San Mateo County,officially the County of San Mateo,is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census,the population was 764,442. Redwood City is the county seat,and the third most populated city following Daly City and San Mateo. San Mateo County is included in the San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley,CA MSA,Silicon Valley,and is part of the San Francisco Bay Area,the nine counties bordering San Francisco Bay. It covers most of the San Francisco Peninsula. San Francisco International Airport is located in the northeastern area of the county and is approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of the city and county limits of San Francisco,even though the airport itself is assigned a San Francisco postal address. The county's built-up areas are mostly suburban,and are home to many corporate campuses.
Harry Robbins "Bob" Haldeman was an American political aide and businessman,best known for his service as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and his consequent involvement in the Watergate scandal.
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. is an American lawyer,author,and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,he was elected Secretary of State of California in 1970;Brown later served as Mayor of Oakland from 1999 to 2007 and Attorney General of California from 2007 to 2011. He was both the oldest and sixth-youngest governor of California due to the 28-year gap between his second and third terms. Upon completing his fourth term in office,Brown became the fourth longest-serving governor in U.S. history,serving 16 years and 5 days in office.
Peter Barton Wilson is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from California from 1983 to 1991 and as the 36th governor of California from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Republican Party,he also served as the 29th mayor of San Diego from 1971 to 1983.
Courken George Deukmejian Jr. was an American politician who served as the 35th governor of California from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party,he was the state's first governor of Armenian descent.
Arlen Specter was an American lawyer,author and politician who served as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1981 to 2011. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965,then a Republican from 1965 until 2009,when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980,he was the longest-serving senator from Pennsylvania,having represented the state for 30 years.
Henry John Heinz III was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Pennsylvania from 1977 until his death in 1991. An heir to the Heinz family fortune,Heinz entered politics in 1971 when he won a special election to replace Robert Corbett to represent Pennsylvania's 18th congressional district. In 1976,Heinz ran to replace retiring Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott. Heinz narrowly won in the primary over future Senator Arlen Specter,and defeated William Green III. Heinz won re-election in 1982 and 1988 by large margins. On April 4,1991,Heinz was killed when his plane,facing mechanical problems,collided with a helicopter inspecting the plane,killing all involved in the crash.
The California State Legislature is a bicameral state legislature consisting of a lower house,the California State Assembly,with 80 members;and an upper house,the California State Senate,with 40 members. Both houses of the Legislature convene at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The California state legislature is one of just ten full-time state legislatures in the United States. The houses are distinguished by the colors of the carpet and trim of each house. The Senate is distinguished by the color red and the Assembly by the color green,inspired by the House of Lords and House of Commons respectively.
William Fife Knowland was an American politician and newspaper publisher. A member of the Republican Party,he served as a United States Senator from California from 1945 to 1959. He was Senate Majority Leader from August 1953 to January 1955 after the death of Robert A. Taft,and would be the last Republican Senate Majority Leader until Howard Baker in 1981.
The U.S. Labor Party (USLP) was an American political party formed in 1973 by the National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC). It served as a vehicle for Lyndon LaRouche to run for President of the United States in 1976,but it also sponsored many candidates for local offices as well as congressional and Senate seats between 1972 and 1979. After that the political arm of the NCLC was the National Democratic Policy Committee. The party was the subject of a number of controversies and lawsuits during its short existence.
John Francis Shelley was a U.S. politician. He served as the 35th mayor of San Francisco,from 1964 to 1968,the first Democrat elected to the office in 50 years,and the first in an unbroken line of Democratic mayors that lasts to the present. His term in the United States House of Representatives,immediately prior to his mayoralty (1949-1964),also broke a long streak of Republican tenure and began a streak of Democratic representatives from San Francisco that continues to the present.
Karen Lorraine Jacqueline Speier is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for California's 14th congressional district,serving in Congress from 2008 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Speier represented much of the territory that her political mentor,Leo Ryan,represented.
Mark Leno is an American politician who served in the California State Senate until November 2016. A Democrat,he represented the 11th Senate district,which includes San Francisco and portions of San Mateo County. Before the 2010 redistricting,he represented the 3rd Senate district.
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.
Philip Yu-Li Ting is an American politician currently serving in the California State Assembly. He is a Democrat representing the 19th Assembly District,which encompasses western San Francisco and northwestern San Mateo County. Prior to being elected to the Assembly in 2012,he was the Assessor-Recorder of San Francisco.
Scott Wiener is an American politician and a member of the California State Senate. A Democrat,he represents the 11th Senatorial District,encompassing San Francisco and parts of San Mateo County.
Robert Wesley Naylor is an American lawyer and politician. He is a former California State Assemblyman who represented the San Francisco Bay Area's 20th Assembly District from 1978 to 1986. During his tenure in the State Assembly,he served as Assembly Republican Leader from 1982 to 1984. After his tenure in the State Assembly,he served as Chair of the California Republican Party from 1987 to 1989.
Warren Daniel Braun is a retired American educator,Catholic deacon,and Democratic politician. He served six years in the Wisconsin State Senate (1977–1983) representing the west side of the city of Milwaukee,and was a member of the Milwaukee Common Council and the Milwaukee School Board.
Lawyer-supported mediation is a "non-adversarial method of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) to resolves disputes,such as to settle family issues at a time of divorce or separation,including child support,custody issues and division of property".
Robert Francis Kane was an American lawyer and judge in California who served as the United States Ambassador to Ireland from 1984 to 1985.
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