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Dave Pine is a member of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
, and represents Supervisorial District 1, which includes the eastern two-thirds of South San Francisco and all of San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame
, and Hillsborough
. He was elected on May 3, 2011 in an all-mail-ballot special election that was held to fill the vacancy created when Supervisor Mark Church resigned to become Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder Pine had been a school board member before being elected Supervisor, serving on the Burlingame
School District Board of Trustees from 2003 to 2006 and on the San Mateo Union High School District
Board of Trustees from 2007 to 2011. Before entering politics, Pine was a lawyer for three Silicon Valley
tech companies: Radius
, Excite@Home, and Handspring
.
and grew up in a small New Hampshire
town, where his father worked as a professor and his mother a teacher. Later, both of his siblings also pursued careers in education; his brother became an assistant principal and his sister an admissions officer.
, Pine ran for and won a seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives
, and at age 19, was one of the youngest ever elected. The New Hampshire House of Representatives
is a volunteer, part-time legislative body with one representative for every 3,000 residents. After Dartmouth, Pine attended the University of Michigan Law School
. He was a summer intern at Fenwick & West in Palo Alto (now located in Mountain View
). After graduating in 1985, Pine accepted a position at the corporate law firm, representing Silicon Valley
start-up tech companies.
, which offered the first large screen available for personal computers and pioneered the concept of dragging windows between multiple screens, a feature first available on the Macintosh Plus
. The company grew from 3 to 300 employees in just a few years, and steadily expanded its product line to include processor and graphics accelerator cards, video production software, and Macintosh computer clones.
In 1996 Pine joined the tech start-up @Home Network
, which pioneered high-speed cable internet service and quickly grew to serve millions of subscribers. As the company's lawyer, he managed the company's $6.7 billion acquisition of search engine and internet portal Excite
in 1999, and the company became Excite@Home, now able to offer both high-speed internet access as well as internet services including search, email, and user homepages. However, Excite@Home declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 and its 1,350 employees were laid off.
In 2000, Pine joined Handspring
, a tech start-up founded by the original inventors of the Palm Pilot, who were unhappy with management by 3Com
, which had acquired Palm Pilot in 1997. Handspring developed the Visor line of PDA
s until 2001 and the Treo line of smartphone
s starting in 2002. Facing bankruptcy and rapidly losing market share to its competitors, Handspring was re-acquired by Palm, Inc in 2003, now operating as a publicly traded company independent of 3Com.
, the Pacific Shores Office Park, and the Kaiser Permanente
Redwood City Medical Center. During this time, Pine also served on the Redwood City Historic Resource Advisory Committee.
. Two of his opponents in the Democratic primary had much more extensive political connections. Gina Papan was a California State Deputy Attorney General and the daughter of then-19th Assembly District representative Lou Papan
, who had been an Assembly member for 20 years but was being forced out in 2002 due to term limits. Gene Mullin
had served on the South San Francisco Planning and Historical Preservation commissions, and was at the time Mayor of South San Francisco.
Pine, who was relatively unknown to voters at the time, made waves by pouring more than $762,000 of his own money into his campaign.
Pine stated that his top priorities were improving the quality of public education with increased funding and by promoting preschool programs, providing affordable housing, providing an efficient public transportation system to reduce traffic congestion, and managing the state's budget using a similar process to that used by private companies.
To provide affordable housing, Pine proposed the construction of multi-story mixed-use housing near along the BART and Caltrain rail corridors in the form of apartments, townhouses, and condominiums, stating that "this type of housing can create a marketplace community and be more vibrant and even more attractive [than single-family detached homes]."
Pine opposed filling the San Francisco Bay
to extend the San Francisco International Airport
's runways, an idea proposed by airport planners to accommodate a greater number of arrivals and departures during low-visibility conditions. The plan was also opposed by Save The Bay, an environmental group founded in 1961 to stop the filling of the two-thirds of the bay that remained unfilled. In 2008 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
passed a resolution prohibiting additional bay fill to extend the runways.
Pine called for campaign finance reforms including public campaign financing and for campaign donations under $1000 to be tax-deductible. His campaign was mostly self-financed. Pine criticized opponent Gina Papan for accepting a $365,000 campaign contribution from her father Lou Papan, which included $17,500 from tobacco companies, $1,500 from accounting firm Arthur Andersen
, and $750 from former energy giant Enron
.
