Candidates for Board of Supervisors, District 3

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AARON PESKIN

My occupation is Supervisor.

My qualifications are:

My priorities are:

• Helping San Francisco respond and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic

• Addressing our affordability and homelessness crisis

• Protecting neighborhood small businesses, public safety and job security

• Preserving San Francisco’s cultural diversity

Together, we’ve won results:

• Helped lead emergency response to the pandemic: reducing virus spread, spearheading small business relief, preventing evictions, stopping food delivery price-gouging, fighting to house and test our most vulnerable communities, including SRO tenants and homeless.

• Passed more legislation during my term than any other Supervisor.

• Led creation and preservation of hundreds of affordable homes in District 3 and thousands across the city

• Banned corporate rentals in rent-controlled buildings; authored law creating thousands of Accessory Dwelling Units citywide.

• Brought ten new street and pedestrian safety improvement projects to our district

• Passed nation’s first tax on Uber and Lyft, raising funds for Muni and pedestrian safety

Endorsed by: Sierra Club, United Educators of San Francisco, Affordable Housing Alliance, San Francisco Tenants Union, San Francisco Firefighters, Unite HERE Local 2, Assemblymembers David Chiu and Phil Ting, Supervisors Fewer, Stefani, Mar, Preston, Haney, Yee, Mandelman, Ronen, Walton, and Safaí, former State Senator Mark Leno and many more. I would be
honored to have your support.

Aaron Peskin

AaronPeskin2020.com

DANNY SAUTER

My occupation is Neighborhood Nonprofit Director.

My qualifications are:

This moment makes it clear that we can’t afford to vote for the establishment and expect different results. We need to reshape City Hall to give our neighbors a seat at the table.

I’m a renter, nonprofit Director, and community organizer with a record of delivering real improvements for San Francisco by bringing people together.

As the President of North Beach Neighbors, I’ve won grants for small businesses, spurred legislation to fill empty storefronts, navigated bureaucracy to start the North Beach Farmers Market, fought for affordable housing for seniors, and advocated for better transit and safer streets.

As your next District 3 Supervisor, I will:

• Add street cleaning services, trash cans, and 24-hour public toilets

• Create new programs to protect renters and prevent evictions

• Build affordable housing for families and seniors

• Expand proven approaches to address mental health and homelessness

• Prioritize trust and accountability in our law enforcement

• Cut red tape to make it easier for small businesses to open and thrive

Learn more: www.dannyd3.com or call me:
(415) 562-6441

I’m proud to be endorsed by District 3 leaders:

Wilma Pang, A Better Chinatown Tomorrow

Tina Moylan, Russian Hill Community Leader

Rene Colorado, Tenderloin Merchants

Martha Mahony, Friends of Joe DiMaggio Playground

Mike Chen, Northern Neighbors

Brenda Jewett, Local Homeless Coordinating Board

Richard Manso, Nob Hill Community Leader

Lynn Jefferson, Francisco Park Conservancy

China Halton, North Beach Kids

Danny Sauter

STEPHEN (LULU) SCHWARTZ

My occupation is Human Rights Investigator.

My qualifications are:

I am a lifelong fighter for justice, an LGBTQ activist, and a San Franciscan since childhood. In the aftemath of 9-11 I exposed the role of Saudi Arabia in terrorism. I am fully bilingual in Spanish and English. I speak 10 languages and have published 33 books. I have served as a human rights investigator in Latin America and the Balkans, for the United Nations and the Dutch government, in the Philippines, Korea, and former Soviet Central Asia, and as well as at home. I was a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer for 10 years. I am a labor historian (Sailors’ Union of the Pacific) and union leader (Transportation Communications Union and Bay Area Media Workers Guild). I was a member of the SF Ballot Simplification Commission for two terms. I am a Middle East peace advocate and assisted in the religious and social life of Jews in Sarajevo. I have a full program for REAL reform in San Francisco, for better community policing, and for suppression of political corruption. I will support teachers. I will empower the oppressed to fight for their rights. I will not give an inch.

Stephen (Lulu) Schwartz

SPENCER SIMONSEN

My occupation is Senior Services Provider.

My qualifications are:

My solutions always put outcomes for vulnerable residents first. This outcome-driven philosophy will govern my work as your Supervisor.

I helped thousands of the most vulnerable in our city through low-income financing, legal aid and senior services.

While in low-incoming financing, I helped millions cover day-to-day and emergency expenses with alternatives to predatory payday loans.

As a San Francisco small business owner, I provided thousands of low-income individuals access to the justice system and worked with local legal aid non-profits.

Today, I help provide seniors transportation, meals and groceries, enabling them to stay safe and maintain independence.

As your Supervisor, I will:

• Update zoning laws to create housing that everyone can afford

• Face our homelessness crisis head on, building housing, auditing city funds, addressing conservatorship and supporting service providers (ie: case workers, tenant services)

• Support small businesses by streamlining permitting and reducing city fees

• Focus on street safety and address laws that adversely affect crime

• Create pedestrian, bike and public transit first communities

I’m a proud Asian American and currently live in Nob Hill, Bush & Mason, with my husband of 10 years.

Learn more: VoteSimonsen.com or
Facebook.com/spensimon

Call / Text / Email me: (415) 570-8698 or
Spencer [at] VoteSimonsen.com

Spencer Simonsen