Joel Engardio | |||||||||||
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Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the 4th district | |||||||||||
Assumed office January 8, 2023 | |||||||||||
Preceded by | Gordon Mar | ||||||||||
Personal details | |||||||||||
Born | Saginaw,Michigan | September 17,1972||||||||||
Political party | Democratic | ||||||||||
Spouse | Lionel Hsu (m. 2015) | ||||||||||
Alma mater | Michigan State University (BA) Harvard Kennedy School (MPA) | ||||||||||
Occupation | Journalist | ||||||||||
Website | Supervisor Joel Engardio - District 4 | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Chinese | 殷嘉立 [1] | ||||||||||
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Joel P. Engardio [2] (born September 17,1972) is an American politician,writer,and public-safety advocate. [3] 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. [4]
Engardio is a native of Saginaw,Michigan,where he attended Arthur Hill High School. [5]
Engardio graduated with a bachelor's in journalism from Michigan State University and a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. [5] [6]
Engardio is a former journalist. [4] He moved to San Francisco in 1998 to cover Tom Ammiano's mayoral campaign during the 1999 San Francisco mayoral election. [6]
Engardio and Tom Shepard directed the documentary Knocking about Jehovah's Witnesses. [2]
Engardio ran failed campaigns for District 7 supervisor in 2012,2016,and 2020. [4]
Engardio ran for District 4 supervisor after his neighborhood was redistricted from District 7. He was elected in November 2022,unseating incumbent Gordon Mar by a margin of 50.9% to 49.1%. [4] [7] Engardio is the first gay supervisor elected to represent the city's westside. [8]
Engardio is categorized as a moderate. [4] Engardio supported the 2022 recall of San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and the 2022 recall of three San Francisco Board of Education commissioners. [9]
Engardio authored Proposition G:Offering Algebra 1 to Eighth Graders. [10] This proposition would encourage the San Francisco Unified School District to allow eighth graders to take Algebra I,in place of needing to wait until ninth grade. [10]
When he was elected to supervisor,Engardio lived in the Lakeshore neighborhood of San Francisco. [4] He was raised a Jehovah's Witness,however he does not identify with the religion. [2]
Engardio is gay. [2] He has been married to Lionel Hsu since 2015. [11]