Welcome back to our “Meet the Candidates” series, in which District 9 supervisorial hopefuls respond to a question in 100 words or fewer.
Our week nine question: How did you vote on the March 5 propositions?
Not every District 9 candidate disclosed every one of their votes. But there are interesting patterns in the ones we can see. For instance, everyone but Jaime Gutierrez against Prop. F, the proposition to drug screen welfare recipients. Only Trevor Chandler voted Yes on E, which would loosen multiple restrictions on the police department.
Read the full responses below.
Julian Bermudez
Editor’s note: Bermudez said he preferred to keep his voting choices private.
h brown
Editor’s note: brown said he voted Yes on A, B, D and G, and voted No on C, E and F. The rest of his answer did not relate to the local election, so it has not been included here.
Trevor Chandler
A: Yes, building more affordable housing must be a priority.
B: No, it was poorly written and would have made it harder, not easier, to fully staff the SFPD.
C: Yes, we need to use every tool in the toolbox to revitalize our downtown.
D: Yes, and I would support even tougher ethics laws at City Hall.
E: Yes; while not perfect, it will help ensure a responsive and accountable SFPD.
F: No; while I appreciate the intent, I believe in incentivizing recovery.
G: Yes, Algebra should never have been removed to begin with.
Jackie Fielder
I voted in line with District 9 residents.
Yes on D: Tighten ethics rules in light of city corruption.
Yes on A: Fund already-approved affordable housing!
Prop. C won’t actually convert downtown office space to affordable housing, and was just a ploy to waive taxes for luxury real estate developers; I went No.
No on E: We all want safer streets, but we need oversight on police when it comes to vehicle pursuits, use of force and surveillance.
Prop. F goes against everything public health researchers tell us, and actually puts more poor families on the streets, making our problems worse.
Jaime Gutierrez
I voted Yes on A, D, F and No on B, C, E, G. This is an accurate representation of voting across the board in a city with many interests and not enough friends.
San Francisco, to me, has always been a funky, inclusive city, where people from all walks of life could live here and get along. Currently we are living in “hooray for me and F you.” I don’t want to live that way anymore. All the measures were knee-jerk fixes to a city that is in an existential crisis. Join me and discover integrity above ideology!
Roberto Hernandez
My priority was helping pass the Prop. A housing bond to deliver $300 million in critical affordable housing dollars.
I did not support Prop. F, because I felt that lack of adequately available drug treatment services and understaffing at existing facilities set up our most vulnerable residents to fall through society’s safety net.
I appreciated Prop E’s goal to increase public safety by reducing administrative requirements to allow police officers to spend more time in the community, but I was concerned about increased surveillance and use of car chases. I supported Props C, D, and G, but not Prop. B.
Michael Petrelis
I vote as a Green Party member, generally, but was a registered Democrat this election.
Top of the ticket choice: Marianne Williamson.
U.S. Senate: Barbara Lee, twice.
Congressional District 11 Representative: Trans actress Bianca von Krieg.
No: Props B, C, E, F, G.
Yes: Prop. A.
Races for state senate and assembly were left blank.
Voted to retain judges Michael Begert and Patrick Thompson.
Democratic Country Central Committee: Peter Gallotta, Kristin Hardy, John Avalos, Jeremy Lee, Vick Chung, Patrick Bell, Gloria Berry, Adolfo Velasquez, Michael Nguyen, Sydney Simpson, Joshua Rudy Ochoa, Sal Rosselli, Jane Kim, Anita Martinez.
Stephen Torres
I voted for Props A, B and D and against C, E, F and G.
We need to invest in the essential services that help our communities succeed. We need more affordable housing and a comprehensive staffing plan that allows to add police officers without cutting other vital safety positions. I support stronger ethics rules, given the widespread examples of corruption we’ve seen.
C won’t address the problem it purports to, as confirmed by the City Controller. E/F are examples of strategies that have failed in the past. While I support bringing Algebra back to middle schools, Prop. G … Read more
Candidates are ordered alphabetically. Answers may be lightly edited for formatting, spelling, and grammar. If you have questions for the candidates, please let us know at will@missionlocal.com.
