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Susan C. King
2,934 votes
10.48%
- Occupation: Non-Profit Development Director (Fundraiser)
- Board member, SF League of Conservation Voters
- Incumbent, SF Green Party County Council
- Chair, CA Green Party Campaigns and Candidates Working Group
- Elected Representative, US Green party Coordianted Campaign Committee
- Member, SF Bicycle Coalition
- Member, SF Women's Political Committee
Priorities:
- Make the Green Party the largest third party in the state
- Improve the SF Green Party's capacity with professional fundraising and hiring staff
- Provide a progressive alternative to the corporate controlled major parties
Catherine Powell
2,764 votes
9.87%
Sujung Kim
2,743 votes
9.80%
- Occupation: Deputy Public Defender
Priorities:
- Increase funding for public schools
- Increase availability of low and middle income housing units
- Recruit more women and people of color to the Green Party
Maureen DeBoer
2,690 votes
9.61%
- Occupation: Community Programs Director
- Co-Chair, Feminist Issues Group of SF Green Party
- MA, San Francisco State University
- Fluent in Spanish
- Criminal Justice Social Worker for 10 years
- Mother-to-be
Priorities:
- To help build the Green Party at the local level by identifying and helping women run for office
- To build support generally for progressive issues and candidates, no matter what their political affiliation
- To be put in a policy position to guide the local Green Party
Michael Alterman
2,631 votes
9.40%
John-Marc Chandonia
2,434 votes
8.69%
- Occupation: Computational Biologist
- SF Regional Rep to Green Party of California Coordinating Committee
- Co-chair, SF Green Party Transportation Working Group
- Founder, Biophysicists for Peace
- District Coordinator, Gonzalez for Mayor 2003
- Active volunteer for San Francisco Green Party, 1999-present
- Precinct Captain, Ammiano for Mayor 1999
Priorities:
- Organization: improving our fundraising to the point of being able to hire a full-time volunteer coordinator
- Outreach: ensure the Greens have a significant presence in nonviolent movements for social justice, and recruit diverse candidates to run for office
- Grassroots democracy: making sure active Greens are empowered to make important decisions, and not just rubber-stamp CC decisions
Kimberley M. "Kim" Knox
2,422 votes
8.65%
- Occupation: Solar Energy Coordinator
- BS in Journalism
- MPA-Public Administration
- Author/Editor of 4 Environmental Books
- Mentor of the Year-Mayor's Youth Works
- Statewide Best Conservation Program
Priorities:
- Grow the party to include underrepresentated populations
- More environmental justice work and issues
- Help win more electoral offices within San Francisco
Paul Quick
2,400 votes
8.57%
Marc Salomon
2,279 votes
8.14%
Micheas C. Herman
1,498 votes
5.35%
Carlos Petroni
1,368 votes
4.89%
- Occupation: Newspaper Editor
- Background as Union Organizer
- Immigrant and Civil Rights advocate
- Community Organizer
- Bilingual / Bi-cultural: English / Spanish
- Frontlines newspaper editor
- Author of "Right to Vote for non-citizens" and "Bayview Reparations Act" proposals
Priorities:
- Root the Green Party in the working class, communities of color and among immigrants
- Help recruit and train Green Party candidates for local offices
- Enhance grassroots democracy, representation of the oppressed and the left in the Green Party
Chris Finn
1,338 votes
4.78%
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