Heather Fargo

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Heather Fargo (born December 12, 1952, in Oakland, California) has been Mayor of Sacramento, California since 2001. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Planning and Management from the University of California, Davis in 1975. Fargo was first elected to the Sacramento City Council in 1989 representing District One. She was re-elected in 1994 and 1998.

Prior to becoming Mayor full-time, she was employed as a manager of the California State Parks Volunteer Program.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Mayor Heather Fargo made several attempts to provide taxpayer financing of a new stadium for the Kings NBA basketball franchise.

Mayor Fargo's tenure also saw the passing of a resolution for immediate unilateral withdrawal from the war in Iraq, and a resolution condemning the Patriot Act.