Dave Pine Explained

Dave Pine
Birth Date: December 22, 1958
Birth Place:Massachusetts
Residence:Burlingame, California
Office:President of the
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
Term Start:January 3, 2023
Predecessor:Don Horsley
Termstart2:January 9, 2018
Termend2:January 8, 2019
Predecessor2:Don Horsley
Successor2:Carole Groom
Termstart3:January 7, 2014
Termend3:January 6, 2015
Predecessor3:Don Horsley
Successor3:Carole Groom
Party:Democratic
Spouse:Jane Pine
Children:2
Alma Mater:Dartmouth College (BA)
University of Michigan (JD)
Office4:Member of the
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
from the 1st district
Term Start4:May 24, 2011
Predecessor4:Mark Church
Office5:Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Termstart5:1977
Termend5:1979

Dave Pine is an American politician and attorney serving as a member of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors for District 1, which includes the eastern two-thirds of South San Francisco and all of San Bruno, Millbrae, Burlingame, and Hillsborough.[1]

Early life and education

Dave Pine was born in Massachusetts and grew up in New Hampshire, where his father worked as a professor and his mother was a teacher. He has two siblings.[2]

While a freshman at Dartmouth College, 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.[2] Pine served in the house from 1977 to 1979.[3] 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 a corporate law firm, representing Silicon Valley start-up tech companies.

Career

Silicon Valley

Pine left Fenwick & West in 1990 to join a tech start-up called Radius, Inc,[2] and later worked for the tech start-up @Home Network.[4]

Politics

2002 California State Assembly election

In 2002, Pine ran for the California's 19th State Assembly district, and poured more than $762,000 of his own money into his campaign.[5] 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.[6] Despite outspending each of his opponents, Pine finished a distant 3rd place with just 19% of the vote.[7]

School boards

In 2003, Pine ran unopposed for a seat on the Burlingame 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.

2011 San Mateo County Board of Supervisors

Pine won the May 3, 2011 all-mail-ballot special election for the District 1 seat on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. Before the election date had even been set, Pine and opponents Richard Holober, Terry Nagel, and Gina Papan had already declared their candidacy.[8] 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%).[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/Attachments/bos/pdfs/sup_dist_2000.pdf "San Mateo County 2000 Supervisorial Districts"
  2. News: Public service and politics in his genes . Sue . Lempert . The San Mateo Daily Journal . February 28, 2011 . April 3, 2011 . March 4, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060741/http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=opinions&title=Public . dead .
  3. Web site: New supervisor Dave Pine has been around the block. 2020-07-27. www.almanacnews.com. en.
  4. http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033-273689.html "Excite@Home files for bankruptcy"
  5. http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_17773006 "Dave Pine wants to bring his corporate experience to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors"
  6. News: Pine questions Papan's special-interest money . Jon . Mays . The San Mateo Daily Journal . February 5, 2002 . April 3, 2011 . July 19, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719124501/http://smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=lnews&id=10714&eddate= . dead .
  7. http://www.smartvoter.org/2002/03/05/ca/sm/state_assembly.html "State Assembly Contests for San Mateo County, CA"
  8. News: Four Vie for San Mateo County Supe's Seat . Aaron . Glantz . The Bay Citizen . November 16, 2010 . April 4, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722041927/http://www.baycitizen.org/elections-2010/story/four-vie-san-mateo-county-supes/ . July 22, 2011 . dead .
  9. https://www.shapethefuture.org/resources/documents/May2011SOV.pdf "Statement of the Vote, Consolidated Local Special Election, May 3, 2011"