Sally J. LieberIncumbent

Candidate for Board of Equalization Member, District 2

Sally J. Lieber is the incumbent on California's tax board, the Board of Equalization. She holds its Second District seat. She has held it since January 2023. Board colleagues elected her chair, for 2024 and again for 2026. The Second District is large. It covers about 10 million people, across 19 coastal and Bay Area counties. It runs from Del Norte County, in the north, to Ventura County, in the south. Before joining the Board, Lieber served in the state Assembly. She held the 22nd District: Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, and parts of Santa Clara and San Jose. She served there from 2002 to 2008. She served a term as Speaker pro Tempore. She was the third woman to hold that post. Earlier in her career, she served on the Mountain View City Council. She served there as Vice Mayor, and later as Mayor. She was first elected to that council in 1998. She studied political science at Stanford. She had studied earlier at San Francisco City College and Foothill College. Before politics, she spent a decade restoring old Victorian houses. She also hung historical wallpaper for a living. Lieber won her 2022 Board race easily. She beat Republican Peter Verbica, 69.8% to 30.2%. In 2024 she made a run for county supervisor in Santa Clara. She lost that race, to Margaret Abe-Koga. She now seeks a second Board term, in the 2026 general election. Home: Mountain View/Santa Clara County area, California. Job: Chair, Board of Equalization, Second District, an elected post. She also has a background as a small-business owner. Prior office: Incumbent, Board District 2, since January 2023. She was chair in both 2024 and 2026. She earlier served in the state Assembly, 22nd District, 2002-2008. She was Speaker pro Tempore there, 2007-2008. She served on the Mountain View City Council too, and as its mayor, first elected 1998.

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