San Mateo is the most populous city in San Mateo County,California,United States,on the San Francisco Peninsula. About 20 miles (32 km) south of San Francisco,the city borders Burlingame to the north,Hillsborough to the west,San Francisco Bay and Foster City to the east and Belmont to the south. The population was 105,661 at the 2020 census. Some of the biggest economic drivers for the city include technology,health care and education.
Anna A. Eshoo is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from California's 16th congressional district. She is a member of the Democratic Party. The district,numbered as the 18th district from 2013 to 2023,is based in Silicon Valley,including the cities of Redwood City,Sunnyvale,Mountain View,and Palo Alto,as well as part of San Jose. Eshoo is the only Assyrian-American in Congress and the only Armenian American woman in Congress. On November 21,2023,she announced she would not seek re-election in 2024.
Leland Yin Yee is an American former politician who served as a member of the California State Senate for District 8,which covered parts of San Francisco and the Peninsula.
John Laird is an American politician who is the California State Senator for District 17,since December 7,2020,and his now in his second term. Laird was Secretary of the California Natural Resources Agency from 2011 to 2019 and a former legislator who represented the 27th district in the California State Assembly until 2008. The 27th district included parts of Santa Clara County,Santa Cruz County and Monterey County.
The San Mateo County Community College District is a community college system in California with three institutions:College of San Mateo in San Mateo,Cañada College in Redwood City,and Skyline College in San Bruno. The district serves more than 25,000 students each day with both day and evening classes.
California's 13th senatorial district is one of 40 California State Senate districts. It is currently represented by Democrat Josh Becker of Menlo Park.
Kevin Alexander Leon,known professionally as Kevin de León and colloquially as KDL,is an American politician who served as the Los Angeles City Council member for District 14 from 2020 until 2024. A member of the Democratic Party,he was defeated in the 2018 United States Senate election in California against incumbent Senator Dianne Feinstein and came in third place with just 7.79% of the vote in the 2022 Los Angeles mayoral election.
Joshua Aaron Mandel is an American politician who served as the 48th treasurer of Ohio from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he previously was the Ohio State Representative for the 17th district from 2007 to 2011. He was the unsuccessful Republican challenger to Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown in the 2012 U.S. Senate election.
The Koret Foundation is a private foundation based in San Francisco,California. Its mission is to strengthen the Bay Area and support the Jewish community in the U.S. and Israel through grantmaking to organizations involved with education,arts and culture,the Jewish community,and the Bay Area community. The foundation takes an approach of testing new ideas and bringing people and organizations together to help solve societal and systemic problems of common concern.
Ronald Harold Johnson is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Wisconsin,a seat he has held since 2011. A Republican,Johnson was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010,defeating Democratic incumbent Russ Feingold. He was reelected in 2016,defeating Feingold in a rematch,and in 2022,narrowly defeating Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes.
Thomas Fahr Steyer is an American climate investor,businessman,hedge fund manager,philanthropist,environmentalist,and liberal activist. Steyer is the founder and former co-senior-managing-partner of Farallon Capital,and the co-founder of OneCalifornia Bank,which became Beneficial State Bank,an Oakland-based community development bank. Farallon Capital manages $20 billion in capital for institutions and high-net-worth individuals. The firm's institutional investors include college endowments and foundations. Steyer served on the board of trustees at Stanford University from 2007 to 2017. He was formerly a partner and member of the executive committee at Hellman &Friedman,a San Francisco–based private equity firm.
Shannon Lee Grove is an American politician,who represents California's 12th State Senatorial district,encompassing the southern Central Valley and parts of the High Desert. A Republican,she served as the minority leader of the California State Senate from 2019 to 2021.
Verity Health System was a healthcare organization based in Redwood City,California,United States,that operated six hospitals across California with approximately 8,000 associates and physicians.
Lex Machina,Inc. is a company that provides legal analytics to legal professionals. It began as an IP litigation research company and is now a division of LexisNexis. The company started as a project at Stanford University within the university's law school and computer science department before launching as a startup in Menlo Park,California. Lex Machina provides a SaaS product to legal professionals to aid in their practice,research,and business.
The 2016 United States Senate election in California was held on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of California,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Ann M. O'Leary is an American political advisor,attorney,and nonprofit leader,who served as Chief of Staff to California Governor Gavin Newsom and as co-chair of the Governor's Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery. She is now a partner at the international law firm Jenner &Block.
Salud Ortiz Carbajal is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for California's 24th congressional district since 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party,and his district covers Santa Maria,San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara.
Joshua Botts Newman is an American politician who served in the California State Senate from 2016 to 2018,then again from 2020 to 2024. A Democrat,he represented the 29th Senate District,which encompasses parts of Los Angeles,Orange,and San Bernardino counties.
The 2020 California State Senate election was held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,with the primary election scheduled for March 3,2020. Voters in the 20 odd-numbered districts of the California State Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices,including for U.S. President and the state assembly.
The 2024 California State Senate election took place on Tuesday,November 5,2024,with the primary election being held on March 5,2024. Voters in the 20 odd-numbered districts of the California State Senate will elect their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices,including the state Assembly.
