City of South Lake Tahoe City Council Councilmember Tamara Wallace

A 20-year South Lake Tahoe resident and mother of five, Tamara Wallace studied business at Lake Tahoe Community College and is a graduate of UCLA’s Institute for Organizational Management. She says South Lake Tahoe is trying to balance the medical and mental health needs of the community with socio-economic realities—and it has been a struggle during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022, while serving as mayor of South Lake Tahoe, Wallace made an unsuccessful bid for a seat on the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors in the June primary. In the November general election, she won a second term on the South Lake Tahoe City Council.

First elected: November 2018

Day job: Executive director of the South Tahoe Chamber of Commerce.

Notable quote: “If you do what you’ve always done you will get what you’ve always got.” (Source: SouthTahoeNow.com)

Committee and board assignments
California Tahoe Conservancy, City Selection Committee
Tahoe Transportation District (alternate)
California Tahoe Emergency Services Operations Authority
Clean Tahoe Program
League of California Cities – Sacramento Valley Division
City of South Lake Tahoe Finance Subcommittee
South Lake Tahoe Public Utility District Subcommittee
El Dorado County Two by Two
City of South Lake Tahoe Housing Subcommittee
City of South Lake Tahoe Short Term Economic Recovery Task Force