Candidate for State Assembly, District 19

Not all candidates submit a statement of qualifications. A complete list of candidates appears on the sample ballot. Statements are volunteered by the candidates and have not been checked for accuracy by any official agency. Statements are published as submitted. Spelling and grammatical errors have not been corrected.

KEITH BOGDON

My occupation is Biotech Marketing Consultant.

My qualifications are:

I’m nearly a native San Franciscan, and hope to represent you in the California Assembly.

My single-mom and I moved to the City when I was just a few weeks old. Growing up in the Richmond and the Sunset, I attended neighborhood schools. In 1989, I graduated from Lowell High School.

I received a B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry from CSU Long Beach, and a J.D. from the McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento.

Upon returning to the City, I worked seven years as a chemist and medical research scientist. For the past decade, I’ve marketed technology platforms to leading researchers in the academic, pharmaceutical, and biotech sectors.

My wife, who was born in India and became an American citizen by choice, also is a chemist, and we are raising our twelve year old son in the Richmond District.

Unfortunately, we have witnessed the steady decline of our quality of life both here and in the Bay Area. Families are fleeing because of rampant homelessness, car break-ins, traffic gridlock, and the high costs of housing and living here.

Most of our local leaders and in Sacramento have failed to address these and other problems, and many of their policies and legislation have actually made matters worse.

That is why I’m running to be your next Assemblyman, and apply my private sector skills to solve the myriad of problems we face in our daily lives.

To learn more about my proposals and endorsers, please visit www.bogdonforasssembly.com.

I’m endorsed by the San Francisco Republican Party, and I hope to earn your vote on June 5th.

Keith Bogdon

PHIL TING

My occupation is Assemblymember.

My qualifications are:

California can do so much more to create affordable housing, reduce homelessness, protect our environment, address traffic gridlock and build an economy that works for everyone. And we need to do it while being mindful that tax revenues are not unlimited and we could face a recession at any time.

That’s why I am proud to have worked as the Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee to shape balanced budgets that invest in our future while still growing our Rainy Day fund. Budgets are a reflection of our values, and the budgets I have drafted for California have reflected our community’s core values, like:

Investing in our future by making community college free for first year students.

Building more affordable housing and protecting tenants from evictions.

Making sure we can protect our quality of life with significant new investments in roads and transit to address our terrible traffic. These new investments make our economy stronger and our lives easier, and they create high-wage jobs.

Growing an economy that is fair to everyone by making sure we increase our support for the number one engine of economic equality – great public schools.

My wife Susan and I are raising two wonderful daughters. I think about them before every vote – remembering that we are all working today to create a better future.

I’m proud to have won the support of Teachers, Firefighters, the Sierra Club and many others. I hope you will join in support of our campaign at www.PhilTing.com.

Phil Ting