<div> This page is the start of a list of mayors of San Luis Obispo, it is still in process and may need confirmation.</div> <div>  </div>

  • S. P. McDougall (May 1876 - September 1876. M. B. Harrison was appointed by Governor Irwin)
  • R. M. Preston (1877)
  • P. A. Forrester (1878)
  • W. A. Henderson (1879-1880)
  • C. W. Dana (1881)
  • A. C. McLeod (1882)
  • G. B. Nichols (1883)
  • A. S. Whitsell (1884-1885)
  • W. A. Hendersen (1885)
  • W. S. Canon (1886-1887)
  • Phillip F. Ready (1888-1889)
  • R. E. Jack (1890-1893)
  • A. C. McLeod (1894-1895)
  • E. P. Unangst (1896-1897)
  • William Shipsey (1898-1901)
  • Mc D. R. Venable (1902-03)
  • J. E. Van Shaick (1904-1905)
  • F. C. Cherry (1906-1907)
  • E. W. Clark (1908-1911)

Mayors of San Luis Obispo

  • A. McAllister (1911-1913)
  • T. A. Norton (1913-1914)
  • Anton Luchessa (appointed 1914-1917)
  • W. M. Stover (1917-1919)
  • Louis F. Sinsheimer (1919-1939)
  • Fred Kimball (1940-1945)
  • Ralph C. Kennedy (1946-1947)
  • Timothy I. O'Reilly (1947-1953)
  • Fred H. Lucksinger (1953-1959)
  • Fred M. Waters (1959-1961)
  • Clay P. Davidson (1961-1965)
  • Clell Whelchel (1965-1969)
  • Ken Schwartz (1969-1979)
  • Lynn R. Cooper (1979-1981)
  • Melanie Billig (1981-1985)
  • Ron Dunin (1985-1992)
  • Peg Pinard (1992-1994)
  • Allen K. Settle (1994-2002)
  • Dave Romero (2002-2010)
  • Jan Marx (2010-2016)
  • Heidi Harmon  (2016 - )

Charter of 1876 - the leader of the city was known as the "chairman of the board of trustees" rather than mayor. Though the newspapers referred to Mayor as McAllister.

A new city charter was placed into effect in 1911, and new officers were elected on May 1 and took office on May 15.

Presently, mayors served two-year terms

Citations:

"San Luis Obispo City Officials Through the Years" San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune (San Luis Obispo, California), May 18, 1956: 14. NewsBank: America's News – Historical and Current. https://infoweb-newsbank-com.ezproxy.lib.calpoly.edu/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=image/v2%3A1463448D97D52251%40EANX-NB-16A4BFBF933B8165%402435612-16A363CA687AEA1D%4013-16A363CA687AEA1D%40.

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