Former San Jose mayor teaching law at Stanford

Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo had his first day on campus this week, and he couldn’t be more excited.

Liccardo, who termed out last year, started a part-time gig as a Stanford University law professor on Monday. His course explores the fiscal, legal and political struggles of policymaking to solve what he said are the top problems in American cities: poverty and homelessness, violent crime and global warming. The 25-graduate student course is called “How Cities Can Save the World.”