June 7 Candidates
| Jane Kim for State Senator | Victor Hwang for Superior Court Judge |
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| Jane is a proven progressive leader who has fought to expand access to affordable housing, protect renters, close the income gap and improve public schools. | For the last 23 years, Victor Hwang has worked as a lawyer to protect the rights of families, seniors, immigrants, and survivors of human trafficking and sexual assault. As a civil rights attorney, former prosecutor and former public defender, Victor has the right experience and temperament to be a judge for all of us. |
Vote June 7, 2016 for these Reform Slate DCCC candidates
Jump to West Side AD19 (Ting) (10 seats open) SF Supe Districts 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 11
East Side AD17 (Chiu) (14 seats open) SF Supervisor Districts 3, 5*, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11*
(*SF Supervisor Districts 5 and 11 are split between AD17 and AD19, check your ballot.)
Candidates’ background information below is from Potrero Hill Democratic Club questionnaires, except for Tom Ammiano who provided a quote for this campaign.
Vote for all 14:
Tenant Organizer. “I have been a Tenant Organizer, an immigrant rights advocate, and a worker’s’ rights advocate for over 12 years. I am a board member for Jobs with Justice and the SF Labor Council.”
Retired Assembly Member. “We need a Democratic Party that will fight for an affordable San Francisco.”
Member, Board of Supervisors. “I have more than a decade of involvement in San Francisco Democratic politics and I’’m proud of my record as a member of the DCCC and the Board of Supervisors, where I have fought to make SF affordable for middle class and low income individuals.”
Incumbent. “I am an attorney and was a SF Public Defender for 10 years. I currently represent blue collar and union workers, i.e., shipyard workers, welders, electricians, mechanics and various construction trades that are dying from exposure to asbestos. I have been on the Police Commission for seven years and voted to keep tasers out of SF. I have been on the DCCC since 2012.”
Incumbent. “2016 marks 40 years of public service beginning when I went to Capitol Hill to work for Representative Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress and 1972 Presidential candidate through Cal-in-the-Capitol. I served as District 8 Supervisor from 2002-2011 and am proud to have been the 8th vote on critical measures, including Healthy San Francisco, Formula Retail legislation, due process for undocumented youth, banning formula retail in Hayes Valley and mandatory SFPD Foot Patrol, among others. As Director of HOPE, I am proud of working with homeless clients, the Coalition on Homelessness and other service providers to make changes, such as the SF Navigation Center, establishing a homeless preference for SF Public Housing, enabling individuals to make 90-day shelter reservations through #311 instead of requiring the everyone wait in long lines, and being part of the leadership that has housed over 800 Veterans over the past 5 years.”
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Educator / Environmental Attorney. “For the last fifteen years, I have been working hard to preserve San Francisco’’s neighborhoods, environment, and unique character … I led the battle to protect Coit Tower and pass the Coit Tower Preservation ballot measure … I led the No Wall on the Waterfront campaign to defeat the 8 Washington high-rise luxury condos and the battle to pass Prop. B in June 2014 to give voters the power to protect our waterfront … Currently I serve on the Port’’s Waterfront Land Use Review Working Group, which is advising the Port on how to manage our waterfront in the face of rapid climate change and sea level rise.”
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Physician / Mother / Educator. “Transgender health advocacy has long been a passion of mine. Throughout my career as a physician and community advocate, I have worked tirelessly to ensure that all patients have access to the same high standards of care … I have been the volunteer medical director of St James Infirmary for 9 years and helped start a transgender clinic at Kaiser Permanente … I also am the volunteer medical director of St James Infirmary, an occupational health and safety clinic for sex workers and their families. In addition, I have helped thousands of women in the Bay Area with their pregnancies …”
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Legislative Aide. “I have 20 years of electoral and political campaign experience supporting democratic candidates and issues, from field work on local ballot initiatives to strategic direction for candidates for local and state office. Currently, I am the Co-President of the San Francisco Women’s Political Committee ( www.sfwpc.org ), one of the largest political women’s organization in San Francisco and President of the Coalition of Asian American Government Employees, which provides training and leadership opportunities for Asian employees working in the public sector on the local, state, and federal level in San Francisco. I have also been very active in my children’’s public schools, serving on the PTSA’s at both Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy and James Denman Middle School.”
