"[3] Through his first year as mayor of Pichilemu, his government spent 17 million pesos making improvements to the Costanera Cardenal José María Caro Avenue (Avenida Costanera Cardenal José María Caro), the municipal stadium —including the construction of an athletic track, Olympic grid—, announced plans to supply electricity to the Santa Teresita, Ramón Freire and Jorge Errázuriz streets and nearby neighborhoods, supplied with telephone, television, and mail services to the villages of Cáhuil and Ciruelos, made minor repairs to the municipal forest, and repaired the municipal gymnasium.

[7] Maturana founded public schools in Pueblo de Viudas, Infiernillo, Alto Ramírez, and El Potrero —in current Paredones—, which were inaugurated simultaneously in 1988.

[9] He was confirmed in the office by the Region of O'Higgins Development Council on 16 October 1989, which decided that Maturana would remain Mayor of Pichilemu for "good service" reasons.

"[12] After he resigned as Mayor of Pichilemu, he worked as journalist for the Rancagua-based newspaper El Rancagüino, and as a professor at Andrés Bello National University and its institute, AIEP.

[9] However, he fell ill again by July 2009; local newspaper El Expreso de la Costa said at the time: "the life of a great former mayor of Pichilemu is getting shut down.