Keith Carson

Keith Carson (born c.1950) is a member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in Alameda County, California for District 5. Carson has served on the board of supervisors in Alameda County, California since 1993, after being subsequently re-elected in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016.
Personal life
Carson is a native of Berkeley, California. After attending Berkeley High School, Carson attended Merritt College. He transferred to UC Berkeley from 1969-1971 where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences. Carson went on to receive his Master of Public Administration from California State University, Hayward (now California State University, East Bay). Carson and his wife, Maria, have two children and three grandchildren.
Political career
Carson was elected to the steering committee of the local Berkley Citizens Action organization in 1979.
Before Carson secured his first election to the Alameda County Board, he served as an aide to Ron Dellums during his term as a United States Representative from California, His first county board supervisor election, in 1990, ended in a narrow defeat to incumbent Warren Widener.
He represents the Fifth District which includes the cities of Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, and West Oakland, North Oakland, Rockridge, Grand Lake, Fruitvale, and Dimond District neighborhoods.
Carson is chair of the Alameda County East Bay Economic Development Alliance (East Bay EDA) and the Finance Committee for the Bay Area World Trade Center (BAWTC). He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the , the statewide organization representing supervisors in the state's 58 counties, and was elected president of that association in December 2016. He also served on the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority (ACTIA), before the body was merged with the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency. He now serves on the new Alameda County Transportation Commission.
Issues
During his County Supervisor election of 1990, which he lost, Carson referred to himself as "a progressive politician" who supports "progressive issues".

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