Candidate for
Mayor; City of San Rafael

ALBERT J. BORO

Mayor City of San Rafael

Al Boro is a retired executive of Pacific Bell. He was elected to the San Rafael City Council in 1987 after serving 16 years as a member of the San Rafael Planning Commission. In November 1991, he was elected to a four-year term as Mayor, and he was re-elected to additional four-year terms in November of 1995 and 1999.

As a member of the Marin County Parks, Recreation, Open Space and Cultural Commission since 1968, Mayor Boro has been responsible for helping to acquire 9,700 acres of open space throughout Marin County. His vast community service includes serving as former Chair of the Marin County Council of Mayors and Councilmembers and the Marin commission on the Homeless, the San Rafael Child Care Task Force, and the Central Marin Sanitation Agency. He is currently Chair of the Marin County Fair Board of Directors. Mayor Boro is also a member of the Boy Scouts of America Marin Council Executive Board, and is President of the Marin Forum.

In August of 1992, Mayor Boro was appointed a Director of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District representing Marin County. He currently serves as Chairman of the Governmental Affairs and Public Information Committee for the District, as well as Chair of the Ad Hoc Officer's Evaluation and Search Committee. In 2000, Mayor Boro was appointed by the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway, and Transportation District as the Bridge's Representative to the Bay Area Water Transit Authority.

For the past several years, Mayor Boro has also represented the City of San Rafael on Marin's Countywide Planning Agency and the County's Congestion Management Agency, where he is working with Sonoma County on long-term transportation solutions for the two counties. He is currently serving on SMART (Sonoma/Marin Area Rail Transit), whose mission is to establish a commuter rail line from Cloverdale to San Rafael.

In September of 1998, the Marin Medical Society presented to him the William J. Filante, M.D. Award for Outstanding Legislative Service for 1998, and in October of 1998, he received the Marin County Italian-American Citizen of the Year Award from the Cristoforo Colombo Club of Marin. In March of 2000, Mayor Boro was recognized by the American Heart Association, Marin Division, for his work on their behalf.

Mayor Boro was born and raised in San Francisco and has a degree in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco. He and his wife Pat have four grown children and