The Richmond District is a neighborhood in the northwest corner of San Francisco,California,developed initially in the late 19th century. It is sometimes confused with the city of Richmond,which is 20 miles (32 km) northeast of San Francisco.
Matthew Edward Gonzalez is an American politician,lawyer,and activist. He served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2001 to 2005 and was president of the Board. In 2003,Gonzalez,running as a member of the Green Party,lost a race for mayor of San Francisco to Democrat Gavin Newsom. In the 2008 presidential election,Gonzalez ran for vice president as the running mate of candidate Ralph Nader. As of 2020,he works as the Chief Attorney at the San Francisco Public Defender's Office.
Christopher Edward Daly is a former San Francisco Board of Supervisors member He represented District 6,serving from 2001 to 2011. He now lives in Fairfield,California,but commutes to Las Vegas,Nevada and Carson City,Nevada,where he works for the Nevada State Education Association.
Abraham Lincoln High School (ALHS) is a California Distinguished public high school located in the Sunset District of San Francisco,California. In 2018,ALHS was ranked #499 and earned a gold medal by U.S. News &World Report,placing it in the top 2% of public high schools nationally.
Balboa High School,colloquially known as Bal,is an American public high school located near the Excelsior District in the Mission Terrace neighborhood of San Francisco,California. Balboa serves grades nine through 12 as part of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).
The San Francisco Board of Education is the school board for the City and County of San Francisco. It is composed of seven Commissioners,elected by voters across the city to serve 4-year terms. It is subject to local,state,and federal laws,and determines policy for all the K-12 public schools in the San Francisco Unified School District.
Mark Sanchez is an American politician in San Francisco,California. He was on the San Francisco Board of Education from 2001 to 2009,and served as president of the board from 2007 to 2009. Sanchez lost a 2008 election for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in District 9. He was again elected to the San Francisco Board of Education in 2016. He was elected President of the Board in 2020,having been vice president since 2018.
Jane Jungyon Kim is an American attorney and politician,and the first Korean American elected official in San Francisco. She represented San Francisco's District 6 on the Board of Supervisors between 2011 and 2019. She is a member of the San Francisco's Democratic County Central Committee. She is executive director of the California Working Families Party.
Edwin Mah Lee was an American politician and attorney who served as the 43rd Mayor of San Francisco from 2011 until his death in 2017. He was the first Asian American to hold the office.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission is a public agency tasked with maintaining city bylaws [clarification needed,there is no "city" bylaws,each Board or Commission or policy body has its own bylaws] in San Francisco,California. The commission specifically files and audits campaign finance disclosure statements,handles campaign consultant registration and regulation. They also handle lobbyist registration and regulation along with the filing of officer for statements of economic interest and the administration of the Whistleblower program. Lastly,they mitigate investigations of ethics complaints,enforce education and training and provide advice and statistical reporting.
Arlene C. Ackerman was an American educator who served as superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools,San Francisco Unified School District,and Philadelphia Public Schools.
London Nicole Breed is an American politician who is the 45th and current mayor of the City and County of San Francisco. She was supervisor for District 5 and was president of the Board of Supervisors from 2015 to 2018.
Sandra Lee Fewer is an American politician who served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors representing Supervisorial District 1 during the years 2017-2021. It includes the neighborhoods of Inner Richmond,Central Richmond,Outer Richmond,Lone Mountain,Golden Gate Park,Lincoln Park,and University of San Francisco.
A special election was held for Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco on June 5,2018,to fill the remainder of the term of Ed Lee,who had died in office on December 12,2017. Upon Lee's death,London Breed,President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors,became Acting Mayor of San Francisco,but a vote of six supervisors replaced Breed with Supervisor Mark Farrell. The mayoral election was held concurrently with the statewide direct primary election. In San Francisco,the election for the eighth district member of the board of supervisors was also on the ballot.
Shamann Walton is an American politician from Vallejo. He has been a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors since 2019,representing District 10,and served as President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from January 8,2021 to January 9,2023. Walton earlier served on the San Francisco Board of Education and was its president immediately prior to his election as supervisor.
Matthew Craig Haney is an American politician from San Francisco currently serving as a member of the California State Assembly from the 17th district,covering the eastern portion of the city. A progressive member of the Democratic Party,Haney had represented District 6 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2019 to 2022 and previously served as a commissioner on the San Francisco Board of Education from 2013 to 2019.
Gordon Mar is an American politician from San Francisco. He was a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from 2019 to 2023,representing District 4. He is the brother of former District 1 supervisor Eric Mar.
Alison M. Collins is a former commissioner of the San Francisco Board of Education. She served on the board from January 7,2019 until her recall election of February 15,2022,when she was ousted by 76% of the vote,the largest of all three commissioners recalled on that date. Along with two other commissioners,Collins became the first member of the school board to be recalled in the history of San Francisco,and the first recalled San Francisco official in over a century,since ouster of State Senator Edwin Grant in 1914.
The 2022 San Francisco Board of Education recall elections were held on February 15,2022. In a landslide election,over two-thirds of voters chose to remove three San Francisco Board of Education Commissioners—Alison Collins,Board President Gabriela Lopez,and Faauuga Moliga—from office. All three commissioners were replaced by appointees chosen by Mayor London Breed. The other four members of the school board were not eligible for recall at this time.
Joel P. Engardio is an American politician,writer,and public-safety advocate. He is the supervisor for District 4 of San Francisco,California,serving since 2023 after unseating incumbent Gordon Mar in the 2022 San Francisco Board of Supervisors election.