Read the rest of the series here. Illustrations for the series by Neil Ballard.
You can register to vote via the sf.gov website.
An interesting consideration for Prop G that although a recommendation, the voters believe that Algebra will be offered in middle school.
Why? Because that’s what they think they voted for.
The school board better watch themselves from more wrath if they choose to ignore this strong recommendation.
Prop G was a farce. Written to bring “outraged” (read recall happy) parents to the ballot box when in reality the BOS cannot compel curriculum. This was a particular offensive move by politicians, especially when SFUSD is in the worst crisis we’ve seen in decades. So much more needs to be done to help public schools thrive at this moment and this what is Engardio paying attention to? Thanks to the candidates who voted No on G, the most misdirected and “does nothing in reality” prop on the ballot.
Good grief. The Mission is doomed.
Leave
Brown is like an artist who never learned the craft. It’s actually hard to do it well.
Sean,
I just do it differently.
Electrons freed us from having to conserve paper and I use the free space kind of like others use elypses to divide thoughts where I think they should be divided.
I employ what Jim Meko kind of disgustingly described as the, ‘h. brown method’ …
“You just type as fast as you can and then hit ‘send’.”
Actually, I did my thinking about it years before and ignoring rules of the road like spell checking and the like interferes with blunt honesty that works best in the context but which I might filter …
“out of kindness, I suppose”
lol
I like Roberto of all the candidates cause the Power at City Hall is moving even further to the Right (look at Farrell wanting to ban ALL Vendors in the City) it’s going to be more important for the People of D-9 to unite to cover for a decrease in City Services.
At a time like that you want one of your own leading you and Roberto Hernandez is that guy.
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Campers,
Campers,
Campers,
This is my rejected response to Will’s Week 9 question.
Hey, it’s their ball and bat and glove and field.
lol
here yuh go …
“Often wrong but never silent”
hbrown41744@gmail.com
I VOTED in San Francisco
Prop A Victory Party
Campers,
Campers,
Here’s that 100 word limit poem I wrote that, with the right music, be a hit.
Will,
Hope y’all are well enjoying the election.
My 100 word limit response to how I voted on local Props …
Hello voters,
SFBulldogblog.com to know me.
All power to AGI and Diem 25 !
SF desperately needs new Industry based on Renewable Resources …
Legalize the Sex Trade !
To clear our streets of Tents …
Build and equip 3 campsites for 1000 each
2 on Treasure Island
1 Adjacent to VA Medical Center Complex
Our Police Force needs a Total Rebuild …
Elect our Police Chief !
On Local props I voted Yes, Yes, No, Yes, No, No , Yes
I hope y’all did too.
okay I can see why this was not included
Chim Cham,
You’re right.
Now that I reread it I’m definitely all over the place.
My point is that we need an Elected Police Chief.
Then, you know who to blame when the chaos continues.
Yourself, cause you bought their line and elected them.
It’s Michael Hennessey’s idea and he said it might take a couple of election cycles to get one who kept their word but then you’d have one who lasted 30 years like he did.
Just using my time here well as I’m able to figure.
Go Giants !!
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Bro,
Bruh,
Breh,
I’m trying NOT to become a ‘Camper’ out here, so please refrain from using that blanket term!
Thank you.
Humberto,
I hearby grant you Free Speech.
Even tho we’ve never met and I’ve never even heard of your works.
Why ?
Cause that’s the kind of guy I am.
Please do the same for me.
It’s the American way.
lol
And, much of what I write is ‘insider allusion’.
My, ‘Campers’ come from Herb Gold’s masterpiece, ‘A thousand Clowns’.
Where Murray comes out to the morning street with his nephew and attempts to guide his neighbors from their wasted lives:
“Campers, out for calesthetics !”
“I’m not seeing enough champagne bottles in your trash !!”
My lower case on my name is tribute to e.e. cummings.
A sample:
“anybody lived in a pretty how town with up so floating many bells down”
“only the snow can begin to explain how children or apt to forget to remember,
with up so floating many bells down”
(used to be an english teacher)
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