ABOUT

SAM LICCARDO

MEMBER | CA-16

Sam Liccardo is a solution-oriented public servant who has dedicated his career to taking on his city’s biggest challenges. Elected as the 65th mayor of San José, California, Liccardo has spent his years in public service successfully leading movements to make communities more safe, successful, and secure. Now, he continues to fight for California in the halls of Congress

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Sam Liccardo is a solution-oriented public servant who has dedicated his career to taking on his city’s biggest challenges. Elected as the 65th mayor of San José, California, Liccardo has spent his years in public service successfully leading movements to boost the minimum wage, address and alleviate homelessness, put first-generation students on a path towards a college education, and fight for reproductive freedoms. Before becoming mayor, Liccardo worked to protect women and children as an prosecutor for felony crimes of sexual assault and exploitation. 



 In the 8 years he served as as Mayor of San Jose, Liccardo worked to implement more efficient ways to house the homeless, providing them jobs cleaning the city to work their way off the streets.

He worked with all sides to craft voter-approved measures that saved taxpayers $3 billion, balanced budgets, built affordable housing, added police, repaved 1,000 miles of roads, and helped lead efforts to electrify Caltrain. He developed national models for delivering lower-cost clean energy, providing free internet to 200,000 high-need residents, and expanding college access for first-generation students. 

Sam currently serves on the House Committee on Financial Services, and is a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, New Democratic Coalition, and the Congressional Equality Caucus, among others.

Sam is a graduate of Harvard Law School, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Georgetown University. He lives in San José with his wife Jessica García-Kohl.