Sam Liccardo

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Through service, we can achieve a great collective legacy. That legacy: to renew our city. #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

This is where you come in.Civic renewal is not a spectator sport. If we are to succeed, everyone has to participate. Together, #WeAreSanJose — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

We need partnerships, yes because fiscal challenges will confront our City, but more importantly: because our legacy is a collective one. — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Last month I formed the City’s 1st ever office of strategic partnerships to better leverage opportunities from the private sector #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

The Rotary Club of SJ cut the ribbon on a play garden, the region’s largest fully accessible park for children with physical limitations. — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

The San Jose Earthquakes just opened a world-class, $100 million stadium, anchoring an extraordinary community-serving complex #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

A US PTO has just begun construction, thanks to the formidable partnership of Congresswoman Lofgren, former Mayor Chuck Reed & @CarlGuardino — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Faith leaders and community-based non-profits team up through the Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task Force to get to our kids before gangs do. — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

All around us we see the power of partnerships.SVLG advocated to land a direct flight from #SJ to China that will generate hundreds of jobs — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

We rise and fall together as one city, from Downtown to Berryessa to Alum Rock, because we are all San Jose! #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

I'll commit to do everything in my power to find the dollars needed to build every single BART station, including Alum Rock #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Working with our regional partners at the VTA, we’re going to solve the funding gap to keep it going, and finish the job #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

This year, our VTA will complete the Bay Area’s first bus rapid-transit system, connecting East Side and Downtown, and expand it westward — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Broadening access to job opportunities also depends on better transportation #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

We’ll ensure that our immigrant entrepreneurs have access to permitting assistance in multiple languages #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Although Forbes ranked San Jose as the happiest place in the nation to work, we can do more to make San Jose a happier place for employers — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

RT @ericbonesteel: "Let's help our youth build resumes, rather than rap sheets." - #SanJose Mayor @sliccardo #WeAreSanJose #SOTC15 http://t… — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

RT @shanepc1: "When innovation meets compassion we can lift an entire city" @sliccardo #WeAreSanJose — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

As manufacturing continues “reshoring,” we can do more to grab San Jose’s share #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Thank you to Jo VanderBeek-- and to all of San Jose’s job- creators -- for employing San Jose residents in high-quality jobs #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Jo Vanderbeek reminded us weeks ago when she opened her company’s new plant in North SJ, employing 500 workers at Vander-Bend Manufacturing — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Manufacturing provides one way to restore high-paying opportunities for thousands of our residents lacking a college degree #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

homeless will clean & beautify the streetscape w/ the #SJ Streets Team, in exchange for housing, vouchers, and job training. #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

And we’ll expand our “San Jose Gateways” pilot program, to engage local companies to sponsor key entrances to our City #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

We’ll launch more innovative approaches, from RV parking lots, to converted motels, to microhousing, as alternatives to shelters #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

in 2006, and according to the FBI, #SanJose has the lowest rate of violent crime of any major city in the United States #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

This yr we’ll re-commit to “housing 1st” w/ $3.5 mill in this yr’s budget for encampment response & rapid-rehousing of our homeless #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Please join our #SJWorks working group on March 26! #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Working with our schools foundations and non-profits, we’re launching a more sustainable partnership to expand after-school programs #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org

Sam Liccardo @sliccardo

Finally, extended learning programs– whether after-school or in the summertime—can boost the prospects for struggling students #SOTC15 — PolitiTweet.org