Sam Liccardo

Where Liccardo stands

Topic headings are Vote Book’s; quoted words are each candidate’s own, with the source under each one. “As reported” items are a news outlet’s description, not an exact quote.

Immigration & border

Immigration & border

Local communities cannot control ICE rogue agents, but federal courts have upheld the authority of cities and towns to determine how and where DHS can build the infrastructure that enables this cruelty and chaos, namely ICE detention centers and processing facilities.

Housing

Housing

We need more housing, but our housing shortage cannot turn our communities into safe harbors to avoid sanctions or launder illicit funds.

Foreign policy

Foreign policy

The AI industry has focused on running faster, but no human wins a race to superintelligence that exceeds human control.

Elections, ethics & government

Elections, ethics & government

With at least 145 gray whale collisions already reported along the West Coast in 2026, we must do more to keep both whales and mariners safe.

Elections, ethics & government

While we're seeing this firestorm of concern throughout the country around AI safety, we've got Speaker Johnson fiddling, and at least Nero had the decency to stay in town while Rome burned.

Other priorities

Priorities

Clean, reliable water is a basic human right—yet too many rural communities still face dry or contaminated taps because of failing infrastructure.