City Officials
Elected officials for Susanville — their promises, tenure record, and accountability.
City Council
Dawn Miller
Mayor Pro Tem2024-03-01 – 2028-04-01 (month-level start: March 2024, top vote-getter in the 2024-03-05 consolidated election per Lassen News 2024-03-09, oath day not published; month-level end: 2028 per city directory 'Elected to a four-year term: ending 2028', successors seated after the March 2028 election; Mayor Pro Tem appointed 2026-07-01 per council minutes)
Gerry Hibbitts
Council Member2026-07-01 – 2030-07-01 (won 2026-06-02 with 677 votes per Lassen County unofficial results; sworn in 2026-07-01 for a four-year term per council special meeting minutes after Resolution No. 26-6555 declared the result; month-level end: July 2030 per city directory 'Elected to a four-year term: ending 2030')
Patrick Parrish
Council Member2024-03-01 – 2028-04-01 (month-level start: March 2024, elected in the 2024-03-05 consolidated election per Lassen News 2024-03-09, oath day not published; month-level end: 2028 per city directory 'Elected to a four-year term: ending 2028', successors seated after the March 2028 election)
Curtis Bortle
Council Member2024-03-01 – 2028-04-01 (month-level start: March 2024, elected in the 2024-03-05 consolidated election per Lassen News 2024-03-09, oath day not published; month-level end: 2028 per city directory 'Elected to a four-year term: ending 2028', successors seated after the March 2028 election)
Former Officials (2)
Russ Brown
Council Member2022-07-01 – 2026-07-01 (month-level start: July 2022, re-elected 2022-06-07 per Lassen News, 'last four' years on council per council minutes plaque 2026-06-26, oath day not published; term ended when Hibbitts was sworn in 2026-07-01 after Brown finished third, 590 votes, in the 2026-06-02 election per Lassen County unofficial results; month-level end: July 2026)
Served until Jul 2026
Thomas Herrera
Council Member2020-04-15 – 2024-03-01 (appointed to council 2020-04-15 per council minutes, won the short-term seat 2022-06-07 per Lassen News, did not appear on the 2024-03-05 council ballot (ran for county supervisor) so the seat went to Bortle; month-level end: March 2024, oath day of successors not published)
Served until Mar 2024