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San Francisco County, CA November 5, 2002 Election
Supervisor; County of San Francisco; District 6 Voter Information

Candidates (Vote for 1)
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Chris Daly 6,645 votes 51.21%

  • Occupation: SF Supervisor
  • SF County Transportation Authority
  • Bay Area Air Quality Management District
  • Association of Bay Area Governments
  • Transbay Joint Powers Authority
  • SF Children and Families Commission
  • Committee on Information Technology
Priorities:
  • Affordable Housing, Tenant Protections, and Community Planning
  • Access to High Quality Health Care
  • Services for Seniors, Children, Youth, and Families
Burke Strunsky 1,896 votes 14.61%
  • Occupation: Assistant District Attorney
  • George Washington University, BA
  • University of San Francisco, JD
Priorities:
  • Reforming the Delivery of Services to the Homeless
  • Increasing and Protecting Affordable Housing
  • Improving Our Quality of Life
Roger Gordon 1,859 votes 14.33%
  • Occupation: Community Development Executive
  • Education: MIT & Boston University (BS); Kellogg School of Management (MBA)
  • Executive Director, Urban Solutions / South of Market Foundation
  • Board Member, San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR)
  • Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and Red Cross CPR Instructor
  • Past Executive Board Member, Big Brothers/Big Sisters
  • Member, South of Market Project Area Committee
Priorities:
  • Make our neighborhoods safer, cleaner and more liveable for people of all ages, from young children to seniors.
  • Support Care Not Cash as an important first step toward reforming the City's ineffective and wasteful homeless programs.
  • Improve police/community relations and involve the community in planning for neighborhood services and amenities.
Michael A. Sweet 1,247 votes 9.61%
  • Occupation: Civil Attorney/Mediator
  • Brandeis University (B.A.), UCLA (J.D.)
  • Vice-Chair of Rincon Point South Beach Citizens' Advisory Committee
  • Member of Brannan Street Wharf Citizens' Advisory Committee
  • Founding Member Southend Historic District Association
  • Homeowner
Priorities:
  • Make sure the resources intended for the homeless reach the people in need of assistance
  • Improve neighborhood safety
  • Build more housing and bring community serving retail into District 6 neighborhoods
Arthur Jackson 343 votes 2.64%
  • Occupation: Business Person
  • San Francisco Health Commission 1992-1996
  • Health Commission president 1993-1995
  • San Francisco Commission on Aging and Adult Services 1998-2000
  • San Francisco Works, Welfare to Work Board 1999-2002
  • San Francisco Senior Centers Board President 1999-2001
Priorities:
  • Increased Funding for Health Services
  • Encouraging New Businesses and New Jobs in District 6
  • Increased Services for Seniors
Malinka Moye 304 votes 2.34%
Garrett Jenkins 274 votes 2.11%
Robert Northington "Rob" Power, III 199 votes 1.53%
  • Occupation: Internet Applications Developer
  • Chair, Outright Libertarians of SF Bay Area
  • B.S. Aerospace Engineering, 1998
  • M.S. Industrial Engineering, 2000
  • M.B.A., 2000
Priorities:
  • Restore local economy with increased personal and economic liberty
  • Shrink the size and expense of City bureaucracy
  • Reduce the burden on taxpayers
James Leo Dunn 183 votes 1.41%
  • Occupation: Inventor
  • Imagine 14,000 digging a tunnel under Nob Hill for $49.00 per hour plus shelter, rest and HOPE.
  • A new IDEA. PERMANENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING
  • $288 a month for 12 years and it is yours forever.
  • A 288 foot TETRAHEDRON can do it.
Priorities:
  • To engage the desparate to dig a tunnel 49 feet in diameter and 8,000 feet long from Ellis to Chestnut under TAYLOR.
  • To build elevated TETRAHEDRONS in San Francisco. Beauty with 576 units wih 576 square feet = Economy of scale = $288
  • It is imperative of civilization that we begin to rteat our sewage in the Sierras, to grow trees and to stop pollution.
Rod Hauge (Write-in)
  • Occupation: HOTEL CLERK; HISTORIAN; TEACHER
  • NINTH - GENERATION SAN FRANCISCAN. DESCENDED FROM FIRST NON-SPANINSH EUROPEANS TO SETTLE IN THE BAY AREA, BEFORE 1810
  • GRADUATE OF SFSU. LOCALLY-BORN, LOCALLY-RAISED, LOCALLY EDUCATED. A LIFELONG AREA RESIDENT, WORKER, TAXPAYER, VOTER, POLITICAL ACTIVIST, AND TEACHER.
  • DEVASTED CARING FOR FIVE CATOSTROPHIC FAMILY ILLNESSES, BECAME LEGALLY DISABLED, WENT FROM HOMEOWNER, TO LAST 15 YEARS, AS RENTER.
  • FIGHTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN OUR CITY - FOUNDED OVER 500 NEIGHBORHOOD, TENANTS', SENIORS', VETERANS' DISABLED, STUDENT, AND POLITICAL GROUPS.
  • SURVIVORTWELVE YEARS OF DANGEROUS, PAINFUL, MEDICAL TREATMENTS, PHYSICAL THERAPY, OVER 50 SURGERIES.TOUGH ADVOCATE FOR HEATH CARE RIGHTS
  • VOLUNTEER VETERAN OF U.S. AIRFORCE AND AS CITY ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR 13 IN THE NORTH MISSION DISTRICT.
Priorities:
  • JOBS. IMMEDIATLEY BRING T.V. AND MOVIE PRODUCTION, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND CONVENTIONS TO DISTRICT 6 CREATING THOUSANDS OF JOBS.
  • HOUSING. PUT CAPABLE HOMELESS PEOPLE TO WORK BUILDING DORMITORIES ON VACANT WATERFRONT ACREAGE. MOVE FAMILIES OUT OF HOTELS WITH BOND MONEY
  • REFORM.ELECTION PROCEDURES AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. ESTABLISH NEIGHBORHOOD VOLUNTEER MAYORS, SENATES AND COURTS. SPREAD CITY SERVICES OVER 24 HOURS A-DAY

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District 6 Candidate Overview
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