- Occupation: Prosecutor, Child Advocate
- Deputy District Attorney, Sexual Assault & Child Exploitation Units
- Board Member and volunteer tutor, EHC Lifebuilders (formerly Emergency Housing Consortium)
- Board member, Giovanni Center & Jeanne D'Arc Manor senior affordable housing developments
- J.D., Harvard Law School; M.P.P. (Public Policy) Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
- B.A., Government (Economics minor), Georgetown University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa
- Bellarmine graduate, and Fourth-Generation downtown San Jose resident
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Top Priorities if Elected |
- Creation of a "Walkable" Downtown and Surrounding Neighborhoods
- Attacking the Structural Deficit in the General Fund With Sound Planning and Budget Priorities that Reflect a Long-Term View
- Empowering Neighborhoods and Restoring City Services, including Police, Fire, Parks, Community Centers, and Libraries
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The League of Women Voters of San Jose/Santa Clara in partnership with the San Jose Mercury News asked questions on the issues of all candidates for this office.
Read the answers from Sam T. Liccardo
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- Former Mayors Janet Gray Hayes, Tom McEnery, and Susan Hammer
- The San Jose Mercury News & San Jose-Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce
- Sierra Club (Loma Prieta Chptr.) & California League of Conservation Voters
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- Making San Jose "Open for Business"
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Many neighbors tell me they want grocery stores, and more retail and other resident-friendly businesses downtown and throughout our neighborhood business districts. But the City seems to have lost sight of what we must do to fill our empty storefronts.
- Open and Honest Government
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We have seen and heard too much cynicism about politics in this city. I believe that we can restore faith in City Hall with open, honest government. As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis said many decades ago, "sunlight is the best disinfectant."
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