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{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox Officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dave Pine
| name = Dave Pine
| image = Dave_Pine.png
| image = Supervisor_Dave_Pine.png
| caption = Dave Pine
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1958|12|22}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|December 22, 1958}}
| birth_place =
| birth_place = [[Massachusetts]]
| residence = [[Burlingame, California|Burlingame]], [[California]]
| residence = [[Burlingame, California|Burlingame]], [[California]]
| office = President of the<br/>[[San Mateo County Board of Supervisors]]<br/>
| death_date =
| term_start = January 3, 2023
| death_place =
| predecessor = Don Horsley
| office = Member of the<br />[[San Mateo County Board of Supervisors]]<br />representing District 1
| termstart2 = January 9, 2018
| term_start = May 24, 2011
| termend2 = January 8, 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor2 = Don Horsley
| predecessor = Mark Church
| successor2 = Carole Groom
| successor =
| termstart3 = January 7, 2014
| constituency =
| termend3 = January 6, 2015
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| predecessor3 = Don Horsley
| religion =
| successor3 = Carole Groom
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| majority =
| spouse = Jane Pine
| relations =
| children = 2
| spouse = Jane Pine
| alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[University of Michigan]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| children = Kevin, Jack
| website = {{URL|http://www.davepine.com/}}
|alma_mater = [[Dartmouth College]], 1981<br />[[University of Michigan]], 1985
| office4 = Member of the<br/>[[San Mateo County Board of Supervisors]]<br/>from the 1st district
| website = http://www.davepine.com/
| term_start4 = May 24, 2011
| footnotes =
| predecessor4 = Mark Church
| office5 = Member of the [[New Hampshire House of Representatives]]
| termstart5 = 1977
| termend5 = 1979
}}
}}


'''Dave Pine''' is a member of the [[San Mateo County Board of Supervisors]], and represents Supervisorial 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> He was elected on May 3, 2011 in an all-mail-ballot special election that was held to fill the vacancy created when Supervisor Mark Church resigned to become Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder<ref>{{cite news |title=Supervisor's race: Dave Pine elected |url=http://www.almanacnews.com/news/show_story.php?id=8810 |newspaper=The Almanac |date=May 3, 2011 |accessdate=May 31, 2011}}</ref> Pine had been a school board member before being elected Supervisor, serving on the [[Burlingame, California|Burlingame]] School District Board of Trustees from 2003 to 2006 and on the [[San Mateo Union High School District]] Board of Trustees from 2007 to 2011. Before entering politics, Pine was a lawyer for three [[Silicon Valley]] tech companies: [[Radius (computer)|Radius]], [[Excite@Home]], and [[Handspring (company)|Handspring]].
'''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==
==Early life and education==
Dave Pine was born in [[Massachusetts]] and grew up in a small [[New Hampshire]] town, where his father worked as a professor and his mother a teacher. Later, both of his siblings also pursued careers in education; his brother became a principal and his sister an admissions officer.<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|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.
==Education==
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"/> The [[New Hampshire House of Representatives]] is a volunteer, part-time legislative body with one representative for every 3,000 residents. 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 the corporate law firm, representing [[Silicon Valley]] start-up tech companies.


==Silicon Valley Tech Career==
==Career==
Pine left Fenwick & West in 1990 to join a tech start-up called [[Radius (computer)|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.


=== Silicon Valley ===
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>
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>


===Politics===
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.


====2002 California State Assembly election====
==Public Service==
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>


===Redwood City===
====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}}
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.


===2011 San Mateo County Board of Supervisors===
===2002 California State Assembly Election===
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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Four Vie for San Mateo County Supe's Seat |first=Aaron |last=Glantz |url=http://www.baycitizen.org/elections-2010/story/four-vie-san-mateo-county-supes/ |newspaper=The Bay Citizen |date=November 16, 2010 |accessdate=April 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722041927/http://www.baycitizen.org/elections-2010/story/four-vie-san-mateo-county-supes/ |archive-date=July 22, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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%).<ref>[https://www.shapethefuture.org/resources/documents/May2011SOV.pdf "Statement of the Vote, Consolidated Local Special Election, May 3, 2011"], Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, Retrieved May 31, 2011.</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.

===Burlingame and San Mateo Union High School Boards===
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"], 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 Election===
[[File:Dave Pine House Party.png|thumb|right|400px|alt=Dave Pine House Party|Dave Pine speaks with voters in [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]].]]
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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Four Vie for San Mateo County Supe's Seat |first=Aaron |last=Glantz |url=http://www.baycitizen.org/elections-2010/story/four-vie-san-mateo-county-supes/ |newspaper=The Bay Citizen |date=November 16, 2010 |accessdate=April 4, 2011}}</ref> 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%).<ref>[https://www.shapethefuture.org/resources/documents/May2011SOV.pdf "Statement of the Vote, Consolidated Local Special Election, May 3, 2011"], Mark Church, Chief Elections Officer & Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder, Retrieved May 31, 2011.</ref>

====Funding====
According to campaign finance statements due from each of the candidates on March 24, 2011, Pine had raised the most from individual donors as well as the most total: $309,000. However, $200,000 was a personal contribution from himself.<ref>{{cite news |title=Three candidates raise $100K-plus for San Mateo County supervisor seat |first=Bonnie |last=Eslinger |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_17695685 |newspaper=The San Jose Mercury News |date=March 25, 2011 |accessdate=April 4, 2011}}</ref> Terry Nagel had raised $142,600, Gina Papan had raised $109,000, and Richard Holober had raised $65,100. Demetrios Nikas and Michael Stogner had not done any fundraising for the campaign.

