List of mayors of Garden Grove, California explained

Post:	Mayor
Body:	Garden Grove
Incumbent:	Steve Jones
Insignia:	Seal of Garden Grove, California.png
Insigniacaption:	Seal of Garden Grove
Flag:	Flag of Garden Grove, California.png
Flagcaption:	Flag of Garden Grove
Incumbentsince:	December 15, 2016
First:	Louis H. Lake
Formation:	1956
Termlength:	4 years

This is a list of mayors of Garden Grove, California since its incorporation in 1956.^[1]

List of mayors of Garden Grove

	Name	Took office	Left office
1	Louis H. Lake	1956	1960
2	George B. Honold	1960	1968
3	H. Reece Ballard	1968	1969¹
4	Kathryn Barr	1969²	1970
5	Laurence J. Schmit	1970	1970³
6	H. Reece Ballard (2nd term)	1970	1972
7	Bernard C. Adams	1972	1976
8	J. Tilman Williams	1976	1978
9	Elerth (Rick) Erickson	1978	1980
10	Jonathan Cannon	1980	1987⁴
11	J. Tilman Williams (2nd term)	1987	1988
12	Walter E. (Walt) Donovan	1988	1992
13	Francis (Frank) Kessler	1992	1994
14	Bruce Broadwater	1994	2004
15	William (Bill) Dalton	2004	2012
16	Bruce Broadwater (2nd term)	2012	2014
17	Bao Nguyen	2014	2016
18	Steven R. Jones	2016^[2]	Incumbent

^{1. Ballard resigned as mayor on April 22, 1969, but remained as a city council member.}
^{2. Barr was appointed mayor upon Ballard's resignation.}
^{3. Schmit served less than seven months as mayor until a motion was voted on by the city council to reorganize, which took place November 3, 1970. Ballard was then re-elected.}
^{4. Cannon resigned on July 17, 1987 due to being appointed a judge for the West Orange County Judicial District by Governor George Deukmejian.^[3] Williams was re-elected mayor in a special election in 1987.}

Web site: City Council History (Public Records Request #1607) . City of Garden Grove . February 21, 2016.
Web site: City of Garden Grove Mayor and Council Members . City of Garden Grove . December 15, 2016.
Web site: Garden Grove Mayor Resigns to Accept Municipal Judgeship . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303135056/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-07-16/local/me-4105_1_cannon . dead . March 3, 2016 . Los Angeles Times . February 21, 2016.