Meet Mehaul

Micheál (Mehaul) O’ Leary was elected to the Culver City City Council in 2008. A local business owner, Mehaul has also been active in the Culver City Lions Club and Culver City Elks Lodge. He has also been an active volunteer in the Culver City Homeowners Association and Rancho Higuera & East Culver City Neighborhood Alliance.

Prior to serving on the City Council, Mehaul was also an active volunteer on the Culver City Sister City Committee and with St. Augustine’s Parish – where he co-founded the Annual St. Augustine’s Golf Tournament.

True to his Irish background, Mehaul is an active volunteer with the Celtic Arts Center and is also a local rugby team player and rugby league supporter. Councilman O’Leary is a native of Dublin, Ireland, where he grew up serving as an altar boy, Boy Scout and volunteer at the Saint Vincent de Paul Society. He graduated from Gozaga College in Dublin and completed three years at University College Dublin.

After immigrating to the United States with $700 in pocket, Mehaul worked in the restaurant trades for some years before opening Joxer Daly’s Irish Pub in Culver City. He and his wife Susan are proud Culver City business owners and live in the Rancho Higuera area. They also proudly own the new
Corrigan’s Irish Pub and Restaurant in Moorpark.

Boards and Committees:

• Culver City Mayor and former Vice Mayor
• Former Culver City Redevelopment Agency Chair
• Board Member, Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission
• Member, Employee Relations Policy Committee, League of California Cities
• Board Member, Los Angeles Division of the League of California Cities
• Legislative Committee Member, Los Angeles Division of the League of California Cities
• Board Member, Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority
• Board Member, Independent Cities Association
• Board Member, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
• Board Member, Southern California Association of Governments’ Transportation Committee (past)
• Alternate Board Member, Westside Cities Council of Governments (past)
• Transportation Committee Member, Westside Cities Council of Governments (past)

Community Involvement:

• St. Augustine’s Parish (active on boards & committees)
• Active Volunteer, Mustard Seed Community
• Member, Church Building Committee
• Co-Founder, St. Augustine’s Golf Tournament
• Culver City Lions Club
• Culver City Elks Lodge
• Culver City Sister City Committee
• Culver City Homeowners Association
• Rancho Higuera & East Culver City Neighborhood Alliance
• The Celtic Arts Center
• Educational Help for Children with Autism Committee
• Local rugby team player and rugby league supporter