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Wendy Greuel is President Pro Tempore of the Los Angeles City Council and represents the Second District in the Northeast San Fernando Valley. She was sworn into office on April 4, 2002. As a member of the Audits and Government Efficiency Committee, Wendy has saved taxpayers millions of dollars by cutting wasteful government spending and identifying fraud and corruption in city government. When she chaired the committee, she helped create the Waste, Fraud and Abuse Investigation Unit in the City Controller’s office. She also created the Office of Public Safety which consolidated the city's many security forces into one safety unit to better serve our neighborhoods and save money. As Vice-Chair of the City’s Budget Committee, Wendy is working to make Los Angeles more business friendly. She led the fight to restructure the city’s archaic business tax system to spur economic development and create jobs for Los Angeles’ working families. Her reforms eliminated the business tax for over 60% of the city’s small businesses and made the tax system more equitable with neighboring jurisdictions. These reforms have saved Los Angeles businesses nearly $100 million since their inception. Wendy is Chair of the City Council's Transportation Committee; Vice-Chair of the Budget Committee; Member of the Audits and Government Efficiency, Energy and the Environment and Jobs and Business Growth Committees. She currently lives in Studio City and is married to Dean Schramm. They have a five-year old son, Thomas.