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San Francisco County, CA November 8, 2005 Election
 Smart Voter Gerardo Sandoval

Candidate for
Assessor-Recorder; City of San Francisco

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Biographical Highlights
  • Occupation: Member, Board of Supervisors
  • 15 years of public service experience
  • Former City Finance Analyst, Former Public Defender
  • Earned Law Degree from Columbia Law School
  • Earned Master's Degree in City Planning from UC Berkeley
  • Helped pass landmark ethics and good government reforms
  • As Chair of Budget Committee, closed largest budget deficit in San Francisco history
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Top Priorities if Elected
  • Use my background as an advocate and attorney to strengthen the appeals team that defends tax appeals by large corporate property owners
  • Reform the Assessor-Recorder's office by stamping out cronyism and implement zero-tolerance policies for corruption
  • Implement reform ideas outlined in my white papers, available here in the "position papers" section of the site.
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Key Endorsements
  • Assemblyman Leland Yee
  • Supervisor Sophie Maxwell
  • Sheriff Mike Hennessey
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Position Papers
Turning Around the Assessor's Office
This white paper outlines a management approach to getting the Assessor's Office on track again. The major components of my initiative include: Staff and Personnel; Information Systems; Internal Focus (Making Operational Systems Accountable); External Focus (Assessment Appeals and Discovery Program); and a Timeline for Success.
The Commercial Tax Loophole and Property Tax Reform
San Francisco is losing hundreds of millions a year in property taxes, primarily by losing property reassessment battles with large corporations that can afford to spend millions to win a single assessment appeal and have their property taxes lowered. This paper explains the problem and proposes a solution to the revenue crisis San Francisco is experiencing.
 
Campaign Contact Information
Website: http://www.SandovalforAssessor.com
E-mail: sandoval101@yahoo.com


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