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 Senator, California State Senate, 1982-1998  President Pro Tempore, California State Senate, 1994-1998  Assembly Member, California State Assembly, 1973-1982  Member, San Leandro School Board, 1968-1973 PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND ROOMS Helen Lawrence South Office Helen Lawrence was born in Horta, Fayal in the Azores Island, Portugal. As an infant, she immigrated with her family to the city of Oakland in 1894. She graduated from Oakland’s Fremont High School and later graduated from San Jose State Teacher’s College. She later taught in San Leandro for six years before marrying Jorge Lawrence, Supreme Director of the Portuguese Fraternal Society, U.P.E.C. During her years as a San Leandro resident, Mrs. Lawrence volunteered for several agencies. In 1935, when Councilmember George Weldon resigned, several councilmembers asked Lawrence to fill the vacancy and she accepted. On May 21, 1941, Mayor Mark DuTiel resigned. After his resignation Mrs. Lawrence’s colleagues nominated her Mayor, the first woman in San Leandro’s history to serve this position as well as the first person of Portuguese descent to serve as mayor in the United States. She served 3 years as Mayor. She was also voted President of the Council. Dave Karp Senior Facility Dave S. Karp served as San Leandro’s mayor for seven years. He served as a Councilmember for District 1 for four year and was elected mayor on April 8, 1986. He was born on April 5, 1935 and was a resident of San Leandro for many years. He was married to Marcia Karp, who served as a board member for the Friends of the San Leandro Library for many years until she died in 2012. He served on several city advisory commissions, including the Board of Zoning Adjustments and the Site Development Commission. He was Vice Chairman of both the Executive Committee and the Charter Revision Committee for San Leandro’s Future. He also served on the Alameda County Parks and Recreation Commission and was a director of the San Leandro Chamber of Commerce. He was very active in the U.S. Conference of Mayors, focusing on transportation issues. He also lobbied Washington, D.C. seeking federal support of local projects. In fact, he helped secure millions of dollars for projects ranging from sound walls on Interstate 880 to a BART parking garage in Dublin. His expertise in transportation earned him an appointment as one of eight mayors chosen for President Clinton’s Transition Team Committee to work on problems of U.S. cities.