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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dave Pine
| name = Dave Pine
| image = Dave_Pine.png
| image = Supervisor_Dave_Pine.png
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|December 22, 1958}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|December 22, 1958}}
| birth_place = [[Massachusetts]]
| birth_place = [[Massachusetts]]
| residence = [[Burlingame, California|Burlingame]], [[California]]
| residence = [[Burlingame, California|Burlingame]], [[California]]
| office = Member of the<br/>[[San Mateo County Board of Supervisors]]<br/>from the 1st district
| office = President of the<br/>[[San Mateo County Board of Supervisors]]<br/>
| term_start = May 24, 2011
| term_start = January 3, 2023
| predecessor = Mark Church
| predecessor = Don Horsley
| termstart2 = January 9, 2018
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| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| termend2 = January 8, 2019
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| spouse = Jane Pine
| predecessor2 = Don Horsley
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| children = 2
| successor2 = Carole Groom
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| alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[University of Michigan]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| termstart3 = January 7, 2014
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| website = {{URL|http://www.davepine.com/}}
| termend3 = January 6, 2015
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| office2 = Member of the [[New Hampshire House of Representatives]]
| predecessor3 = Don Horsley
| termstart2 = 1977
| successor3 = Carole Groom
| termend2 = 1979
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| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
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| spouse = Jane Pine
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| children = 2
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| alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[University of Michigan]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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| website = {{URL|http://www.davepine.com/}}
| office4 = Member of the<br/>[[San Mateo County Board of Supervisors]]<br/>from the 1st district
| term_start4 = May 24, 2011
| predecessor4 = Mark Church
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| 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, California|Burlingame]], and [[Hillsborough, California|Hillsborough]].<ref>[http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/Attachments/bos/pdfs/sup_dist_2000.pdf "San Mateo County 2000 Supervisorial Districts"], Retrieved May 31, 2011.</ref>
'''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, California|Burlingame]], and [[Hillsborough, California|Hillsborough]].<ref>[http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/Attachments/bos/pdfs/sup_dist_2000.pdf "San Mateo County 2000 Supervisorial Districts"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927025641/http://www.co.sanmateo.ca.us/Attachments/bos/pdfs/sup_dist_2000.pdf |date=2011-09-27 }}, Retrieved May 31, 2011.</ref>


==Early life and education==
==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.<ref name="Daily_Journal_Bio">{{cite news |title=Public service and politics in his genes |first=Sue |last=Lempert |url=http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=opinions&title=Public%20service%20and%20politics%20in%20his%20genes&id=153529 |newspaper=The San Mateo Daily Journal |date=February 28, 2011 |accessdate=April 3, 2011}}</ref>
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.<ref name="Daily_Journal_Bio">{{cite news |title=Public service and politics in his genes |first=Sue |last=Lempert |url=http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=opinions&title=Public%20service%20and%20politics%20in%20his%20genes&id=153529 |newspaper=The San Mateo Daily Journal |date=February 28, 2011 |accessdate=April 3, 2011 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060741/http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=opinions&title=Public |url-status=dead }}</ref>


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.<ref name="Daily_Journal_Bio"/> Pine served in the house from 1977 to 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New supervisor Dave Pine has been around the block|url=https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2011/05/12/new-supervisor-dave-pine-has-been-around-the-block|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.almanacnews.com|language=en}}</ref> 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, California|Mountain View]]). After graduating in 1985, Pine accepted a position at a corporate law firm, representing [[Silicon Valley]] start-up tech companies.
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.<ref name="Daily_Journal_Bio"/> Pine served in the house from 1977 to 1979.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New supervisor Dave Pine has been around the block|url=https://www.almanacnews.com/news/2011/05/12/new-supervisor-dave-pine-has-been-around-the-block|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.almanacnews.com|date=12 May 2011 |language=en}}</ref> 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, California|Mountain View]]). After graduating in 1985, Pine accepted a position at a corporate law firm, representing [[Silicon Valley]] start-up tech companies.


