Sam Liccardo
VTA Board Member

San José City Council Member Sam Liccardo serves on the VTA Board of Directors representing City Group 1 (City of San José), having done so since 2007.  He also serves on VTA’s Congestion Management Program and Planning Committee, Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Policy Advisory Board, Downtown East Valley Policy Advisory Board, and the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Board.

Member Liccardo serves on the San José City Council representing Council District 3 (San José’s Downtown and surrounding neighborhoods).  He was elected in 2006.  He serves on the boards of several regional bodies, including the Association of Bay Area Governments, the Santa Clara Cities Association, and the regional Joint Policy Committee.  He is the Vice-Chair of the San Jose City Council’s Transportation and Environment Committee, the Co-Chair of the city’s General Plan Task Force, and also sits on the Economic and Community Development Committee.

Member Liccardo grew up in the Santa Clara Valley.  He is a graduate of Bellarmine College Prep and graduated from Georgetown University.  After obtaining a law degree at Harvard Law School and a master's degree in public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, Member Liccardo returned to the Bay Area in 1996.  Prior to his election, he worked as a prosecutor of sexual assault and child exploitation crimes in the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.  He also worked as a federal prosecutor, and with private law firms. Prior civic service includes tutoring homeless children within the community, serving on the boards of several affordable housing organizations, and advocating for a successful countywide transit ballot measure in 2000 (Measure A).