Ken Yeager was born on December 12,1952 and is an American politician.
16 Facts About Ken Yeager
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Ken Yeager served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, representing District 4.
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Previously, Yeager served on the San Jose City Council from 2000 to 2006.
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Ken Yeager was a candidate for the 23rd district seat in the California State Assembly in 1996, coming in second.
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Ken Yeager's parents were Ernest Eugene "Gene" Yeager and Carolyn French Yeage.
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In 2004, Yeager completed Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow.
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Ken Yeager was a candidate for the 23rd district seat in the California State Assembly in 1996, coming in second in the Democratic primary to then-Santa Clara County Supervisor Mike Honda.
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Ken Yeager served on San Jose City Council from his election in November 2000 until March 2004, when he was re-elected for a second term that lasted until 2006.
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Ken Yeager amended San Jose's harassment policy in 2003 to include gender identity.
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Ken Yeager last served on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, representing District 4 and termed out at the end of 2018.
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In 2008, and then again in 2013, it was Ken Yeager who presided over the first same-sex marriages in Santa Clara county, and he had overseen around 100 such marriages by 2014.
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Ken Yeager is a former board member of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and in January 2009 the governor appointed him the BAAQMD representative on the California Air Resources Board for four years.
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Ken Yeager is a member of the Caltrain Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors, having served as its chair in 2013.
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Ken Yeager serves as chairman of the Supervisors' Health and Hospital Committee, and he is chairman of the California State Association of Counties Health and Human Services Committee.
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Ken Yeager is furthermore a member of the First 5 Commission of Santa Clara County.
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Ken Yeager is a triathlete and cyclist and frequently commutes to work by bike.