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Former San Jose Mayor Must Explain How he Complied With Records Law

07/16/2023
A superior court judge is ordering former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo to explain under penalty of perjury how he searched his private emails and texts for messages related to city business in response to a lawsuit from San Jose Spotlight.

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Ex-San Jose Mayor Likely to Run for Congress

02/21/2023
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, up for reelection in 2024, said she received a call from former mayor Sam Liccardo last week, letting her know he is considering running for her or Congresswoman Anna Eshoo's seat.

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Ex-San Jose Mayor’s Public Records Reforms Spark Alarm

01/15/2023
In one of his last actions in office, former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo wants to reform how the city complies with transparency laws—a move experts say could limit the public’s access to the inner workings of City Hall.

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SJ Spotlight & First Amendment Coalition vs. Liccardo

10/12/2022
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Liccardo faces accusations of using a personal email account to conduct official city business and withholding public information contained in numerous email exchanges. A lawsuit filed eight months ago by the news site San Jose Spotlight and the First Amendment Coalition (FAC) claimed that the City of San Jose and Liccardo “continued to engage in extensive work-related correspondence on his non-governmental electronic devices.”

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Price of Protecting SJ Mayor Revealed

10/02/2022
Security details for outgoing San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo cost taxpayers $200,000—less than San Francisco, where mayor London Breed’s security racked up more than $2 million.

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Election 2022: The Race for San Jose Mayor

04/20/2022
Six candidates—several councilmembers and some political unknowns—are fighting to replace Sam Liccardo and lead the third largest city in California.

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San Jose Mayor Selects Asian Community Liaison

10/28/2021
Tri Nguyen, a Vietnamese immigrant who has worked for San Jose City Hall, has been named the new Asian Community Liaison by San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo. He is working to expand education and outreach efforts to the city’s diverse Asian and Pacific Islander communities.

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San Jose Mayor Joins President in Discussion on Gun Violence

07/11/2021
On Monday in Washington, D.C., Mayor Sam Liccardo joined Joe Biden for a discussion on a national strategy to reduce gun violence. Attorney General Merrick Garland, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams and D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser were in attendance along with law enforcement officials.

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Mayor Renews Gun Insurance Proposal After VTA Shooting

06/03/2021
Mayor Sam Liccardo hopes the San Jose City Council will approve a first-in-the-nation requirement that gun owners in the city insure their weapons or pay fees to keep them. The idea, he explained, is that guns are contributing to a public health crisis—and it’s expensive.

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A Gift to Bloom Energy's Carl Guardino?

04/14/2021
Before San Jose passed a ban on natural gas for new commercial buildings, city officials introduced an exemption that benefited a local energy company whose vice president is a personal friend to the mayor.

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