Candidate for
Director; Santa Clara Valley Water District; Division 3

Richard Santos won election to the Santa Clara Valley Water District 3 seat in 2000, replacing the retired director Robert Gross as the representative for the residents of Sunnyvale, Alviso community, Milpitas, Berryessa/Alum Rock communities, east of Highway 101 to the Evergreen community area.

The 60 year Alviso native resident retired as a Fire Captain from the San Jose Fire Department with 33 years of service. Mr. Santos represents the board on the following committees: Association of California Water Agencies WateReuse, Coyote Flood Zone and Watershed Advisory, Landscape Advisory, South Bay Recycling and the Santa Clara Valley Water Commission.

While on the San Jose Fire Department, Richard Santos was elected as vice chair for 12 years on the San Jose Police and Fire Retirement Board and was a labor representative of the San Jose Firefighters local union. He was then and is still very active as a volunteer for community services and as chair, spearheaded several civic activity fundraiser projects.

Richard Santos received a BS degree in public administration from Farelston and Nova Colleges and received an AA degree in political science and an AS degree in fire science. He also has a lifetime teaching credential from the California Community College system, where he taught fire science at Mission College.