Mayor Steve Vaus is in his second term as mayor of Poway. Prior to his first mayoral election in 2014, he served on the Poway City Council for two years. In December of 2018 he was unanimously elected as the Chair of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) and served two years.

Steve is a four-time Grammy Award nominee and 2010 Grammy-winning recording artist. He has also won multiple Emmy Awards. Additionally Mayor Vaus owns a Poway production company which has served clients such as the San Diego Padres, Cox Communications, Barona Resort, the U.S. Navy and others.