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Jean Fassler

Pacifica’s first mayor, elected when the city incorporated in 1957 and one of the first women mayors in California.

Jean Frances Fassler (1919⁠–⁠2018) became the first mayor of Pacifica when the city incorporated in 1957, and she was elected to two more terms. She later served on the Pacifica City Council and the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors.

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Who was Pacifica’s first mayor?

Jean Fassler, elected in 1957 when the nine communities joined as one city.

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