As of April 16, 2011, Pine had spent $324,000 including accrued expenses, mostly on campaign staff and consultants.<ref name="Silicon_Valley_Experience">{{cite news |title=Dave Pine wants to bring his corporate experience to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors |first=Bonnie |last=Eslinger |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_17773006 |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |date=April 4, 2011 |accessdate=April 4, 2011}}</ref>

Pine has since given $230,000 more to his campaign in late contributions, bringing his total personal investment in this race to $430,000, as of April 28, 2011.<ref>[http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_17953746?source=rss&nclick_check=1 "Candidate puts $430K of his own money into bid for San Mateo County supe seat"]</ref>

====Endorsements====

=====Groups=====
Pine received the sole endorsement of the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club,<ref>[http://lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/politics/endorsements.html "Sierra Club Endorses Dave Pine for San Mateo County Supervisor"], Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, Retrieved April 4, 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Upcoming Special Elections in San Mateo County |url=http://www.peninsulaexaminer.com/2011/03/era-for-daily-city-post-resignation.html |newspaper=Peninsula Examiner |date=March 8, 2011 |accessdate=April 4, 2011}}</ref> which has 6,000 members in San Mateo County. Pine also received the endorsement of local chapters of eight unions, including unions of teachers, auto, construction, and electrical workers, state, county, and municipal government employees, and school and service employees.<ref name="Dave_Pine_Endorsements">[http://www.davepine.com/endorsements/ "Dave Pine for San Mateo County Supervisor Endorsements"], Retrieved April 4, 2011.</ref>

=====Education Leaders=====
Pine was the only candidate for Supervisor with children in elementary school (two young boys).<ref name="Silicon_Valley_Experience"/> He was supported by many local education leaders, including San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools Anne Campbell and San Mateo County School Boards Association President Shelly Masur.<ref name="Gene_Mullin_Endorsement"/> He was endorsed by all five members of the [http://www.bsd.k12.ca.us/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=48452 Burlingame School District Board] and four of the five members of each of the following local school boards: the [http://www.sancarlos.k12.ca.us/school-board/board-members/ San Carlos School District Board], the [http://www.sequoiadistrict.org/204410826195826150/site/default.asp? Sequoia Union High School District Board], the [http://www.rcsd.k12.ca.us/187710123133518337/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=56490&187710123133518337Nav=|&NodeID=202 Redwood City School District Board], and the [http://www.smuhsd.org/board San Mateo Union High School District Board].<ref name="Dave_Pine_Endorsements"/> (Pine was himself a member of the San Mateo Union High School District Board at the time.)

=====Elected Officials=====
The most prominent politician who endorsed Pine was Congresswoman [[Jackie Speier]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Speier endorses Pine for SMC Supervisor |first=Bruce |last=Balshone |url= |newspaper=examiner.com |date=April 5, 2011 |accessdate=April 10, 2011}}</ref> who represents [[California's 12th congressional district]] in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]], which includes southwestern [[San Francisco]] and most of [[San Mateo County]].

Pine's endorsers among state legislators included former San Mateo County Supervisor and current [[California's 21st State Assembly district|21st State Assembly District]] representative [[Rich Gordon]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gordon Endorses Pine for Supervisor |first=Miriam |last=Finder |url=http://burlingame.patch.com/articles/gordon-endorses-pine-for-supervisor |newspaper=Burlingame Patch |date=November 13, 2010 |accessdate=April 4, 2011}}</ref> Pine's former rival for the [[California's 19th State Assembly district|19th State Assembly district]] seat in 2002 [[Gene Mullin]] also endorsed him, stating "he has the strongest background when it comes to improving local schools."<ref name="Gene_Mullin_Endorsement">{{cite news |title=Former Assemblyman Gene Mullin Endorses Dave Pine For Supervisor |first=Miriam |last=Finder |url=http://burlingame.patch.com/articles/former-assemblyman-gene-mullin-endorses-dave-pine-for-supervisor |newspaper=Burlingame Patch |date=March 30, 2011 |accessdate=April 4, 2011}}</ref>

San Mateo County Supervisor and former San Mateo County Sheriff Don Horsley also endorsed Pine.<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Journal |first= |last= |url=http://www.smdailyjournal.com/article_preview.php?type=lnews&title=Election%20Journal&id=156248 |newspaper=The San Mateo Daily Journal |date=April 8, 2011 |accessdate=April 10, 2011}}</ref>

Among city council members in San Mateo County, Pine received endorsement from [[San Carlos, California|San Carlos]] Mayor [[Omar Ahmad (American politician)|Omar Ahmad]] and [[Pacifica, California|Pacifica]] Mayor Mary Ann Nihart, Vice Mayors Jay Benton (Hillsborough), Jerry Deal (Burlingame), Kirsten Keith (Menlo Park), and Andy Klein (San Carlos), and 16 other city council members, including the entire Burlingame City Council with the exception of opponent Terry Nagel.<ref name="Dave_Pine_Endorsements"/>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2011/may2011/default.asp Official Election Site of San Mateo County] Contains information on the May 3, 2011 all-mail special election
*[http://www.shapethefuture.org/elections/2011/may2011/default.asp Official Election Site of San Mateo County] Contains information on the May 3, 2011 all-mail special election
*[http://www.davepine.com Dave Pine for San Mateo County Supervisor] Dave Pine's official campaign website
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110420002141/http://www.davepine.com/ Dave Pine for San Mateo County Supervisor] Dave Pine's official campaign website
*[https://www.facebook.com/davepineforsupervisor Dave Pine for Supervisor] Dave Pine's Facebook page
*[https://www.facebook.com/davepineforsupervisor Dave Pine for Supervisor] Dave Pine's Facebook page


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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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