Mercury News: Ex-San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is officially running for U.S Rep. Anna Eshoo’s Congress seat
This article was originally published in the Mercury News After weeks of speculation, former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is making a run for Congress. When Liccardo filed paperwork to run for U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo’s open congressional seat last week, he said at the time that he had not made a final decision on whether […]
NBC Bay Area: Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo files to run for Congress
This article was originally published on NBC Bay Area Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo filed to run for congress at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters office Friday. The two-term mayor is now in the race to take the seat currently held by Rep. Anna Eshoo, who announced last month that she would […]
Press Release: Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo Launches Campaign for Congress
“Congress must act faster to address crime, confront homelessness, and lower the cost of living,” says Liccardo SAN JOSE – Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo officially filed his candidacy papers today in the race for Congress in the 16th Congressional District, the Silicon Valley and San Mateo County seat now held by Congresswoman Anna […]
Kron 4: Federal judge upholds San Jose gun insurance ordinance
A federal judge dismissed the claims filed in San Jose by a gun rights group who hoped to challenge the constitutionality of an ordinance introduced in 2022. The ordinance requires gun owners to carry liability insurance to cover any accidental shootings that involve their firearms.
Mountain View Voice: Former San Jose mayor teaching law at Stanford
Sam Liccardo leading course titled ‘How Cities Can Save the World’
NYT Opinion: 400 Million Guns Aren’t Going to Just Go Away. In San Jose, We’re Trying Something New
By Sam Liccardo This article was originally published in the New York Times Mr. Liccardo, a Democrat, has been the mayor of San Jose, Calif., since 2015. He is a former federal and local prosecutor. Recent mass shootings have spurred renewed calls from President Biden for a national assault weapons ban. Sensibly so. But for even the […]
Mercury News Opinion: Please don’t call quick-build transitional housing ‘tiny homes’
By Sam Liccardo and Laura Sandoval San Jose has embraced a housing approach that looks much different and delivers better results Every major city grappling with homelessness can point only to an array of imperfect solutions. With learning, innovation and iteration, however, those solutions can improve. Yet too often our public discourse about homelessness – […]
Back Story: How We’ve Righted the Budgetary Ship — and Why It Matters To You
By Sam Liccardo The Council and City management has been wrestling with budgetary decisions in recent weeks. As you can read in my March budget message, I’ve prioritized focusing your scarce dollars on addressing homelessness, crime, blight, and resilience, and the Council has approved those priorities as we refine the final budgetary allocations in a vote […]
Slate: San Jose’s New Gun Law Is the First of Its Kind
The mayor hopes it won’t be the last. This article was originally published in Slate. This is Sam Liccardo’s last year as mayor of San Jose, California, and one of the things he wanted to get done before leaving office is pass a few ordinances around guns. He’s really leaned in. First, San Jose required […]
Our most vulnerable students need learning, internet now
By Sam Liccardo and Matt Hammer If anyone doubted the impact of the digital divide on the educational and economic destiny of thousands of San Jose children, those doubts vanished on March 13, 2020. On that day, Joshua and Bereniz learned the same news — that the coronavirus pandemic would force the closure of their […]