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Member, Board of Supervisors. “Prior to serving on the Board of Supervisors, I served as a Community Organizer at Chinatown Community Development Center for six years, a Civil Rights Attorney at Lawyers’’ Committee for Civil Rights, and a Policy Fellow at the Greenlining Institute. I was also elected to the San Francisco Board of Education and served as President at the same time that I was attending Boalt Law School. During my Board of Education race in 2006, I won the highest number of votes out of 15 candidates citywide.”
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Incumbent. “I have been active in the San Francisco Democratic Party for nearly fifteen years, serving on the boards of the Noe Valley Democratic Club (three years as president), the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club (two years as president), the Alice B. Toklas Democratic Club and the District 8 Democratic Club. First elected to the San Francisco DCCC in 2006, I have served as a member and vice chair of that body and have served on the Resolutions Committee of the California Democratic Party. … I am currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the LGBT Community Center and President of the Board of Trustees of City College of San Francisco.”
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Retired, Member, Board of Supervisors. “I was a member of the Board of Supervisors for 10 years and have been a neighborhood and community leader.”
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Member, Board of Supervisors. “I have been a community activist in San Francisco since my arrival decades ago and was a neighborhood leader for a number of organizations, including the Telegraph Hill Dwellers. My successes with those organizations include stopping unbridled development of our historic waterfront and saving our historic Flower Mart. Over the course of my career in public office, I have increased protections for tenants facing eviction and protested against the unlawful conversion of rent controlled housing, which has exacerbated our City’’s housing crisis. I’ve led on numerous environmental initiatives, both in and out of office, including passing legislation to protect our playgrounds from toxic materials, preventing the infill of the San Francisco Bay by San Francisco International Airport, and joining lawsuits to reduce air emissions and limit corporate advertisements in public space. I have long advocated for historic preservation, helping to preserve the Colombo Building and, more recently, an historic Frank Lloyd Wright building on San Francisco’’s Maiden Lane. I routinely join in solidarity as labor unions demonstrate against unfair contract terms, most recently joining the Teamsters in their demands for labor harmony in private commuter shuttle bus contracts. I’ve been grateful for the support of progressive labor over the course of my career.”
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Director of Nonprofit Agency. “As a student I was one of the leaders of the historic student strike at SF State that led to the establishment of Ethnic Studies and increased enrollment of minority students. I worked with leaders in the Western Addition to file suit against HUD over relocation rights. We won the case that went to the Supreme Court, and established citizen participation in the redevelopment process, the first in the nation. During the past four years I have worked to assist veterans gain employment, currently heading the veterans assistance committee of the local NAACP.”
Nonprofit Housing Director. “I have been working on social justice, affordable housing and tenants’ rights issues in San Francisco for the last 13 years. As Deputy Director at Chinatown Community Development Center, I have built skills in negotiation, project management, and critical problem solving. I have used these skills to serve for the last four years on the SF Planning Commission, serving as both President and Vice President. My work focuses on participatory planning for low-income neighborhoods to have self determination over the improvements they seek for their neighborhoods.”
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West Side AD19 (Ting) (10 seats open) SF Supe Districts 1, 2, 4, 5*, 7, 11*
(*SF Supervisor Districts 5 and 11 are split between AD17 and AD19, check your ballot.)
