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Thomas Aujero Small (born __month day year__) is a Filipino American politician serving as the Mayor of the City of Culver City. Small began his political career as a member of Culver City's Cultural Affairs Commission. He joined the race for an available City Council seat and was officially elected in 2016. In 2018, Small won the Culver City Mayoral election in a __#-#__ vote.

Personal life and early career
Small was born in __year__ in __city__. He studied comparative literature at Yale University, took a year off from college to travel to Italy, then studied __subject(s)__ in France. He was awarded a French National Fellowship at the University of Paris as well as a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship at the Columbia University School of Journalism. He credits his travels as the impetus behind his growing interest in cities.

In 2006, Small began building his career in architectural journalism, serving as the editor of the Journal of the Architectural Foundation of Los Angeles and working with Whitney Sander of Sander Architects to design his own Culver City home.

As a Culver City resident, Small joined the Cultural Affairs Commission in __year__. He helped plan, implement and moderate "Architecture Talks," a series of public conversations with prominent Culver City architects produced by the Cultural Affairs Foundation of Culver City. Small was also responsible for creating the City's new Artist and Poet Laureate program and instrument in bringing an international film festival to the ArcLight Theatre and the Culver Hotel.

Election to City Council
Small began his campaign for a City Council seat in 2015. He was endorsed by former Culver City Mayor David Hauptman, Culver City Unified School District Board Member Dr. Kelly Kent, the Culver City Democratic Club, the Los Angeles League of Conservation Voters and Sierra Club - West Los Angeles Group. Small was elected to the Culver City City Council in April 12, 2016, along with Sahli-Wells and Eriksson.

In 2017, Small was appointed to the League of California Cities' Housing, Community and Economic Development Policy Committee, and was selected as Vice Mayor by fellow Council Members. Later in the year, he traveled with Mayor Jeff Cooper and immediate past Mayor Jim Clarke, along with Culver City Sister City executives, to evaluate the City of Capo as Culver City's prospective next Sister City.

Mayor of Culver City
Small became Mayor of the City of Culver City on April 30, 2018.

In response to a proposal by The Boring Company to create an underground high-speed rail tunnel that runs through Culver City, Small criticized the project in May 2018, pointing out its potential operational and environmental issues. Citing similar concerns, the Better Government Association announced a lawsuit against The Boring Company's O'Hare Tunnel Project in Chicago.

In September 2018, Small and more than 200 other local officials in California sent a letter to urge Governor Jerry Brown to create a statewide plan to phase out oil and gas drilling.

In December 2018, Small was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times and New York Times to comment on Apple's plans to grow the number of employees in Culver City to more than 1,000 people over the next three years.