Sam T. Liccardo

Bio

Samuel Theodore Liccardo is an American attorney and politician currently serving as the U.S. representative from California's 16th congressional district. Previously, he served as the 65th mayor of San Jose from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Liccardo was elected mayor in November 2014. He was reelected in 2018 with 75.8% of the vote. As the leader of the California Big City Mayors Coalition, Liccardo advocated on statewide issues including homelessness and COVID-19 response.

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

Issue profile

Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

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Latest news

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  Bay Area Democrats Demand Answers on DACA Renewal Backlog

  Bay Area lawmakers, including Sam Liccardo and Nancy Pelosi, are pressing federal immigration officials over lengthy DACA renewal delays that have caused some California Dreamers to lose jobs, health insurance and deportation protections.

  KQED · May 21, 2026
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  Bipartisan PACE Act Introduced To Expand Crypto Firms’ Access To Fed Payment Services

  A new bipartisan bill introduced on Tuesday would give many fintech and crypto payment providers a clearer path to the US payment infrastructure.  The new measure, called the Payments Access and Consumer Efficiency (PACE) Act, is designed to create a national…

  newsBTC · April 21, 2026
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  California Democrats admit they heard rumors about Swalwell's alleged sexual misconduct

  California Democrats Sam Liccardo and Xavier Becerra acknowledged hearing rumors about Eric Swalwell's alleged sexual misconduct over the years during CNN interviews on Wednesday.

  Fox News · April 16, 2026

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