Cynthia Pickett-Adams, also known as Cynthia D. Adams (born March 23, 1961) is a former city council

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member for the City of Aliso Viejo, California

Aliso Viejo, California

Aliso Viejo is a city in Orange County, California. It had a population of 47,823 as of the 2010 census, up from 40,166 as of the 2000 census. It became Orange County's 34th city on July 1, 2001, the only city in the county to incorporate since 2000...

. First elected to the city council upon the city's incorporation

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 in 2001, Adams served as the city's first Mayor Pro Tem from 2001 to 2002 and again in 2006, and she was also the city's Mayor for all of 2003 and part of 2007. In November 2006, Adams was re-elected to serve another four-year term. She announced her resignation on April 18, 2007, effective on May 13, in order to spend more time with her husband, who had a double-lung transplant

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She was selected to serve as mayor Pro Tem in 2001.

Adams was known as Cynthia Pickett for the first part of her political career, until her marriage to Barry Adams, in September 2002.