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Sam Liccardo served as mayor of San Jose, the Bay Area’s largest city, from 2015 until 2023 when he was elected to represent California's 16th Congressional District.
As mayor, he spearheaded innovative efforts to confront homelessness including pioneering the conversion of motels to housing in 2016, four years prior to California adopting it as a statewide model. He led a regional effort to boost the minimum wage, making San José’s minimum wage ($17.55 per hour) among the highest in the nation. Liccardo also focused on leveraging technology to expand opportunity for residents long excluded from the Valley’s growth by expanding free broadband to 250,000 East San José residents and launching an innovative digital micro-scholarship platform for 1,700 first-generation students.
Prior to his service in elected office, Liccardo prosecuted felony crimes of sexual assault and child exploitation in the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, and also served as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of California.
In Congress, Liccardo serves on the House Financial Services committee and in the New Democratic Coalition.