Despite outspending each of his opponents, Pine finished a distant 3rd place with just 19% of the vote. This comes out to roughly $98 spent per vote received. South San Francisco Mayor Gene Mullin
ended up winning the Democratic nomination, and went on to win the election with 63% of the vote in the heavily-Democratic district.
School District Board of Trustees and served until 2006, when he was Board President. In 2007, Pine was elected to the San Mateo Union High School District
Board of Trustees. The district, which was in 2008 facing a financial crisis, hired new Superintendent Scott Laurence, previous coach, teacher, Dean of Students, and Principal at Gunn High School
in Palo Alto, and Superintendent of Palo Alto Unified School District
. The San Mateo Union High School District has since had its bond rating upgraded and has increased its financial reserves. In an effort to promote renewable energy as well as reduce its electricity bills, the Board of Trustees approved a $32 million project to install solar panels on the roofs of six district high schools on November 12, 2009.
. Before the election date had even been set, Pine and opponents Richard Holober, Terry Nagel, and Gina Papan had already declared their candidacy. Demetrios Nikas and Michael Stogner later entered the race. Final election results were certified by the San Mateo County Elections Office on May 9, 2011. Out of a total of 88,903 votes cast, Pine received 23,856 (26.8%), Holober 22,299 (25.1), Papan 21,796 (24.5%), Nagel 8,683 (9.8%), Stogner 6,269 (7.1%), and Nikas 2,870 (3.2%).
As of April 16, 2011, Pine had spent $324,000 including accrued expenses, mostly on campaign staff and consultants.
Pine has since given $230,000 more to his campaign in late contributions, bringing his total personal investment in this race to $430,000, as of April 28, 2011.
Pine received the sole endorsement of the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club, which has 6,000 members in San Mateo County. Pine also received the endorsement of local chapters of eight unions, including unions of teachers, auto, construction, and electrical workers, state, county, and municipal government employees, and school and service employees.
Pine was the only candidate for Supervisor with children in elementary school (two young boys). He was supported by many local education leaders, including San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools Anne Campbell and San Mateo County School Boards Association President Shelly Masur. He was endorsed by all five members of the Burlingame School District Board and four of the five members of each of the following local school boards: the San Carlos School District Board, the Sequoia Union High School District Board, the Redwood City School District Board, and the San Mateo Union High School District Board. (Pine was himself a member of the San Mateo Union High School District Board at the time.)
The most prominent politician who endorsed Pine was Congresswoman Jackie Speier
, who represents California's 12th congressional district
in the U.S. House of Representatives, which includes southwestern San Francisco and most of San Mateo County.
Pine's endorsers among state legislators included former San Mateo County Supervisor and current 21st State Assembly District representative Rich Gordon
. Pine's former rival for the 19th State Assembly district
seat in 2002 Gene Mullin
also endorsed him, stating "he has the strongest background when it comes to improving local schools."
San Mateo County Supervisor and former San Mateo County Sheriff Don Horsley also endorsed Pine.
Among city council members in San Mateo County, Pine received endorsement from San Carlos
Mayor Omar Ahmad
and Pacifica
Mayor Mary Ann Nihart, Vice Mayors Jay Benton (Hillsborough), Jerry Deal (Burlingame), Kirsten Keith (Menlo Park), and Andy Klein (San Carlos), and 16 other city council members, including the entire Burlingame City Council with the exception of opponent Terry Nagel.
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is the five-member elected body that supervises the operation of San Mateo County, California. Board members represent one of five districts of roughly equal population within the county, but are elected at-large by all county voters...
, and represents Supervisorial District 1, which includes the eastern two-thirds of South San Francisco and all of San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame
Burlingame, California
Burlingame is a city in San Mateo County, California. It is located on the San Francisco Peninsula and has a significant shoreline on San Francisco Bay. The city is named after diplomat Anson Burlingame. It is renowned for its many surviving examples of Victorian architecture, its affluence, and...
, and Hillsborough
Hillsborough, California
Hillsborough is an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Hillsborough is one of the wealthiest communities in America and has the highest income of places in the United States with populations of at least 10,000...
