Endorsements

ADEMs 2025

We're currently running an endorsement process for the ADEMs 2025 Democratic Party race. If you're a candidate and haven't heard from us, please email [email protected] for information.

The candidate interviews and PAC recommendation vote were held at the January PAC Meeting on 1/14, and the Grassroots Rising Slate (candidates listed below) was recommended (no other candidates were recommended).

Upcoming milestone:

Endorsement vote: January General Membership Meeting at 7pm on Tuesday the 21st at bit.ly/milkmeeting (in-person location TBD)

Submitted questionnaires (in submission order):

Christopher Christensen
Grassroots Rising Slate (see "Interview Signups" section below for full slate candidate list)
- AD17
  - SIF
  - OSIF
- AD19
  - SIF
  - OSIF

Interview signups (in signup order; interviews held at January PAC Meeting):

Grassroots Rising Slate
- AD17
  - SIF
    - Gloria Berry
    - Virginia Cheung
    - Isabella Hill
    - Sierra Fischer
    - Venecia Margarita
    - Cheryl Thornton
    - Anbo "Vivian" Wei
  - OSIF
    - Brad Chapin
    - Vincent Crisostomo
    - Justin Dolezal
    - Nick Ferris
    - Joshua Rudy Ochoa
    - Victor Smith
    - Peter Stevens
- AD19
  - SIF
    - Wendy Aragón
    - Angelica Campos
    - Theresa Faapuaa
    - Leah LaCroix
    - Danielle McVay
    - Susan Pfeifer
    - Kalimah Salahuddin
  - OSIF
    - Isaiah Clark
    - Graham Isom
    - Dana Johnson
    - Nick Parker
    - Arthur Barry Persyko
Alan Wong
Christopher Christensen

NOVEMBER 2024

US President: Kamala Harris / Tim Walz

US Senate: No endorsement

Congress

District 11: Nancy Pelosi
District 15: Kevin Mullin

State Senate District 11: No endorsement

State Assembly

District 17: Matt Haney
District 19: David Lee

Mayor: Aaron Peskin

City Attorney: No endorsement

District Attorney: Ryan Khojasteh

Sheriff: No endorsement

Treasurer: José Cisneros

BART Board

District 7: No endorsement
District 9: Edward Wright

Board of Supervisors

District 1: Connie Chan
District 3: Sharon Lai
District 5: Dean Preston (campaign website)
District 7: Myrna Melgar
District 9
- #1: Jackie Fielder
- #2: Stephen Torres
District 11
- #1: Chyanne Chen
- #2: Ernest "EJ" Jones

City College Board of Trustees: Alan Wong

Board of Education: Matt Alexander, Virginia Cheung

Propositions

San Francisco
- Measure A - Schools Improvement and Safety Bond: Yes
- Measure B - Public Health & Shelter General Obligation Bond: Yes
- Measure C - Inspector General: Yes
- Measure D - City Commissions & Mayoral Authority: No
- Measure E - Commission Reform: Yes
- Measure F - Police Staffing & Deferred Retirement: No
- Measure G - Affordable Housing Fund: Yes
- Measure H - Firefighter Retirement Benefits: Yes
- Measure I - Nurse / Public Safety Retirement Benefits: Yes
- Measure J - Funding Programs Serving Children, Youth, and Families: Yes
- Measure K - Measure to convert a portion of the Great Highway into an oceanfront park promenade: Yes
- Measure L - Community Transit Act (aka Additional Business Tax on Transportation Network Companies & Autonomous Vehicle Businesses): Yes
- Measure M - Changes to Business Taxes: No recommendation
- Measure N - First Responder Fund: Yes
- Measure O - San Francisco Reproductive Freedom Act: Yes
California
- Prop 2 - K-12 Schools & Community College Facilities Modernization Bond: Yes
- Prop 3 - ACA 5 (Low; removes constitutional definition of marriage as between man & woman): Yes
- Prop 4 - Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, & Clean Air Bond: Yes
- Prop 5 - ACA 1 (Aguiar-Curry) Local government financing: affordable housing & public infrastructure: voter approval: Yes
- Prop 6 - Ban on Slavery: Yes
- Prop 32 - Living Wage Act (raises minimum wage): Yes
- Prop 33 - Prohibit State Limitations on Local Rent Control Initiative: Yes
- Prop 34 - Restricts spending by health care providers meeting specified criteria: No
- Prop 35 - Provides permanent funding for Medi-Cal health care services: Yes
- Prop 36 - Allows felony charges & increases sentences for certain drug & theft crimes: No