Los Altos Hills Mayor pro tem Craig Jones took over mayoral duties from Mayor Dean Warshawsky July 12. The role of mayor rotates among city council members, with each member serving a one-year term. Jones, elected in 2004, is serving his first term on the council and his first year as mayor.
Jones previously served as chairman of the Bullis Charter School Board and on the town’s finance and investment committee. He has taken the lead in recent months on development of the town’s parks and recreation opportunities.
“We currently have two large issues in Los Altos Hills – parks and recreation facilities (including Westwind Barn) and sewers,” Jones said. “It is my hope that we can approve a master plan for developing parks and rec facilities including a major revamp of the Little League fields.”
After last year’s turbulent redistricting campaign, Jones is looking forward to working with the Los Altos School District to reopen Bullis-Purissima Elementary School.
“I believe things are heading in the right direction,” he said. “We … reversed a decision to close a public school and (began) to renovate and reopen, all within five years. Usually it takes major demographic change and a full generation to get such a decision reversed and a closed school reopened.”
