The Assembly District 19 "Community First" Slate
We have 10 seats in Assembly District 19. I am running on a ten-person slate with other community minded people, three of whom are established community leaders and DCCC incumbents and 6 of whom are under 40 and running for the first time to create a new generation of leaders. We all have different areas of interest and expertise, but we have similar values, we are all believe in a grassroots and inclusive approach to politics, and we all want better for the our communities. When voting and making contributions, please also consider the following people:
- Mike Alonso: Community member of the Redistricting Task Force, Dog owner and member of the Dog PAC, Native San Franciscan
- Kevin Bard: LGBT community leader, Board Member of the Harvey Milk LGBT Democratic Club and San Francisco Young Democrats, advocate in the the fight to protect Golden Gate Park
- Chuck Chan: First-generation Chinese American, Board member of the Richmond District Democratic Club, Native San Franciscan
- Kelly Dwyer: Member of the Irish-American community, parent, City worker (Human Rights Commission)
- Hene Kelly Incumbent: Retired SFUSD teacher, Creator of Holocaust Studies for SFUSD, Chair of the California Federation of Teachers Retirement Committee, Sergeant at Arms for the San Francisco Labor Council
- Peter Lauterborn: Youth Vote Coordinator at the Department of Children, Youth, and Their Families, former Youth Coordinator for the San Francisco Youth Commission, Native San Franciscan
- Eric Mar Incumbent: Member of the Board of Supervisors Representing District 1
- Arlo Smith Incumbent: Family law attorney, Native San Franciscan
If you live in Assembly District 17 (East San Francisco) please support my friends and allies on the Assembly District 17 "Progressive Slate" for the 14 seats there:
- John Avalos
- David Campos
- David Chiu
- Petra DeJesus
- Matt Dorsey
- Chris Gembinski
- Gabriel Haaland
- Leslie Katz
- Rafael Mandleman
- Carol Migden
- Justin Morgan
- Leah Pimentel
- Jaime Rafaela Wolfe
*A Note On the Distribution of Seats:
Many people wonder why there are 10 seats for Assembly District 19 and 14 seats for Assembly District 17. The number of seats per district on the DCCC was reapportioned earlier this year. It was originally 12 and 12. There are DCCC members and candidates on the West Side, as well as forces downtown and in City Hall, who are begrudging this reapportionment as part of "the Progressive Agenda" to control the DCCC. As a progressive who lives on the West Side, I can tell you that this is completely unfounded. The fact is that there are considerably fewer registered Democrats in Assembly District 19 (42%) than there are in Assembly District 17 (58%). I don't support this reapportionment just because I am a progressive; on the contrary, losing two seats makes it more competitive to be elected, especially in a district where progressives are a minority. I support the reapportionment because I believe in fairness and representation based on dynamics with the confidence that it can be redistributed when the population is balanced once again. It will give us more incentive to register and hold onto more Democrats in our district, which is what the DCCC is supposed to be doing.