. He was elected on May 3, 2011 in an all-mail-ballot special election that was held to fill the vacancy created when Supervisor Mark Church resigned to become Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder Pine had been a school board member before being elected Supervisor, serving on the Burlingame
Burlingame, California
Burlingame is a city in San Mateo County, California. It is located on the San Francisco Peninsula and has a significant shoreline on San Francisco Bay. The city is named after diplomat Anson Burlingame. It is renowned for its many surviving examples of Victorian architecture, its affluence, and...
School District Board of Trustees from 2003 to 2006 and on the San Mateo Union High School District
San Mateo Union High School District
The San Mateo Union High School District is a high school district headquartered in San Mateo, California.-Schools:The district consists of seven public high schools, one alternative high school , and one adult School in San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame, and San Mateo. The oldest school in the...
Board of Trustees from 2007 to 2011. Before entering politics, Pine was a lawyer for three Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
tech companies: Radius
Radius (computer)
Radius was an American computer hardware firm founded in May 1986 by Burrell Smith, Andy Hertzfeld, Mike Boich, Matt Carter, Alain Rossmann and other members of the original Mac team specializing in Macintosh equipment....
, Excite@Home, and Handspring
Handspring (company)
Handspring was a maker of Palm OS-based Visor- and Treo-branded personal digital assistants. It was run by Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky, and Ed Colligan, the original inventors of the Palm Pilot and founders of Palm Computing, after they became unhappy with the direction in which 3Com was taking...
.
Early life
Dave Pine was born in MassachusettsMassachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
and grew up in a small New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
town, where his father worked as a professor and his mother a teacher. Later, both of his siblings also pursued careers in education; his brother became an assistant principal and his sister an admissions officer.
Education
While a freshman at Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
, Pine ran for and won a seat in the New Hampshire House of Representatives
New Hampshire House of Representatives
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 103 districts across the state, created from divisions of the state's counties. On average, each legislator represents about 3,300...
, and at age 19, was one of the youngest ever elected. The New Hampshire House of Representatives
New Hampshire House of Representatives
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 103 districts across the state, created from divisions of the state's counties. On average, each legislator represents about 3,300...
is a volunteer, part-time legislative body with one representative for every 3,000 residents. After Dartmouth, Pine attended the University of Michigan Law School
University of Michigan Law School
The University of Michigan Law School is the law school of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Founded in 1859, the school has an enrollment of about 1,200 students, most of whom are seeking Juris Doctor or Master of Laws degrees, although the school also offers a Doctor of Juridical...
. He was a summer intern at Fenwick & West in Palo Alto (now located in Mountain View
Mountain View, California
-Downtown:Mountain View has a pedestrian-friendly downtown centered on Castro Street. The downtown area consists of the seven blocks of Castro Street from the Downtown Mountain View Station transit center in the north to the intersection with El Camino Real in the south...
). After graduating in 1985, Pine accepted a position at the corporate law firm, representing Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is a term which refers to the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California in the United States. The region is home to many of the world's largest technology corporations...
start-up tech companies.
Silicon Valley Tech Career
Pine left Fenwick & West in 1990 to join a tech start-up called Radius, IncRadius (computer)
Radius was an American computer hardware firm founded in May 1986 by Burrell Smith, Andy Hertzfeld, Mike Boich, Matt Carter, Alain Rossmann and other members of the original Mac team specializing in Macintosh equipment....
, which offered the first large screen available for personal computers and pioneered the concept of dragging windows between multiple screens, a feature first available on the Macintosh Plus
Macintosh Plus
The Macintosh Plus computer was the third model in the Macintosh line, introduced on January 16, 1986, two years after the original Macintosh and a little more than a year after the Macintosh 512K, with a price tag of US$2599...
. The company grew from 3 to 300 employees in just a few years, and steadily expanded its product line to include processor and graphics accelerator cards, video production software, and Macintosh computer clones.
In 1996 Pine joined the tech start-up @Home Network
@Home Network
@Home Network was a high-speed cable Internet service provider from 1996 to 2002. It was founded by Milo Medin, cable companies TCI, Comcast, and Cox Communications, and William Randolph Hearst III, who was their first CEO, as a joint venture to produce high-speed cable Internet service through...
