Dave Cortese

David Dominic Cortese (born June 3, 1956)[2] is an elected official from San Jose, California. He is currently serving on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, representing District 3, which includes San Jose, Milpitas and Sunnyvale. Before being elected to the Board of Supervisors, he served as a Councilman and Vice Mayor for the City of San Jose.[3] Cortese served for eight years as a trustee for the East Side Union High School District[4] in San Jose. Cortese ran for mayor of San Jose and won the primary, losing the general election to District 3 councilmember Sam Liccardo.[5]

Dave Cortese
Santa Clara County Supervisor from District 3
In office
2009–2019
President of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors
Vice Mayor of San José, California
Member of the San Jose City Council
Personal details
Born
David Dominic Cortese[1]

(1956-06-03) June 3, 1956
Monterey County, California, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Children4
FatherDominic L. Cortese
Websitehttps://www.sccgov.org/sites/d3/Pages/d3.aspx

Dave Cortese won a seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in 2008 with 56,845 votes, or 54.87%. He was reelected to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors in 2012 with 40,360 votes, or 100%.[6]

In his current term on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, his accomplishments include securing funding for more school crossing guards and an evaluation of "hot spots" of pedestrian and bicycle accidents and fatalities in order to improve conditions. [7] He helped form an anti-Human Trafficking task force by sponsoring an $850,000 budget item. The money is evenly divided between the Sheriff's Office and the District Attorney's office, which make up the task force with multiple other local agencies. As of October 1, 2014 the task force showed measurable results according to Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith.[8]

In his first term, his accomplishments included: securing funding for transportation projects, including the BART to San Jose extension, upgrades to the County's expressway system, extending VTA Light Rail to Eastridge Mall, and improvements to HWY 101 and the Tully Road, Capitol Expressway, and Yerba Buena interchanges; approving a new ambulance service and protecting farmland and open space, as well as introducing new Sunshine Laws.

Cortese attended Bellarmine College Preparatory high school (1970–1974). He received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of California, Davis and his Juris Doctorate from Lincoln Law School (1991–1995).[9]

He is the son of former Santa Clara County Supervisor and California Assembly member Dominic L. Cortese and Suzanne Cortese. Cortese's paternal grandfather, Vince Cortese, Sr. was an immigrant farmer from Sicily[10] who found success in agriculture and commercial development. His maternal grandfather Ed Donovan was a civic leader and executive of General Motors Credit Corp. who served as a Santa Clara city councilman in 1949 and 1950. [11]Dave Cortese has a wife, Pattie and four children.

Gun Safety
  • At the initiative of Cortese, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance to require safe storage of firearms in homes in unincorporated Santa Clara County.[12]
  • At the initiative of Cortese, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved moving forward with a plan for residents to voluntarily rid their homes of unwanted firearms and to educate the public about the process.[13]

See also

References
  1. https://www.martindale.com/morgan-hill/california/david-dominic-cortese-248505-a/
  2. http://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/14715
  3. http://www.sanjoseca.gov
  4. http://www.esuhsd.org/
  5. Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters http://www.sccgov.org/sites/scc/Pages/default.aspx
  6. Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters http://www.sccgov.org/sites/scc/Pages/default.aspx
  7. San Jose Mercury News http://www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_26697417/Cortese:-Crossing-guards-coming-soon-to-provide-safer-passage-for-bicyclists-pedestrians
  8. ABC 7 San Francisco http://abc7news.com/news/human-trafficking-task-force-already-hard-at-work/333174/
  9. http://www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_25653709/Dave-Corteses-home-base-on-San
  10. https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/09/28/herhold-how-the-cortese-family-ascended-on-san-joses-east-side/
  11. San Jose Mercury News, September 28, 2014 http://www.mercurynews.com/News/ci_26622609/Herhold:-How-the-Cortese-family-ascended-on-San-Joses-East-side
  12. "Board Approves Ordinance Requiring Safe Storage of Firearms in Homes" (PDF). November 19, 2019.
  13. "Board Oks Developing Plan for Ridding Households of Unwanted Guns" (PDF). November 20, 2018.


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