THE HONORABLE WENDY GREUEL PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE CITY COUNCIL

Wendy Greuel is President Pro Tempore of the and represents the Second District in the Northeast . She was sworn into office on April 4, 2002.

A life-long resident of the San Fernando Valley, Wendy has worked tirelessly to be an independent voice fighting for the Valley’s fair share of city resources. Her leadership is inspired by her strong belief that a more responsive government, greater citizen participation, and empowered neighborhoods will improve the quality of life for all Angelenos and create safer communities, a strong local economy and a brighter future for our children.

As Vice-Chair of the City’s Budget Committee, Wendy is working to make Los Angeles more business friendly. She led the fight to restructure the city’s archaic business tax system to spur economic development and create jobs for Los Angeles’ working families. Her reforms eliminated the business tax for over 60% of the city’s small businesses and made the tax system more equitable with neighboring jurisdictions. These reforms have saved Los Angeles businesses nearly $100 million since their inception.

As the new Chair of the City’s Transportation Committee, she has already banned road construction during rush hour, created anti-gridlock zones, which reduces traffic during rush hour, and lobbied Sacramento to ensure construction and completion of a Northbound 405 carpool lane. Wendy is determined to get the city’s fair share of transportation dollars from Washington DC and Sacramento; identify funding sources to synchronize all of the city's traffic lights and install left-hand turn signals at our most congested intersections; ensure that the city uses federally earmarked funds efficiently; and improve coordination between the city's Planning, Housing, and Transportation departments.

Wendy has a unique combination of government, business and community leadership experience. Upon graduation Wendy learned how to make things work for people at City Hall in the office of Mayor Bradley, where she was the mayor’s liaison to the City Council, City Departments and the community on public policy issues including child care, the homeless, the elderly, and health issues. She was instrumental in the creation of LA’s BEST, the nationally recognized after school program now serving school children in the Second District and throughout the city.

In 1997, Wendy joined the Corporate Affairs Department of DreamWorks SKG where she worked on the company’s government and community affairs. She coordinated DreamWorks’ legislative and governmental activities at the local, state and national levels. Her extensive experience enhanced the company’s commitment to be a community partner and a good corporate citizen.

Wendy is Chair of the City Council's Transportation Committee; Vice-Chair of the Budget Committee; Member of the Audits and Government Efficiency and Energy and the Environment Committees; and Chair of the Ad-hoc Business Tax Reform Committee.

She currently lives in Studio City and is married to Dean Schramm. They have a four-year old son, Thomas.

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