==Career==
==Career==


=== Silicon Valley ===
=== Silicon Valley ===
Pine left Fenwick & West in 1990 to join a tech start-up called [[Radius (hardware company)|Radius, Inc]], which offered the first large screen available for personal computers and pioneered the concept of dragging windows between multiple screens, a feature first available on the [[Macintosh Plus]]. The company grew from 3 to 300 employees in just a few years,<ref name="Daily_Journal_Bio"/> and steadily expanded its product line to include processor and graphics accelerator cards, video production software, and Macintosh computer clones.
Pine left Fenwick & West in 1990 to join a tech start-up called [[Radius (hardware company)|Radius, Inc]],<ref name="Daily_Journal_Bio"/> and later worked for the tech start-up [[@Home Network]].<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033-273689.html "Excite@Home files for bankruptcy"]</ref>

In 1996 Pine joined the tech start-up [[@Home Network]], which pioneered high-speed cable internet service and quickly grew to serve millions of subscribers. As the company's lawyer, he managed the company's $6.7 billion acquisition of search engine and internet portal [[Excite]] in 1999, and the company became Excite@Home, now able to offer both high-speed internet access as well as internet services including search, email, and user homepages. However, Excite@Home declared [[Chapter 11]] bankruptcy in 2001 and its 1,350 employees were [[laid off]].<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/2100-1033-273689.html "Excite@Home files for bankruptcy"]</ref>

In 2000, Pine joined [[Handspring (company)|Handspring]], a tech start-up founded by the original inventors of the [[Palm Pilot]], who were unhappy with management by [[3Com]], which had acquired Palm Pilot in 1997. Handspring developed the Visor line of [[Personal digital assistant|PDA]]s until 2001 and the Treo line of [[smartphone]]s starting in 2002. Facing bankruptcy and rapidly losing market share<ref>[http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/1001829 "What's in the cards for Handspring?"]</ref> to its competitors, Handspring was re-acquired by [[Palm, Inc]] in 2003, now operating as a publicly traded company independent of 3Com.


===Politics===
===Politics===

====Redwood City====
From the beginning of his corporate law career, Pine was interested in running for office. From 1993 to 1999, he served on the [[Redwood City]] Planning Commission, which reviewed a wide variety of development proposals, including those relating to [[Redwood Shores, California|Redwood Shores]], the Pacific Shores Office Park, and the [[Kaiser Permanente]] Redwood City Medical Center. During this time, Pine also served on the Redwood City Historic Resource Advisory Committee.


====2002 California State Assembly election====
====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.<ref>[http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_17773006 "Dave Pine wants to bring his corporate experience to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors"], Retrieved April 22, 2011.</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pine questions Papan's special-interest money |first=Jon |last=Mays |url=http://smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=lnews&id=10714&eddate= |newspaper=The San Mateo Daily Journal |date=February 5, 2002 |accessdate=April 3, 2011 |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719124501/http://smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=lnews&id=10714&eddate= |url-status=dead }}</ref> Despite outspending each of his opponents, Pine finished a distant 3rd place with just 19% of the vote.<ref>[http://www.smartvoter.org/2002/03/05/ca/sm/state_assembly.html "State Assembly Contests for San Mateo County, CA"]</ref>
In 2002, Pine sought elected office for the first time since serving in the New Hampshire House of Representatives over 20 years before, running to represent [[California's 19th State Assembly district]]. Two of his opponents in the Democratic primary had much more extensive political connections. Gina Papan was a California State Deputy Attorney General and the daughter of then-19th Assembly District representative [[Lou Papan]], who had been an Assembly member for 20 years but was being forced out in 2002 due to term limits. [[Gene Mullin]] had served on the [[South San Francisco]] Planning and Historical Preservation commissions, and was at the time Mayor of South San Francisco.

Pine, who was relatively unknown to voters at the time, made waves by pouring more than $762,000 of his own money into his campaign.<ref>[http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_17773006 "Dave Pine wants to bring his corporate experience to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors"], Retrieved April 22, 2011.</ref>

Pine stated that his top priorities were improving the quality of public education with increased funding and by promoting preschool programs, providing affordable housing, providing an efficient public transportation system to reduce traffic congestion, and managing the state's budget using a similar process to that used by private companies.<ref>[http://www.smartvoter.org/2002/03/05/ca/state/vote/pine_d/ "League of Women Voters of California Voter Information for Dave Pine"], Retrieved April 4, 2011.</ref>

To provide affordable housing, Pine proposed the construction of multi-story mixed-use housing near along the BART and Caltrain rail corridors in the form of apartments, townhouses, and condominiums, stating that "this type of housing can create a marketplace community and be more vibrant and even more attractive [than single-family detached homes]."<ref name="Airport_Housing">[http://smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=lnews&title=Assembly%20candidates%20discuss%20airport,%20housing&id=11293&eddate=02/27/2002 "Assembly candidates discuss airport, housing"], Retrieved April 4, 2011.</ref>

Pine opposed filling the [[San Francisco Bay]] to extend the [[San Francisco International Airport]]'s runways, an idea proposed by airport planners to accommodate a greater number of arrivals and departures during low-visibility conditions.<ref name="Airport_Housing"/> The plan was also opposed by [[Save The Bay]], an environmental group founded in 1961 to stop the filling of the two-thirds of the bay that remained unfilled.<ref>[http://www.savesfbay.org/stopping-bay-fill "Stopping Bay Fill|Save The Bay (San Francisco)"], Retrieved April 4, 2011.</ref> In 2008 the [[San Francisco Board of Supervisors]] passed a resolution prohibiting additional bay fill to extend the runways.

