Editing Sebastopol, California (section)

===Local===
The city council consists of five members, each serving four-year terms. The city's laws are enforced by the [[Sebastopol Police Department]].
City council races are not partisan, so each member does not officially represent any party; however, since 2000 there has been a decent amount of attention given to the individual party membership of city council members in Sebastopol. This happened because, with the election of Craig Litwin and Sam Spooner to the city council in that year's election, the town had a [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] majority—or would have, if city council races had been partisan.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 31, 2000|title=Green Party Makes Inroads in Local Governments|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/31/politics/green-party-makes-inroads-in-local-governments.html|access-date=December 14, 2024|website=[[New York Times]]|language=en-US}}</ref> This was only the second time this had ever happened in California, the first being the town of Arcata in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 9, 2000|title=Historic City Council Election in Sebastopol / Second in U.S. ever to have Green majority|url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/historic-city-council-election-in-sebastopol-2697904.php|access-date=December 14, 2024|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

The mayor is Stephen Zollman.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 5, 2024|title=Sebastopol names Stephen Zollman mayor, Jill McLewis vice mayor|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/sebastopol-new-mayor-council/|access-date=December 14, 2024|website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cityofsebastopol.gov/your-government/mayor-council/|title=Mayor & Council|access-date=December 14, 2024|website=cityofsebastopol.gov|language=en-US}}</ref>

A former mayor, Robert Jacob, who was selected by the city council in December 2013, was the owner of two [[medical marijuana]] dispensaries in Sonoma County. He was reported to be the first American mayor to be involved in the industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Rob-Jacob-Pot-Clinic-Owner-Turns-Sebastopol-Mayor-1st-in-Country-234753731.html|title=California Pot Clinic Owner Turns Mayor, 1st in Country|work=NBC Bay Area|date=December 6, 2013 |access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref>