# Ken Yeager > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ken_Yeager > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ken_Yeager.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Yeager > Source revision: 1350021189 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ken Yeager | image = KenYeagerHeadshot.jpg | office = Member of the [Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors](/source/Santa_Clara_County_Board_of_Supervisors)
from the 4th district | term_start = 2006 | term_end = 2018 | preceded = [Jim Beall](/source/Jim_Beall_(California_politician)) | succeeded = | office2 = Member of the [San Jose City Council](/source/San_Jose_City_Council)
from the [6th district](/source/San_Jose_City_Council_District_6) | term_start2 = 2000 | term_end2 = 2006 | preceded2 = [Frank Fiscalini](/source/Frank_Fiscalini) | succeeded2 = [Pierluigi Oliverio](/source/Pierluigi_Oliverio) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|12|12}} | birth_place = | party = [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) | partner = Michael Haberecht | alma_mater = [San Jose State University](/source/San_Jose_State_University)
[Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University) | website = | succeeded1 = Susan Ellenberg }} '''Ken Yeager''' (born December 12, 1952) is an American [politician](/source/politician). He served on the [Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors](/source/Santa_Clara_County_Board_of_Supervisors), representing District 4. First elected to the board in 2006, he represented the cities of [Campbell](/source/Campbell%2C_California) and [Santa Clara](/source/Santa_Clara%2C_California), as well as west [San Jose](/source/San_Jose%2C_California) and the [Burbank](/source/Burbank%2C_Santa_Clara_County%2C_California) and [Cambrian](/source/Cambrian_Park%2C_San_Jose%2C_California) neighborhoods. Previously, Yeager served on the [San Jose City Council](/source/San_Jose_City_Council) from 2000 to 2006. Before that, he served two terms on the San Jose/Evergreen Community College Board. He was a candidate for the [23rd district](/source/California's_23rd_State_Assembly_district) seat in the [California State Assembly](/source/California_State_Assembly) in 1996, coming in second. ==Early life and education== Ken Yeager was born December 12, 1952.{{citation needed|date=March 2017}} His parents were Ernest Eugene "Gene" Yeager and Carolyn French Yeage.{{cite web|url=http://www3.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/agenda/2_25_03docs/2_25_03aa.htm |title=San Jose City Council Amended Agenda, Feb_ 25, 2003 |date=2003-02-25 |website=[City of San Jose](/source/San_Jose%2C_California) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729144153/http://www.sanjoseca.gov/clerk/agenda/2_25_03docs/2_25_03aa.htm |archivedate=2012-07-29 |url-status=dead |accessdate=2013-06-13 |quote=This meeting will be adjourned in memory of Council Member Yeager's mother, Carolyn French Yeager. }} Yeager attended [San José State University](/source/San_Jos%C3%A9_State_University), where he earned a B.A. in political science. He went on to [Stanford University](/source/Stanford_University), earning an M.A. in sociology, and a Ph.D. in education from the [Stanford Graduate School of Education](/source/Stanford_Graduate_School_of_Education). In 2004, Yeager completed Harvard University's [John F. Kennedy School of Government](/source/Harvard_Kennedy_School) program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a [David Bohnett](/source/David_Bohnett_Foundation) LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow.{{cite web | url =http://www.smartvoter.org/2006/06/06/ca/scl/vote/yeager_k/bio.html | title =Full Biography for Ken Yeager | date =June 6, 2006 | website =smartvoter.org | publisher =[League of Women Voters](/source/League_of_Women_Voters) | access-date =March 3, 2017 }} ==Career== ===Early career=== Prior to his career in politics, he taught political science at San Jose State University for 12 years full time. In 1984, Yeager was a cofounder of the Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee, described as a "four-county lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender political action group." He came out publicly in a 1984 ''[San Jose Mercury News](/source/San_Jose_Mercury_News)'' opinion piece in response to the anti-gay rhetoric of a local state senator.{{cite web | url =https://www.victoryfund.org/our-work/our-candidates/ken-yeager#.Vw6wLfkrJaQ | title =Ken Yeager - Our Candidates - Santa Clara County Supervisor | date =2014 | website =victoryfund.org | publisher =Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund | access-date =March 3, 2017 | archive-date =April 24, 2016 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160424182154/https://www.victoryfund.org/our-work/our-candidates/ken-yeager#.Vw6wLfkrJaQ | url-status =dead }} In 1992 he became the first openly gay elected official in Santa Clara County,{{Citation | title =Santa Clara County First Nationwide to Open Office of LGBTQ Affairs | newspaper = San Jose Inside | date =January 8, 2016 | url = http://www.sanjoseinside.com/2016/01/08/santa-clara-county-first-nationwide-to-open-office-of-lgbtq-affairs/ | access-date =March 3, 2017 }} when he was named as trustee of the San Jose-Evergreen Community College District. From 1992 until 2000, he served two terms in the role. He was a candidate for the [23rd district](/source/California's_23rd_State_Assembly_district) seat in the [California State Assembly](/source/California_State_Assembly) in 1996, coming in second in the Democratic primary to then-Santa Clara County [Supervisor](/source/Board_of_Supervisors) (later [Congressman](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives)) [Mike Honda](/source/Mike_Honda).{{cite web | url =http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/sov/1996_primary/sov_primary96.pdf | title =California Secretary of State: 1996 primary election results | date =1996 | website =www.ss.ca.gov | publisher = | access-date =March 3, 2017 }}{{dead link|date=March 2017}} Yeager served on [San Jose City Council](/source/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. In 2001, he flew the rainbow flag for the first time above [San Jose City Hall](/source/San_Jose_City_Hall). Yeager amended San Jose's harassment policy in 2003 to include gender identity. In 2004, he was named chair of the San Jose City Council's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Ethics. ===Recent and current positions=== thumb|right|180px|Ken Yeager speaking in 2009 He last served on the [Santa Clara County](/source/Santa_Clara_County%2C_California) [Board of Supervisors](/source/County_board_of_supervisors), representing District 4 and termed out at the end of 2018. First elected to the board in June 2006, he represented the cities of [Campbell](/source/Campbell%2C_California), [Santa Clara](/source/Santa_Clara%2C_California), west [San Jose](/source/San_Jose%2C_California), and the [Burbank](/source/Burbank%2C_Santa_Clara_County%2C_California) and [Cambrian](/source/Cambrian_Park%2C_San_Jose%2C_California) neighborhoods. He was re-elected in 2010 and 2014. In 2008, and then again in 2013, it was Yeager who presided over the first same-sex marriages in Santa Clara county, and he had overseen around 100 such marriages by 2014. Yeager is a former board member of the [Bay Area Air Quality Management District](/source/Bay_Area_Air_Quality_Management_District) (BAAQMD),{{cite web | url =http://www.baaqmd.gov/~/media/files/planning-and-research/ceqa-letters/city-of-san-jose-diridon-station-area-plan-nop.pdf | title =Notice of Preparation for the Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for the Diridon Station Area Plan | date =October 13, 2011 | website =www.baaqmd.gov | publisher = BAAQMD | access-date =March 3, 2017 }} and in January 2009{{cite web | url =http://www.arb.ca.gov/board/bio/kyeager.htm | title =ARB Board Member Biographies - Ken Yeager | date =January 6, 2010 | website =www.arb.ca.gov | publisher =Air Resources Board - California Environmental Protection Agency | access-date =March 3, 2017 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160428052327/http://www.arb.ca.gov/board/bio/kyeager.htm | archive-date =April 28, 2016 | url-status =dead }} the governor appointed him the BAAQMD representative on the [California Air Resources Board](/source/California_Air_Resources_Board) for four years. Involved in public transportation in California, Yeager backs the [electrification](/source/Caltrain_Modernization_Program) of [Caltrain](/source/Caltrain),{{cite web | url =http://www.caltrain.com/about/MediaRelations/News_Archive/Caltrain_Applauds_MTC_Endorsement_of_Regional_Agreement_to_Fund_Modernization.html | title =Caltrain Applauds MTC Endorsement of Regional Agreement to Fund Modernization | date = | website =www.caltrain.com | publisher = | access-date =March 3, 2017 | archive-date =November 7, 2016 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20161107050916/http://www.caltrain.com/about/MediaRelations/News_Archive/Caltrain_Applauds_MTC_Endorsement_of_Regional_Agreement_to_Fund_Modernization.html | url-status =dead }} extending [Bay Area Rapid Transit](/source/Bay_Area_Rapid_Transit) to San Jose,{{cite web | url =http://mtc.ca.gov/bart-its-way-san-jose | title =BART Is On Its Way to San Jose | date =April 12, 2012 | website =mtc.ca.gov | publisher =Metropolitan Transportation Commission | access-date =March 3, 2017 }} and building [California High-Speed Rail](/source/California_High-Speed_Rail).{{cite web |url=http://www.caltrain.com/about/MediaRelations/News_Archive/Caltrain_Board_Adopts_Updated_MOU_with_High_Speed_Rail.html |title=Caltrain Board Adopts Updated MOU with High_Speed Rail |website=www.caltrain.com |access-date=March 3, 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107044748/http://www.caltrain.com/about/MediaRelations/News_Archive/Caltrain_Board_Adopts_Updated_MOU_with_High_Speed_Rail.html |archivedate=November 7, 2016 }} In late 2010 he joined the board of the [Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority](/source/Santa_Clara_Valley_Transportation_Authority).{{cite web | url =http://www.vta.org/people/Ken%20Yeager | title =Ken Yeager | date = | website =www.vta.org | publisher =Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority | access-date =March 3, 2017 | archive-date =January 9, 2018 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20180109042437/http://www.vta.org/people/Ken%20Yeager | url-status =dead }} He is a member of the Caltrain Joint Powers Authority Board of Directors,{{cite web | url =http://www.caltrain.com/about/bod.html | title =Board of Directors | date = | website =/www.caltrain.com | publisher =Caltrain Joint Powers Authority | access-date =March 3, 2017 }} having served as its chair in 2013. Yeager serves as chairman of the Supervisors' Health and Hospital Committee,{{cite web | url =http://sccgov.iqm2.com/citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=14&ID=7085&Inline=True | title =Regular Meeting - Agenda | date =April 13, 2016 | website =sccgov.iqm2.com | publisher =County of Santa Clara Health and Hospital Committee | access-date =March 3, 2017 }} and he is also chairman of the [California State Association of Counties](/source/California_State_Association_of_Counties) Health and Human Services Committee.{{cite web | url =http://www.counties.org/health-human-services | title =Health and Human Services | date =26 May 2015 | website =www.counties.org | publisher =California State Association of Counties | access-date =March 3, 2017 | archive-date =19 November 2021 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20211119142258/https://www.counties.org/health-human-services | url-status =dead }} He is furthermore a member of the First 5 Commission of Santa Clara County. {{cite web |url=http://www.first5kids.org/commission/ken |title=Ken Yeager |website=first5kids.org |publisher=First 5 Commission of Santa Clara County |access-date=March 3, 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619023828/http://www.first5kids.org/commission/ken |archivedate=June 19, 2016 }} By 2014, he had published ''Trailblazers: Profiles of America's Gay and Lesbian Elected Officials''. As of 2017, he continues to periodically teach at [San Jose State University](/source/San_Jose_State_University). ==Personal== Yeager's long-time partner is Michael Haberecht.{{cite news | title = Couples preparing to wed | url = http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=3065 | work = [Bay Area Reporter](/source/Bay_Area_Reporter) | date = 2008-06-12 | accessdate = 2008-06-14 | archive-date = 2011-07-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110710165638/http://ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=3065 | url-status = dead }} Yeager is a triathlete{{Cite web |url=https://www.sccgov.org/sites/d4/about/Pages/bio.aspx |title=Ken Yeager Profile |access-date=2017-03-04 |archive-date=2017-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208132310/https://www.sccgov.org/sites/d4/about/Pages/bio.aspx |url-status=dead }} and [cyclist](/source/cyclist) and frequently [commutes to work by bike](/source/Bicycle_commuting).{{cite web |title=Participation Highest Ever for Bay Area's Bike to Work Day |url=http://www.mtc.ca.gov/news/press_releases/rel468.htm |publisher=[Metropolitan Transportation Commission](/source/Metropolitan_Transportation_Commission_(San_Francisco_Bay_Area)) |date=2009-05-20 |accessdate=2009-07-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625133444/http://www.mtc.ca.gov/news/press_releases/rel468.htm |archivedate=2009-06-25 }} == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Ken Yeager}} * [http://www.supervisoryeager.org/portal/site/d4/ Supervisor Ken Yeager's site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808040914/http://www.supervisoryeager.org/portal/site/d4/ |date=2007-08-08 }} {{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[Jim Beall](/source/Jim_Beall_(California_politician))}} {{s-ttl|title=[Santa Clara County](/source/Santa_Clara_County%2C_California) [Supervisor](/source/Board_of_Supervisors), 4th District|years=2006–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yeager, Ken}} Category:1952 births Category:Living people Category:California Democrats Category:County supervisors in California Category:American gay politicians Category:San Jose State University alumni Category:Stanford University alumni Category:Harvard Kennedy School alumni Category:San Jose City Council members Category:Stanford Graduate School of Education alumni Category:American LGBTQ city council members Category:LGBTQ people from California --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ken Yeager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Yeager) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Yeager?action=history)). 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