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Margaret McAustin Biography
 In
April 2007, Margaret McAustin was elected Pasadena City Council Member for
District 2, home to
some of the city's most venerable Neighborhoods and Historic Landmark Districts,
including North Pasadena Heights, Historic Highlands, Bungalow Heaven,
Crawford’s Vista and Brigden Ranch. District 2 also includes the many
businesses in the commercial corridors along
Washington Boulevard, Lake Avenue and Allen Avenue, serving the needs of the
residents of north-central Pasadena.
As a Council Member, Margaret currently serves as Chair of the Pasadena
Municipal Services Committee, responsible for directing city policy in the vital
areas of water and power. Margaret is
committed to advancing the city as an environmental leader while providing
affordable power and water for our residents for years to come through solid
planning and infrastructure investment. Margaret also
serves on the Public Safety Committee, the Legislative Policy Committee and as
the Pasadena representative to the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments.
The hallmark of her service is her championship of quality of life issues,
including promoting a safe, secure city, preserving and acquiring open space,
parks and affordable housing, and protecting the character of our residential
neighborhoods, which are so vital to Pasadena’s success.
Margaret began her 25 years of civic involvement as a neighborhood activist and
continues to support, encourage and develop neighborhood leaders and
neighborhood involvement through authentic community participation in city
government. In 2008 she, along with the PFD, sponsored a neighborhood Emergency
Response Training Session where over 75 neighborhood residents were trained in
the basics of emergency response in the event of
earthquakes or other civil disasters.
She served as Pasadena City Planning Commissioner from 1993-1997 and was
appointed again to the Planning Commission in 2005 by Mayor Bill Bogaard. She
served as a member of the City's l998 Charter Reform Task Force, was Co-Chair of
the North Lake Specific Plan Coordinating Committee and a member of the Light
Rail Station Design Review Committee. Committed to community service, Margaret
served as co-president of the Historic Highlands Neighborhood Association and
was a founding member of both the Victory Rose and the Washington Square
Neighborhood Associations.
In her 25-year career as an asset manager for a privately-held real estate
management company, Margaret acquired extensive experience in managing
multi-million dollar projects and budgets, municipal bond financing, litigation
oversight, project management and acquisitions and sales. She holds a Bachelor
of Arts degree in Business Administration from California State University, Los
Angeles. Margaret fell in love with the city and its neighborhoods after moving
to Pasadena more than 30 years ago. She lives with her husband, John, and their
superdog, Wrigley, in the Historic Highlands neighborhood.
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