Mineta, Norman Yoshio, 1931-2022
Norman Yoshio Mineta (November 12, 1931 – May 3, 2022) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the San Jose, California city council, as Mayor of San Jose, as the U.S. Representative from California's 13th and 15th districts, as Secretary of Commerce in the last months of the Clinton administration and as Secretary of Transportation for five and a half years in the George W. Bush administration.
Born in San Jose, Mineta's family was interned for several years in the Heart Mountain internment camp near Cody, Wyoming, along with thousands of other Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans. He attended public schools in San Jose, in Heart Mountain, and in Evanston, Illinois, graduating from San Jose High School before earning a B.S. from the University of California at Berkeley. After graduating, Mineta joined his father’s insurance firm and began exploring a possible entry into local politics. From 1962 to 1964, Mineta served on San Jose’s human relations commission, and from 1966 to 1967, he sat on the board of directors of the city’s housing authority. That year he jumped to the city council, where he served double duty as vice mayor from 1968 to 1971. In 1971, Mineta was elected Mayor of San Jose. As mayor, Mineta clamped down on San Jose’s runaway development. He worked to funnel growth back toward the city’s center, tightening zoning requirements and passing a “pay-as-you-grow” tax to cover the cost of additional public services.
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