Council Member Paul Glaab                                      

Councilman Paul G. Glaab was elected to the Laguna Niguel City Council in November 2004. He served as Mayor Pro Tem in 2007, and was unanimously appointed to serve as Mayor in 2008 by his city council colleagues. A 30-year veteran of state and local politics, Paul brings a wealth of experience in local, regional and state policy-making, public affairs and governmental relations to the City.

As an appointee of Governor George Deukmejian, Paul served as Assistant Director for Codes and Standards for the California Department of Housing and Community Development. He later went on to serve as the Director of External and Intergovernmental Affairs for CalTrans as an appointee of Governor Pete Wilson where he served as the liaison between Cal Trans and local governments when state infrastructure projects impacted local communities.

Council Member Paul Glaab

Currently, Paul serves as an appointee of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on the California State Mandates Commission.

A long-time resident of Laguna Niguel, Paul has been active in community affairs over the years and has been involved in many local organizations, including: the Laguna Niguel Chamber of Commerce, Beta Foster Care, and Saddleback College Foundation, to name a few.

Paul is currently the City Council Liaison to the City’s Sister-City Committee. Laguna Niguel is one of only eight cities in the nation to have active sister city adoptions with cities in Iraq.  He also started the City’s effort to adopt the First Battalion, Fourth Marines at Camp Pendleton, where he launched the successful ongoing effort to help the families of the Marine unit while the marines are oversees. 

Paul currently serves as the City’s representative to the Orange County Transportation Authority, where he serves on the Board of Directors.  He also serves on the Board of the Southern California Association of Governments and the Orange County Council of Governments.  Additionally, in the past year, Paul has served on the Board of Directors for the Transportation Corridor Agencies as well as on the Executive Committee for the Orange County League of Cities.  Paul was also just appointed to the Metrolink Board of Directors in December, 2008

In addition to his civic duties, Paul is the President and CEO of Glaab & Associates, a public relations, governmental affairs and political consulting firm in south Orange County.

Paul lives in Laguna Niguel with his wife, Janice, and their seven year-old daughter, Molly.