Member of the San Jose City Council from the 3rd district
In office January 1, 2007 – December 31, 2014
Preceded by
Cindy Chavez
Succeeded by
Raul Peralez
Personal details
Born
Samuel Theodore Liccardo
(1970-04-16) April 16, 1970 (age 54) Saratoga, California, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Jessica Garcia-Kohl (m. 2013)
Education
Georgetown University (BA) Harvard University (MPP, JD)
Website
Official website
Samuel Theodore Liccardo (born April 16, 1970) is an American politician from California who served as the 65th mayor of San Jose from 2015 to 2023.[1] A member of the Democratic Party, Liccardo was elected mayor in November 2014. He was reelected in 2018 with 75.8% of the vote.[2] As the leader of the California Big City Mayors Coalition, Liccardo advocated on statewide issues including homelessness and COVID-19 response.[3][4][5]
^"City of San Jose". City of San Jose. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
^"Sam Liccardo, Ballotpedia". Retrieved November 12, 2019.
^"Coronavirus Among Homeless: San Jose Mayor Liccardo Calls For Removing Regulations To Build Emergency Housing". CBS SF Bay Area. March 24, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
^"The mayors of California's big cities outline state homelessness budget priorities during COVID-19". State of Reform. June 11, 2020. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
^"California Big City Mayors Chat Homelessness With Newsom". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved July 1, 2020.
Big City Mayors Coalition, Liccardo advocated on statewide issues including homelessness and COVID-19 response. SamLiccardo was one of five children to...
Mayor SamLiccardo taking on a new challenge". The Mercury News. Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved September 13, 2023. No, Sam Liccardo...
Spotlight. Retrieved June 5, 2021. Nguyen, Tran. "San Jose releases withheld Liccardo emails". San Jose Spotlight. Retrieved November 22, 2023. "Name That Grad"...
assistance efforts to the local Amalgamated Transit Union instead. Mayor SamLiccardo said it was a "horrific day" for the city and the VTA, and he expressed...
June 3, 2014 to elect the Mayor of San Jose, California. Councilmember SamLiccardo defeated Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese in a runoff on November...
Solutions". AngelList. Retrieved March 14, 2014. SamLiccardo and Gary Kremen (June 19, 2013). "SamLiccardo and Gary Kremen: Netroots Nation can inspire...
Earth." Conn Findlay '48 Steve Schott '57 Tony West '83 Scott McKean '86 SamLiccardo '87 Viet Thanh Nguyen '88 Brian Armstrong '01 Eric Thames '04 Marv Owen...
with anti-police messages, and then set it on fire. Then San Jose mayor SamLiccardo talked with historians and community leaders and residents on what to...
Schaaf, the incumbent mayor of Oakland, as well as London Breed and SamLiccardo, the mayors of nearby San Francisco and San Jose. By the end of the campaign...
Mayor SamLiccardo of nearby San Jose proposed to prevent straw purchases of firearms by requiring gun owners in the city to carry insurance. Liccardo put...
Mercury News. April 28, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2022. "Herhold: SamLiccardo's roots go back to the beginning of California". The Mercury News. September...
supporters of first-placed SamLiccardo testing two-way match-ups was fielded, two residents of the district, including former Liccardo campaign finance director...
[citation needed] Her first notable endorsement came from San Jose Mayor SamLiccardo. Other declared candidates included San Jose City Councillor Ash Kalra...
2018, to elect the Mayor of San Jose, California. Since incumbent mayor SamLiccardo received over 50% of the vote in the primary election there was no need...
supporters of first-placed SamLiccardo testing two-way match-ups was fielded, two residents of the district, including former Liccardo campaign finance director...
Artur Davis (1992—Best Oralist, not on winning team) San Jose Mayor SamLiccardo (1995) Bathsheba Crocker (1995) Former assistant to the Solicitor General...
1992 Incumbent retired. New member to be elected. Democratic hold. ▌SamLiccardo (Democratic) ▌Evan Low (Democratic) California 17 D+23 Ro Khanna Democratic...
to California's 17th State Assembly district, defeating David Campos SamLiccardo is elected mayor of San Jose, defeating Dave Cortese A new, unnamed species...
Sheila Kuehl, member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors SamLiccardo, Mayor of San Jose Manuel Lozano, Mayor of Baldwin Park Gloria Molina...
Doerr Solari Moore Welch Joseph L. Pace Ron James Norman Mineta Janet Gray Hayes Tom McEnery Susan Hammer Ron Gonzales Chuck Reed SamLiccardo Matt Mahan...
January 9, 2007 – January 1, 2015 Preceded by Ron Gonzales Succeeded by SamLiccardo San Jose City Council member for District 4 In office 2001–2007 Personal...
is that Union Pacific has not been a good neighbor". San Jose's mayor SamLiccardo said "At any given conference of mayors, you won't hear anyone expressing...
catalyst from the thousands of housing units and office development. Mayor SamLiccardo has called it " The San Pedro Square Market is downtown's second renaissance...
S. Supreme Court in 1922 and upheld in 1953 and 1972. San Jose Mayor SamLiccardo commented that the city would seek a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court...
PG&E into a customer owned cooperative, initiated by San Jose Mayor SamLiccardo, has received backing from more than 110 elected officials that represent...
term limits, which sets a maximum of two total terms, incumbent mayor SamLiccardo was not eligible to run for reelection. The 2022 mayoral election would...
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