give $5 million to East Palo Alto health center  |newspaper=[[Almanac News]]|date=January 23, 2014 |url=https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2014/01/23/zuckerberg-wife-give-5-million-to-east-palo-alto-health-center  |via=}}</ref>
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| [[File:Lisa Gauthier, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Lisa Yarbrough-Gauthier
| 2015
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Dara |last=Kerr |authorlink=   |title= East Palo Alto: Life on the other side of Silicon Valley's tracks  |newspaper=[[CNET]]|date= August 31, 2015|url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/east-palo-alto-life-on-the-other-side-of-silicon-valleys-tracks/  |via=}}</ref>
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| [[File:Donna Rutherford, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Donna Rutherford<br> (2nd term)
| 2016
| <ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=Mayor & City Council   |website=cityofepa.org|date= |url=http://cityofepa.org/index.aspx?NID=320  |accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621073959/http://cityofepa.org/index.aspx?NID=320| archive-date=June 21, 2016}}</ref>
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| [[File:Larry Moody, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Larry Moody
| 2017
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Janice |last= Bitters     |authorlink=   |title= Inside Amazon's East Palo Alto deal|newspaper=[[The Business Journals]]|date= April 7, 2017|url= https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2017/04/07/inside-amazon-s-east-palo-alto-deal.html |via=}}</ref>
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| [[File:Ruben Abrica, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Ruben Abrica<br> (4th term)
| 2018
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Tara |last=Madhav |authorlink=   |title=East Palo Alto Career Center aims to boost residents' employability   |newspaper=[[Palo Alto Online]]|date=May 31, 2018 |url= https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/05/31/east-palo-alto-career-center-aims-to-boost-residents-employability |via=}}</ref>
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| [[File:Lisa Gauthier, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Lisa Yarbrough-Gauthier<br> (2nd term)
| 2019
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Sue |last=Dremann |authorlink=   |title= East Palo Alto to add affordable homes, new transit connections with $20M grant  |newspaper=[[Palo Alto Online]]|date=June 22, 2019 |url= https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/06/22/east-palo-alto-to-add-affordable-homes-new-transit-connections-with-20m-grant |via=}}</ref>
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| [[File:Regina Wallace-Jones, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Regina Wallace-Jones
| 2020
| <ref>{{Cite web|first= |last= |authorlink=   |title=A Conversation On Race Relations with Regina Jones, Mayor of East Palo Alto   |website=Object.live|date= July 11, 2020|url=https://www.object.live/workshops/regina  |accessdate=}}</ref>
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| [[File:Carlos Romero, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Carlos Romero<br> (2nd term)
| 2021
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Astrid |last=Casimire |authorlink=   |title= East Palo Alto leaders weigh traffic concerns, job training opportunities for major proposed office development |newspaper=[[Palo Alto Online]]|date=April 10, 2021 |url= https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2021/04/10/east-palo-alto-leaders-weigh-traffic-concerns-job-training-opportunities-for-major-proposed-office-development |via=}}</ref>
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| [[File:Ruben Abrica, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Ruben Abrica<br> (5th term)
| 2022
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| [[File:Lisa Gauthier, mayor of East Palo Alto.jpg|75px]]
| Lisa Gauthier<br> (3rd term)
| 2023
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| Antonio Lopez
| 2024
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