, which pioneered high-speed cable internet service and quickly grew to serve millions of subscribers. As the company's lawyer, he managed the company's $6.7 billion acquisition of search engine and internet portal Excite
Excite
Excite is a collection of Internet sites and services owned by IAC Search & Media, which is a subsidiary of InterActive Corporation . Launched in 1994, it is an online service offering a variety of content, including an Internet portal, a search engine, a web-based email, instant messaging, stock...
in 1999, and the company became Excite@Home, now able to offer both high-speed internet access as well as internet services including search, email, and user homepages. However, Excite@Home declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2001 and its 1,350 employees were laid off.
In 2000, Pine joined Handspring
Handspring (company)
Handspring was a maker of Palm OS-based Visor- and Treo-branded personal digital assistants. It was run by Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky, and Ed Colligan, the original inventors of the Palm Pilot and founders of Palm Computing, after they became unhappy with the direction in which 3Com was taking...
, a tech start-up founded by the original inventors of the Palm Pilot, who were unhappy with management by 3Com
3Com
3Com was a pioneering digital electronics manufacturer best known for its computer network infrastructure products. The company was co-founded in 1979 by Robert Metcalfe, Howard Charney, Bruce Borden, and Greg Shaw...
, which had acquired Palm Pilot in 1997. Handspring developed the Visor line of PDA
Personal digital assistant
A personal digital assistant , also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. Current PDAs often have the ability to connect to the Internet...
s until 2001 and the Treo line of smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
s starting in 2002. Facing bankruptcy and rapidly losing market share to its competitors, Handspring was re-acquired by Palm, Inc in 2003, now operating as a publicly traded company independent of 3Com.
Redwood City
From the beginning of his corporate law career, Pine was interested in running for office. From 1993 to 1999, he served on the Redwood City Planning Commission, which reviewed a wide variety of development proposals, including those relating to Redwood ShoresRedwood Shores, California
Redwood Shores is an affluent waterfront neighborhood located in San Mateo County on the San Francisco Peninsula in California. It is located on the eastern edge of Belmont, but is actually part of incorporated Redwood City....
, the Pacific Shores Office Park, and the Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield...
Redwood City Medical Center. During this time, Pine also served on the Redwood City Historic Resource Advisory Committee.
2002 California State Assembly Election
In 2002, Pine sought elected office for the first time since serving in the New Hampshire House of Representatives over 20 years before, running to represent California's 19th State Assembly districtCalifornia's 19th State Assembly district
California's 19th State Assembly District is one of 80 districts in the California State Assembly. It is currently represented by Democrat Jerry Hill of San Mateo.-District profile:...
. Two of his opponents in the Democratic primary had much more extensive political connections. Gina Papan was a California State Deputy Attorney General and the daughter of then-19th Assembly District representative Lou Papan
Lou Papan
Louis John Papan was a Democratic California politician. He was known as the "Dean of the Assembly" for his 20 years in the California State Assembly.-Early life:...
, who had been an Assembly member for 20 years but was being forced out in 2002 due to term limits. Gene Mullin
Gene Mullin
Gene Mullin is a former Democratic California State Assembly member and former South San Francisco Council member. He represented the 19th Assembly District, which includes San Mateo, Burlingame, Brisbane, Daly City, Foster City, Millbrae, San Bruno, South San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, Pacifica,...
had served on the South San Francisco Planning and Historical Preservation commissions, and was at the time Mayor of South San Francisco.
Pine, who was relatively unknown to voters at the time, made waves by pouring more than $762,000 of his own money into his campaign.
Pine stated that his top priorities were improving the quality of public education with increased funding and by promoting preschool programs, providing affordable housing, providing an efficient public transportation system to reduce traffic congestion, and managing the state's budget using a similar process to that used by private companies.
To provide affordable housing, Pine proposed the construction of multi-story mixed-use housing near along the BART and Caltrain rail corridors in the form of apartments, townhouses, and condominiums, stating that "this type of housing can create a marketplace community and be more vibrant and even more attractive [than single-family detached homes]."
Pine opposed filling the San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
to extend the San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco International Airport is a major international airport located south of downtown San Francisco, California, United States, near the cities of Millbrae and San Bruno in unincorporated San Mateo County. It is often referred to as SFO...
