List of municipal poets laureate in California

This is a list of past and current municipal poets laureate serving towns, counties, and cities in California.



Albany

 * Christina Hutchins (2008-2012)
 * Toby Bielawski (2012-2016)
 * Rebecca Black (2016 - 2018)



Anaheim

 * Grant Heir (2018-2020)
 * Wendy Van Camp (2022-2024)

Benicia

 * Joel Fallon (2006-2008)
 * Robert Shelby (2008-2010)
 * Ronna Leon (2010-2012)
 * Lois Requist (2012-2014)
 * Don Peery (2014-2016)
 * Johanna Ely (2016-2018)
 * Tom Stanton (2018-2020)
 * Mary Susan Gast (2020-2023)
 * Kathy Monroe (2024)

El Cerrito

 * Maw Shein Win (2016 - 2018)
 * Danielle “Dani” Gabriel (2018 - 2020)
 * Eevelyn Mitchell (2021-2023)

Fairfield

 * Juanita J. Martin (2010-2012)
 * Bonnie DiMichele (2020-2022)
 * Suzanne Bruce (2022-2024)

Fresno

 * James Tyner (2013-2015)
 * Lee Herrick (2015-2017)
 * S. Bryan Medina (2017-2019)
 * Marisol Baca (2019-2021)
 * Megan Anderson Bohigian (2021-2023)

Livermore

 * Connie Post (2005-2009)
 * Cher Wollard (2009-2013)
 * Kevin Gunn (2013-2017)
 * Cynthia Patton (2017-2022)
 * Peggy Schimmelman (2022–present)

Los Angeles

 * Eloise Klein Healy (2012-2014)
 * Luis J. Rodriguez (2014-2017)
 * Robin Coste Lewis (2017-2019)
 * Lynne Thompson (2021-2022)

Richmond

 * Dwayne Parish (2012-2014)
 * Lincoln Bergman (2014 - 2016) (concurrent)
 * Donté Clark (2014-2016) (concurrent)
 * Brenda Quintanilla (2014 - 2016) (concurrent)
 * Daniel Ari (2017 - 2019) (concurrent)
 * Ciera-Jevai Gordon (2017 - 2019) (concurrent)
 * Rob Lipton (2017 - 2019) (concurrent)
 * David Flores (2021-2023)



Sacramento

 * Dennis Schmitz (2000-2002) (concurrent)
 * Viola Weinberg (2000-2002) (concurrent)
 * José Montoya (2002-2004)
 * Julia Connor (2005-2009)
 * Bob Stanley (2009-2012)
 * Jeff Knorr (2012-2015)
 * Indigo Moor (2017-2019)
 * Andru Defeye (2020-2022)

San Francisco

 * Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1998-2000)
 * Janice Mirikitani (2000-2002) Janice Mirikitani, San Francisco, California, 1977.jpg
 * Devorah Major (2002-2004)
 * Jack Hirschman (2006-2008)
 * Diane di Prima (2009-2011)
 * Alejandro Murguía (2012-2015)
 * Kim Shuck (2017-2021)
 * Tongo Eisen-Martin (2021-)



Santa Barbara

 * Barry Spacks (2005-2007)
 * Perie Longo (2007-2009)
 * David Starkey (2009-2011)
 * Paul Willis (2011-2013)
 * Chryss Yost (2013-2015)
 * Sojourner Kincaid Rolle (2015-2017)
 * Enid Osborn (2017-2019)
 * Laure-Anne Bosselaar (2019-2021)
 * Emma Trelles (2021-2023)



Vallejo

 * Genea Brice (2015-2017)
 * D.L. Lang (2017-2019)
 * Jeremy Snyder (2020-2023)
 * Jacalyn Eyvonne and Kathleen Herrmann (concurrent, 2024-2025)

Kern County

 * Don Thompson (2016-2019)
 * Matthew Woodman (2019–2024)
 * Samuel Rain Benjamin (2024-present)

Lake County

 * Jim Lyle (1998-2002)
 * James BlueWolf (2002-2004)
 * Carolyn Wing Greenlee (2004-2006)
 * Sandra Wade (2006-2008)
 * Mary McMillan (2008-2010)
 * Russell Gonzaga (2010-2012)
 * Elaine Watt (2012-2014)
 * Casey Carney (2014-2016)
 * Julie Adams (2016-2018)
 * Richard Schmidt (2018-2020)
 * Georgina Marie Guardado (2020-2023)

Marin County

 * Albert Flynn DeSilver (2008-2010)
 * Lyn Follett (2010-2013)
 * Joe Zaccardi (2013-2015)
 * Prartho Sereno (2015-2017)
 * Rebecca Foust (2017-2019)
 * Terry Lucas (2019-2021)

Napa County

 * Beclee Wilson (2015-2017)
 * Jeremy Benson (2017-2021)
 * Marianne Lyon (2021-2022)

Nevada County

 * Molly Fisk

Santa Clara County

 * Nils Peterson (2009-2011)
 * Sally Ashton (2011-2013)
 * David Perez (2014-2015)
 * Arlene Biala (2016-2017)
 * Mike McGee (2018-2019)
 * Janice Sapigao (2020-2021)
 * Tshaka Campbell (2022-2023)

San Mateo County

 * Caroline Goodwin (2014 – 2016)
 * Lisa Rosenberg (2017 – 2018)
 * Aileen Cassinetto (2019 – 2022)