Welcome to โMeet the Candidates,โ where Mission Local asks supervisor hopefuls questions in the lead-up to the November election. In District 7 โ which includes the Inner Sunset, Parkmerced and West Portal โ Matt Boschetto, Stephen Martin-Pinto and Edward Yee are running against incumbent Myrna Melgar.
This week, we asked the candidates: Who are you ranking on your ballot for District 7 supervisor?
San Francisco has used ranked-choice voting for most candidate offices since 2004. Voters can rank as few or as many candidates as they like, up to 10.
Myrna Melgar
- Job: District 7 supervisor
- Age: 56
- Housing: Homeowner
- Transport: Bike
- Languages: Spanish, French, Swedish
- Education: Bachelor’s degree, Excelsior College; master’s degree in urban planning, Columbia University
- Residency: Living in Ingleside Terraces since 2011, and lived in District 7 while in college at SF State between 1987 and 1991
I turned in my ballot already, and I voted for Myrna Melgarย only, as I now think that I am the only qualified candidate with liberal Democratic values and a good track record.ย I would remind all other candidates, also, to not forget to vote!
Endorsed by: SF Labor Council, SF Tenants Union, Supervisor Aaron Peskin, Supervisor Hillary Ronen, Supervisor Connie Chan, Supervisor Rafael Mandelman, Supervisor Catherine Stefani, Senator Scott Weiner, District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, SFFF Local 798 (#2)… read more here
Matt Boschetto
- Job: Small business owner
- Age: 35
- Housing: Homeowner
- Transport: Car
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in philosophy, Saint Mary’s College of California
- Residency: Living in District 7 since 2014
I am urging all my supporters to rank me number No. 1 and to rank any of the other candidates, except Myrna Melgar, as No. 2 or No. 3. Our district needs a change in representation to tackle the problems we face as a community. Re-electing Myrna Melgar is not the answer.
Endorsed by: San Francisco Police Officers Association (#1), the Marina Times, SFFF Local 798 (#1), Chinese American Democratic Club (#1)
Stephen Martin-Pinto
- Job: Firefighter/major, U.S. Marine Corps reserves
- Age: 46
- Housing: Tenant in SF, property owner and landlord in Lemon Grove, California
- Transport: Fairly evenly split between car, Muni and walking
- Languages: Spanish, Russian, Georgian
- Education: University of California, Davis
- Residency: Living in District 7โs Sunnyside since 2014, and earlier from 1983 to 1998
1. Martin-Pinto
2. Boschetto
3. Yee
Endorsed by: Former District 7 Supervisor Tony Hall, former Planning Commissioner Michael Antonini, former Police Chief Tony Ribera, drug policy advocate Tom Wolf, BART Board Director Debora Allen, SFFF Local 798 (#3) … read more here
Edward Yee
- Job: Retired surgeon
- Age: 74
- Housing: Homeowner
- Transport: Walking, Muni and, rarely, car
- Languages: Cantonese
- Education: Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley; Doctor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco; Master of Public Health, UC Berkeley
- Residency: Living in District 7 since 1981
Did not respond.
The order of candidates alternates each week. Answers may be lightly edited for formatting, spelling, and grammar.
Do you have a question for the candidates? Let me know: kelly@missionlocal.com
Read the rest of the series here. Illustrations for the series by Neil Ballard.
