Saratoga mayor dies at 72

Jim Shaw was a leader in grassroots growth management movement that captured City Hall

Flags flew at half-mast at City Hall last week honoring Mayor Jim Shaw, who died at his Saratoga home on Monday after a yearlong bout with cancer. He was 72. The former Navy man rode a wave of slow-growth sentiment onto Saratoga's City Council by championing neighborhood preservation and low taxes. Shaw was elected to the council in 1996 with Stan Bogosian after successfully campaigning for passage of the controversial growth management law known as Measure G, which requires major zoning changes to go before the city's voters. Though he led a neighborhood wave of discontent with conventional politics, in his personal style Shaw was anything but a firebrand. Friends and colleagues cite his calm, genial manner and sense of humor in recalling his personal ways.   More

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