Fran Pavley

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Fran Pavley (born November 11, 1948 in Los Angeles, California) is a Democratic politician and previously served as a California Assemblywoman and as the first mayor of the Southern California community of Agoura Hills.

Pavley taught history for 25 years at Chaparral Middle School [1] before entering politics, and her husband Andy also taught at an area Middle School for nearly 30 years.

Pavley was elected to represent the 41st Assembly District at the California State Assembly for the maximum of three 2-year terms, from 2001 to 2006.

As a freshman Assemblywoman, she promoted a bill (known as the "Pavley Bill") to get California to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020[2].

Pavley is currently campaigning for the 2008 California State Senate race, to replace State Senator Sheila Kuehl in the 23rd State Senate District when Kuehl's term limit is reached.