's runways, an idea proposed by airport planners to accommodate a greater number of arrivals and departures during low-visibility conditions. The plan was also opposed by Save The Bay, an environmental group founded in 1961 to stop the filling of the two-thirds of the bay that remained unfilled. In 2008 the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the legislative body within the government of the City and County of San Francisco, California, United States.-Government and politics:...
passed a resolution prohibiting additional bay fill to extend the runways.
Pine called for campaign finance reforms including public campaign financing and for campaign donations under $1000 to be tax-deductible. His campaign was mostly self-financed. Pine criticized opponent Gina Papan for accepting a $365,000 campaign contribution from her father Lou Papan, which included $17,500 from tobacco companies, $1,500 from accounting firm Arthur Andersen
Arthur Andersen
Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms among PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG, providing auditing, tax, and consulting services to large corporations...
, and $750 from former energy giant Enron
Enron
Enron Corporation was an American energy, commodities, and services company based in Houston, Texas. Before its bankruptcy on December 2, 2001, Enron employed approximately 22,000 staff and was one of the world's leading electricity, natural gas, communications, and pulp and paper companies, with...
.
Despite outspending each of his opponents, Pine finished a distant 3rd place with just 19% of the vote. This comes out to roughly $98 spent per vote received. South San Francisco Mayor Gene Mullin
Gene Mullin
Gene Mullin is a former Democratic California State Assembly member and former South San Francisco Council member. He represented the 19th Assembly District, which includes San Mateo, Burlingame, Brisbane, Daly City, Foster City, Millbrae, San Bruno, South San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, Pacifica,...
ended up winning the Democratic nomination, and went on to win the election with 63% of the vote in the heavily-Democratic district.
Burlingame and San Mateo Union High School Boards
After Handspring was re-acquired by Palm, Inc in 2003, Pine had amassed sufficient wealth to leave the corporate law industry and make another run for political office. He ran unopposed for a seat on the BurlingameBurlingame, California
Burlingame is a city in San Mateo County, California. It is located on the San Francisco Peninsula and has a significant shoreline on San Francisco Bay. The city is named after diplomat Anson Burlingame. It is renowned for its many surviving examples of Victorian architecture, its affluence, and...
School District Board of Trustees and served until 2006, when he was Board President. In 2007, Pine was elected to the San Mateo Union High School District
San Mateo Union High School District
The San Mateo Union High School District is a high school district headquartered in San Mateo, California.-Schools:The district consists of seven public high schools, one alternative high school , and one adult School in San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame, and San Mateo. The oldest school in the...
Board of Trustees. The district, which was in 2008 facing a financial crisis, hired new Superintendent Scott Laurence, previous coach, teacher, Dean of Students, and Principal at Gunn High School
Gunn High School
Henry M. Gunn High School is one of two public high schools in Palo Alto, California. Gunn High School is a four-year high school with a current enrollment of just over 1,900 students. The Class of 1966 was the first class to graduate from Gunn High School. The academic year has two semesters with...
in Palo Alto, and Superintendent of Palo Alto Unified School District
Palo Alto Unified School District
- Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School :Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School is a middle school located at 480 East Meadow Dr., Palo Alto, CA 94306. 2007 STAR test results showed an attendance of 870 students, in grades 6 through 8. It was originally named Ray Lyman Wilbur Junior High School after...
. The San Mateo Union High School District has since had its bond rating upgraded and has increased its financial reserves. In an effort to promote renewable energy as well as reduce its electricity bills, the Board of Trustees approved a $32 million project to install solar panels on the roofs of six district high schools on November 12, 2009.
2011 San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Election
Pine won the May 3, 2011 all-mail-ballot special election for the District 1 seat on the San Mateo County Board of SupervisorsSan Mateo County Board of Supervisors
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors is the five-member elected body that supervises the operation of San Mateo County, California. Board members represent one of five districts of roughly equal population within the county, but are elected at-large by all county voters...
. Before the election date had even been set, Pine and opponents Richard Holober, Terry Nagel, and Gina Papan had already declared their candidacy. Demetrios Nikas and Michael Stogner later entered the race. Final election results were certified by the San Mateo County Elections Office on May 9, 2011. Out of a total of 88,903 votes cast, Pine received 23,856 (26.8%), Holober 22,299 (25.1), Papan 21,796 (24.5%), Nagel 8,683 (9.8%), Stogner 6,269 (7.1%), and Nikas 2,870 (3.2%).
