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San Francisco County, CA November 3, 1998 General

Board of Supervisors

Candidates (Vote for 5)
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Tom Ammiano 120,291 votes 15.00%

  • Party: Democrat
  • Occupation: City Supervisor, School Teacher
  • Tom was elected to the S.F. Board of
  • Supervisors in November 1994. He served on
  • the San Francisco School Board for four years,
  • School Board President, 1993. Son of working
  • class family, raised in New Jersey.
Priorities:
  • Housing
  • Education
  • Women's Issues
Gavin Newsom 109,015 votes 13.60%
  • Party: Democrat
  • Occupation: Restauranteur/Member of the Board of Supervisors
  • Member, Board of Supervisors
  • President, Parking and Traffic Commission
  • Partner/Manger PlumpJack Resturant
  • Partner/Manager Balboa Cafe
  • Policy Chair, Neighborhood Parks Council Task Force
  • Member, Board of Supervisors Finance Committee
Priorities:
  • Substance Abuse/Treatment on Demand
  • Public Transportation
  • Affordable Housing
Mabel Teng 95,093 votes 11.80%
  • Occupation: Member, Board of Supervisors
Mark Leno 82,449 votes 10.20%
  • Party: Democrat
  • Occupation: Member Board of Supervisors
  • Small business person for 20 + years
  • American College of Jerusalme, summa cum laude
  • Environmentalist, aggressive tree-planter
  • Chamber of Commerce, Human Rights Campaign
  • Tireless volunteer and supporter of non-profits and community services.
Priorities:
  • Demanding accountability for MUNI operations, exploring alternatives and imposing deadlines for improvements.
  • Establishing an anti-gun violence and safety education program for every 5th grade in our public schools.
  • Support for small business and our neighborhoods.
Amos C. Brown 67,554 votes 8.40%
  • Party: Democratic
  • Occupation: Supervisor, Reverend
  • Served as the NAACP National Chairman of Youth and College Division
  • Earned a B.A. from Morehouse College, Masters in Divinity from Crozer Theological Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry from United Theological Seminary
  • 1976 accepted pastorship at the Third Baptist Church; licensed first woman to preach in SF Baptist Churches
  • 1982-85 served as member of the Governing Board of the San Francisco Community College
  • Mayor Willie Brown appointed to the Board of Supervisors
  • Sponsored an ordinance creating the Affordable Housing Bond Program, generating $100 million to build affordable housing
Priorities:
  • Affordable Housing (sponsored an ordinance creating the Affordable Housing Bond Program, generating $100 million dollars to build affordable housing
  • Treatment on Demand, both health care and mental health
  • Improving MUNI
58,935 votes 7.30%
Rose Tsai 58,571 votes 7.30%
  • Occupation: Radio Host
Donna Casey 57,788 votes 7.20%
  • Party: Independent
  • Occupation: Non-Profit/Business Consultant
  • 28 Years of Service to San Francisco
  • Businesswoman, Founder, Bank of SF
  • Mother of 2 sons, 5th generation San Franciscan
  • Environmentalist, former USF Trustee
  • Former United Way County Chair
  • former Library Commissioner
Priorities:
  • Restore Independence to the Board of Supervisors
  • Restore Oversight function to Board, including oversight of Muni
  • Push Board to Plan ahead, including matters like Muni, Laguna Honda
Denise A. D'Anne 35,244 votes 4.30%
  • Party: Democrat
  • Occupation: Manager, Resource Conservation Program
  • BA Political Science
  • Lifetime Achievement Award for Waste Reduction by Mayor Brown, San Francisco
Priorities:
  • Fix Muni
  • Provide for Housing
  • Reduce City Departments Waste Practices
Shawn O'Hearn 17,664 votes 2.20%
  • Occupation: HIV Prevention Educator
Jim Reid 16,902 votes 2.10%
  • Occupation: Entrepreneur / Computer Consultant
Carlos Petroni 16,293 votes 2.00%
  • Party: Progressive Left Slate
  • Occupation: Newspaper Editor
  • Labor Party
  • Immigrant Rights Movement (MDI)
  • Labor Militant, A democratic Socialist Organization
  • Economist and Urban Planner by Training
  • International Awards for Human Rights Work
  • International and National Awards for Literary Work
Priorities:
  • Political Reform, End of the One-Party System in SF
  • Housing, Health Care and Jobs for All San Franciscans. Full Civil Rights for All
  • Free, Efficient Mass Transportation - Defense of the Environment - Economic Development for the Neighborhoods
Len Pettigrew 15,049 votes 1.80%
Tahnee Stair 11,621 votes 1.40%
  • Party: Peace and Freedom Party
  • Occupation: Temporary Office Worker
  • Youth and Student Activist for over 5 years.
  • Organised the community against racism, anti-lesbian/gay bigotry, sexism, tution hikes and police brutality.
  • Organized against war and sanctions on Iraq and the Blockade of Cuba.
  • Travelled to Cuba twice and organized against US interventions around the world.
Priorities:
  • Creating Affordable Housing
  • Fighting racism, anti-lesbian/gay/bi bigotry and sexism.
  • Raising the Minimum wage to $10/hr. & creating a Comphrensive Jobs Program
Frederick Hobson 8,048 votes 1.00%
  • Occupation: none
Sam Lucas 7,858 votes 0.90%
Lucrecia Bermudez
  • Party: Progressive Left Slate
  • Occupation: Immigrant Rights Organizer
  • Immigrant Rights Movement (MDI)
Priorities:
  • Political Reform-Civil rights, housing, jobs and health Care for All
  • Protection of the Environment - Economic Development of Neighborhoods
  • End the Rule of the Corrupt Bronw-Burton Political Machine

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