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Vote for all 7:
College Trustee / Educator. (From 2014) “I will leverage the experience I bring as an advocate for accessible public higher education for the last 20 years. Through my experience working with state legislators, university administration, faculty, staff and students, I can work with the board on the complex issues facing City College at the moment. … Ultimately, I want to ensure that City College is a fiscally responsible institution with resources for student learning and a relevant curriculum for a pathway to a four-year university, specific skills training and lifelong learning. I was very proud to represent Barack Obama as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. I am a current member of the Chicano/Latino Caucus of the California Democratic Party. I have held the office of President of the San Francisco District 11 Democratic Club for the last two and a half years. I have recently become the Communications Chair of the Latino Democratic Club.”
Member, Board of Education. “I served as PTA President in Richmond District public schools for 12 terms, then continued to serve my neighborhood and City as a School Board Commissioner. … Some of my accomplishments in my eight years on the School Board: I organized the effort to build 115 units of affordable family housing on school district surplus property; I created the first ever local hire policy for the San Francisco Unified School District; I instituted Ethnic Studies in all high schools. In 2010 I was elected to the San Francisco Democratic Party (DCCC) and served for two years.” (Excerpted from her website.)
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Retired Teacher. “I am a woman of mature years, a seasoned veteran of politics at the grassroots level, and a vocal leader of active demonstrations. … I am a retired San Francisco public school teacher. I am a longtime member of the JCRC Metropolitan Council where I represent the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC). I am a longtime officer of both the San Francisco Labor Council (SFLC) and the California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA). Throughout my life, I’ve mentored young women and people of color who want to become active in politics and seek public office. … I am running for the DCCC because I want to energize The Democratic Party in San Francisco. If re-elected, I will continue to expand Democratic voter registration, to endorse and elect qualified and dynamic Democratic candidates, and to raise funds for the Democratic Party. I will continue to vote to make sure that the San Francisco Democratic Party supports issues, legislation, and initiatives that are in keeping with San Francisco values and help uplift all San Franciscans.” (Excerpted from her website.)
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Youth Engagement Coordinator. Coordinator of Community Outreach and Civic Engagement at San Francisco Youth Commission; Youth Development Fellow at CORO Northern California.
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Member, Board of Supervisors. (From 2012) “Throughout the last four years, I have worked to create jobs, improve our schools, expand affordable housing and support families and seniors in our communities and protect the unique character of the Richmond. As Supervisor [District 1], I have: Created thousands of jobs through supporting business tax reform, local hire ordinance, workforce training, and California’’s largest solar energy project; Fought for additional school funding, City College, Preschool for All, Safe Routes to Schools pedestrian safety program; Championed affordable housing for seniors, developmentally disabled, and low-income families; Saved Richmond District small businesses; Led efforts to improve transit service; Expanded language access services for immigrants; Improved community health by increasing healthy food options and expanding smoke free public spaces; Prior to my tenure in City Hall, I taught Asian American Studies at SF State for 16 years, served as the director of the Northern California Coalition for Immigrant Rights, was former Acting Dean of New College of California School of Law, and spent eight years as a Commissioner on the SF Board of Education.”
Nonprofit Executive Director. Myrna Melgar is a nonprofit Executive Director and mother of three. She has spent most of her professional career as a public servant in government and nonprofit organizations working on issues of community economic development, affordable housing and access to education. She believes in a local Democratic Party that embodies those San Francisco values of inclusion, tolerance and economic opportunity for all. [From her website.]
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Member, Board of Supervisors. “I have spent my entire adult life committed to improving our City. As the former Executive Director of a children and families serving organization, I worked to provide quality child care to families throughout San Francisco. As a two-term President of the San Francisco Board of Education, I brought a divided school board together, and advocated on behalf of our City’’s public school children. I now serve as a member of the Board of Supervisors, where I authored legislation that makes our streets safer, increases funding for children’s services and provides more robust services to our seniors. Through our participatory budgeting process, I give my constituents a direct say in how their tax dollars are spent. Throughout my career, I have used a collaborative leadership style that focuses on results, and I will bring that style to the DCCC.”