Funding
According to campaign finance statements due from each of the candidates on March 24, 2011, Pine had raised the most from individual donors as well as the most total: $309,000. However, $200,000 was a personal contribution from himself. Terry Nagel had raised $142,600, Gina Papan had raised $109,000, and Richard Holober had raised $65,100. Demetrios Nikas and Michael Stogner had not done any fundraising for the campaign.As of April 16, 2011, Pine had spent $324,000 including accrued expenses, mostly on campaign staff and consultants.
Pine has since given $230,000 more to his campaign in late contributions, bringing his total personal investment in this race to $430,000, as of April 28, 2011.
Groups
Pine received the sole endorsement of the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club, which has 6,000 members in San Mateo County. Pine also received the endorsement of local chapters of eight unions, including unions of teachers, auto, construction, and electrical workers, state, county, and municipal government employees, and school and service employees.
Education Leaders
Pine was the only candidate for Supervisor with children in elementary school (two young boys). He was supported by many local education leaders, including San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools Anne Campbell and San Mateo County School Boards Association President Shelly Masur. He was endorsed by all five members of the Burlingame School District Board and four of the five members of each of the following local school boards: the San Carlos School District Board, the Sequoia Union High School District Board, the Redwood City School District Board, and the San Mateo Union High School District Board. (Pine was himself a member of the San Mateo Union High School District Board at the time.)
Elected Officials
The most prominent politician who endorsed Pine was Congresswoman Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline "Jackie" Speier is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2008. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes the northern two-thirds of San Mateo County and the southwest quarter of San Francisco.She is also a former member of the California State...
, who represents California's 12th congressional district
California's 12th congressional district
California's 12th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California that spans from the southwestern portions of San Francisco in the north down to San Mateo in the south, and from Moss Beach in the west to the edge of San Mateo in the east, where it borders...
in the U.S. House of Representatives, which includes southwestern San Francisco and most of San Mateo County.
Pine's endorsers among state legislators included former San Mateo County Supervisor and current 21st State Assembly District representative Rich Gordon
Rich Gordon
Richard S. Gordon is an American politician from Menlo Park, California who currently serves in the California State Assembly representing the 21st district...
. Pine's former rival for the 19th State Assembly district
California's 19th State Assembly district
California's 19th State Assembly District is one of 80 districts in the California State Assembly. It is currently represented by Democrat Jerry Hill of San Mateo.-District profile:...
seat in 2002 Gene Mullin
Gene Mullin
Gene Mullin is a former Democratic California State Assembly member and former South San Francisco Council member. He represented the 19th Assembly District, which includes San Mateo, Burlingame, Brisbane, Daly City, Foster City, Millbrae, San Bruno, South San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, Pacifica,...
also endorsed him, stating "he has the strongest background when it comes to improving local schools."
San Mateo County Supervisor and former San Mateo County Sheriff Don Horsley also endorsed Pine.
Among city council members in San Mateo County, Pine received endorsement from San Carlos
San Carlos, California
San Carlos is a city in San Mateo County, California, USA on the San Francisco Peninsula, about halfway between San Francisco and San Jose. It is an affluent small residential suburb located between Belmont to the north and Redwood City to the south. San Carlos' ZIP code is 94070, and it is within...
Mayor Omar Ahmad
Omar Ahmad (American politician)
Omar Ahmad was an American Internet entrepreneur and politician. Ahmad formerly served as the Chief technology officer of Napster in addition to many other positions and ventures in in Silicon Valley. In 2007, He was elected to the city council of San Carlos, California...
and Pacifica
Pacifica, California
Pacifica is a city in San Mateo County, California, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean between San Francisco and Half Moon Bay.-Overview:The City of Pacifica is spread along a six mile stretch of the north central California coastal beach and hills, nestled in several small valleys spanning between...
Mayor Mary Ann Nihart, Vice Mayors Jay Benton (Hillsborough), Jerry Deal (Burlingame), Kirsten Keith (Menlo Park), and Andy Klein (San Carlos), and 16 other city council members, including the entire Burlingame City Council with the exception of opponent Terry Nagel.
External links
- Official Election Site of San Mateo County Contains information on the May 3, 2011 all-mail special election
- Dave Pine for San Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine's official campaign website
- Dave Pine for Supervisor Dave Pine's Facebook page