Politician

We have to cut the red tape, eliminate barriers, and reduce bureaucracy - for all housing, for everyone.

We have to cut the red tape, eliminate barriers, and reduce bureaucracy - for all housing, for everyone.

When I was growing up in San Francisco, one of the experiences that changed my life was my first paid internship - a summer job at The Family School.

We can't keep limiting ourselves when it comes to housing. Affordable housing and teacher housing are too crucial to let the failed policies of the past get in the way.

I grew up in Plaza East public housing in the Western Addition, five of us living on $900 per month. 'Recycling' meant drinking out of old mayonnaise jars.

Access to quality early care and education is an important part of our efforts to make San Francisco more equitable, and ensure that every child who grows up here can thrive.

As investments and as an energy source, fossil fuels have nowhere to go but down.

Housing insecurity isn't just an abstract point of policy for me. I've lived it.

Far too many LGBTQ individuals are the victims of violence and hatred, and we must all fight together to ensure that no one is erased or marginalized because of how they identify or who they love.

Building and preserving housing, along with keeping people housed, are critical to making our city more affordable for all.

I've seen my friends, my community forced from the city I call home.

Children who attend high-quality early care and education programs before kindergarten perform better on assessments of reading and math skills and socio-emotional development. However, since early care and education programs are so expensive, low-income families face significant barriers.

No child should be deprived the opportunity to excel.

Homelessness isn't just an issue in San Francisco. It's an issue throughout California and up and down the West Coast. We need to support policies that address our twin troubles of housing affordability and homelessness at the state-level.

We can't solve the issues of homelessness without more housing.

Since becoming Mayor, I have advocated for safer streets.

Every student should be able to start the school year with the supplies they need, and shouldn't feel left out if their family is unable to afford a new backpack, notebooks, and pencils.

Improving our transportation infrastructure reduces car trips, helps us reach our carbon emission reduction goals, is healthier for our residents, and saves lives. Too often in the past we have been slow to make these common sense improvements to our streets.

I grew up in a San Francisco very different from what many have experienced: a place called Plaza East, notoriously one of the most dangerous public housing developments in the City.

I will fight for affordable housing for teachers, police, fire fighters, and families in all our neighborhoods.