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, which included $17,500 from tobacco companies, $1,500 from accounting firm [[Arthur Andersen]], and $750 from former energy giant [[Enron]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Pine questions Papan’s special-interest money |first=Jon |last=Mays |url=http://smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=lnews&id=10714&eddate= |newspaper=The San Mateo Daily Journal |date=February 5, 2002 |accessdate=April 3, 2011}}</ref>

Despite outspending each of his opponents, Pine finished a distant 3rd place with just 19% of the vote.<ref>[http://www.smartvoter.org/2002/03/05/ca/sm/state_assembly.html "State Assembly Contests for San Mateo County, CA"]</ref> This comes out to roughly $98 spent per vote received. South San Francisco Mayor [[Gene Mullin]] ended up winning the Democratic nomination, and went on to win the election with 63% of the vote in the heavily Democratic district.


====School boards====
====School boards====
In 2003, Pine ran unopposed for a seat on the [[Burlingame, California|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.{{cn|date=July 2023}}
After Handspring was re-acquired by Palm, Inc in 2003, Pine had amassed sufficient wealth to leave the corporate law industry and make another run for political office. He ran unopposed for a seat on the [[Burlingame, California|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. The district, which was in 2008 facing a financial crisis, hired new Superintendent Scott Laurence, previous coach, teacher, Dean of Students, and Principal at [[Gunn High School]] in [[Palo Alto]], and Superintendent of [[Palo Alto Unified School District]].<ref>[http://www.smuhsd.org/officeofsuperintendent "San Mateo Union High School District Office of the Superintendent"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110319062045/http://www.smuhsd.org/officeofsuperintendent |date=2011-03-19 }}, Retrieved April 4, 2011.</ref> The San Mateo Union High School District has since had its bond rating upgraded and has increased its financial reserves. In an effort to promote renewable energy as well as reduce its electricity bills, the Board of Trustees approved a $32 million project to install solar panels on the roofs of six district high schools on November 12, 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=High schools going solar |first=Heather |last=Murtagh |url=http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?id=119675 |newspaper=The San Mateo Daily Journal |date=November 13, 2009 |accessdate=April 4, 2011}}</ref>


===2011 San Mateo County Board of Supervisors===
===2011 San Mateo County Board of Supervisors===
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Latest revision as of 09:05, 13 December 2024

Dave Pine
President of the
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2023
Preceded byDon Horsley
In office
January 9, 2018 – January 8, 2019
Preceded byDon Horsley
Succeeded byCarole Groom
In office
January 7, 2014 – January 6, 2015
Preceded byDon Horsley
Succeeded byCarole Groom
Member of the
San Mateo County Board of Supervisors
from the 1st district
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 24, 2011
Preceded byMark Church
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
In office
1977–1979
Personal details
Born (1958-12-22) December 22, 1958 (age 66)
Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJane Pine
Children2
Residence(s)Burlingame, California
Alma materDartmouth College (BA)
University of Michigan (JD)
Websitewww.davepine.com

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

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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

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Silicon Valley

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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

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2002 California State Assembly election

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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

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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.[citation needed]

2011 San Mateo County Board of Supervisors

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "San Mateo County 2000 Supervisorial Districts" Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c Lempert, Sue (February 28, 2011). "Public service and politics in his genes". The San Mateo Daily Journal. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  3. ^ "New supervisor Dave Pine has been around the block". www.almanacnews.com. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  4. ^ "Excite@Home files for bankruptcy"
  5. ^ "Dave Pine wants to bring his corporate experience to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors", Retrieved April 22, 2011.
  6. ^ Mays, Jon (February 5, 2002). "Pine questions Papan's special-interest money". The San Mateo Daily Journal. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  7. ^ "State Assembly Contests for San Mateo County, CA"
  8. ^ Glantz, Aaron (November 16, 2010). "Four Vie for San Mateo County Supe's Seat". The Bay Citizen. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  9. ^ "Statement of the Vote, Consolidated Local Special Election, May 3, 2011", Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, Retrieved May 31, 2011.
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