Rebecca Maurer

Rebecca Maurer is a Cleveland City Council member representing Ward 12 since 2022.

Early life and education

Maurer was born in 1989 in Cleveland. She graduated from University of Chicago and Stanford Law School. Civil attorney Maurer started a blog Serial Land, providing history and context to Serial (podcast).
In 2019, she and other community activists formed Cleveland Lead Advocates for Safe Housing.

On Nov. 2, 2021, she was elected in Ward 12 and became the first out LGBTQ woman elected to Council.
Maurer, the only Jewish councilperson, was the only councilperson to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, which was supported by groups including the Cleveland Palestine Advocacy Community.