Heather Fargo

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Heather Fargo (born December 12, 1952, in Oakland, California) has been Mayor of Sacramento, California since 2001.

1 Background
2 Education
3 Mayoral tenure
4 Health

[edit] Background

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.

[edit] Education

She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Planning and Management from the University of California, Davis in 1975.

[edit] Mayoral tenure

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

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.

[edit] Health

On February 13, 2007, Mayor Fargo announced at a City Council meeting that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis ten years earlier. Her conditioned had worsened during the summer of 2006 from the relapsing-remitting stage to the secondary-progressive stage. Her political plans remain unchanged, with intentions to finish out her current term and a run for a third term in 2008.