Mayor Leon Garcia was elected to City Council in 2002, two years after moving to American Canyon. He won the City’s first mayoral election in 2006 and, to date, remains the City’s only elected mayor. Leon is passionate about advancing projects that serve the interests and needs of residents. Since 2017, he’s been a strong advocate for the City’s Broadway District Specific Plan: a project designed to transform Highway 29 from an auto-oriented commercial area into a pedestrian-friendly town center.
Leon currently serves on the local Community and Parks Foundation. He’s also a member of several regional and statewide organizations, including the Napa Valley Transportation Authority, Napa County League of Governments, Association of Bay Area Governments, and League of California Cities North Bay Division.
Leon is an avid volunteer with several local organizations, including the Community Action Napa Valley, Kiwanis Club of American Canyon, the Community Leadership Coalition and Working Families of Napa and Solano Counties. He’s also involved in two emergency preparedness-related efforts: Napa Valley’s Community Organizations Active in Disasters and American Canyon’s Community Emergency Response Team.
In his professional career, Leon was a registered nurse for 34 years: 27 at Napa State Hospital and seven at Yountville Veterans Home. He and his wife, Eva, have six adult children and two grandchildren. Fun fact: Leon learned to fly an airplane in a college aeronautics program.