League of Women Voters of California Education Fund
	San Francisco County, CA November 8, 2011 Election
	Mayor; City of San Francisco Voter Information

Ranked choice final/initial votes (details) Candidates (1 Elected, Rank Your Choices) Click on highlighted name for additional information supplied by candidate. Contact non-highlighted candidates and encourage them to provide information for voters. Ed Lee 84457/59775 votes 59.6% Occupation: San Francisco Mayor Chief Administrative Officer, City and County of San Francisco Director, Department of Public Works Director, City Purchasing Department Director, Human Rights Commission Whistleblower Ordinance Investigator & Deputy Director of Employment Relations San Francisco Asian Law Caucus Managing Attorney Priorities: Attract and Retain Jobs for San Franciscans Financial Security for our City Invest in our City and Neighborhoods John Avalos 57160/37445 votes 40.3% Occupation: District 11 Supervisor Legislative Aide to Sup. Chris Daly Organizer, Coleman Action Fund for Children Organizer, SEIU Local 1877 Masters in Social Work from SF State Priorities: Create thousands of local living wage jobs by investing in made-in-SF industries, green tech, and partnering with our educational system Establish a Municipal Bank of San Francisco to invest our tax dollars locally Bring in progressive revenue by making corporations pay their fair share and closing tax loopholes Dennis Herrera /37142/21914 votes 22.5% Occupation: City Attorney San Francisco Police Commission President San Francisco Transportation Commissioner Democratic Central Committee Member Clinton Appointee, Federal Maritime Administration Priorities: Creating Jobs and Helping Workers Protecting the Environment and Ensuring Clean Air, Water Defending the Rights of All San Franciscans David Chiu /25267/17921 votes 14.5% Occupation: President, Board of Supervisors Neighborhood Association Leader Civil Rights Attorney Criminal Prosecutor Founder and COO of Technology Company Small Business Commissioner B.A, J.D., M.P.P. - Harvard University Priorities: Creating jobs and bringing the 21st century innovation economy to San Francisco. Improving schools and providing affordable housing, so that families can continue to call San Francisco home. Building a world-class transportation system and encouraging environmentally sustainable ways of getting around. Leland Yee /18016/14609 votes 9.9% Occupation: California State Senator California State Assemblymember San Francisco Board Supervisor San Francisco Board of Education Educator and Child Psychologist Priorities: Revive our local economy. Bring our local budget into balance. Improve access to quality public education. Jeff Adachi /15670/12534 votes 8.4% Occupation: Public Defender of San Francisco since 2002 Founder of Bayview MAGIC and Mo'MAGIC youth and family programs Former President of the Asian American Bar Association President, Japanese American Citizens League Chairperson, Asian American Arts Foundation Chair, Asian American Theater Company B.A. - UC Berkeley, J.D. - UC Hastings Priorities: Creating New Jobs and Generating New Economic Activity Pension Reform Education and Jobs/Internships for Youth Bevan Dufty /10455/9208 votes 5.5% Member, Board of Supervisors Director, San Francisco's Office of Neighborhood Services Former Chief-of-Staff, Supervisor Susan Leal Former Legislative Aide, Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm Former Chief Legislative Assistant, Julian Dixon Priorities: Growing our economy through great public schools Managing Muni on a daily basis Being an Outcome Mayor focused on effective interventions around homelessness, public housing, safety and other key services Tony Hall /7896/6930 votes 4.1% Michela Alioto-Pier /7378/6648 votes 3.8% Occupation: Small Business Owner/mother DIstrict 2 Supervisor San Francisco Port Commissioner Policy Aide, Vice President Al Gore B.A. UCLA Priorities: Innovative Solutions for Job Growth Neighborhood Schools A Balanced Budget for the City Joanna Rees /3185/3104 votes 1.6% Terry Joan Baum /1738/1665 votes 0.8% Occupation: Playwright/Actress B.A. and M.A. in theater Four plays published and translated into Dutch, French, Italian and Swedish Toured world-wide as a solo performer Green Party Candidate for U.S. Congress in 2004 Personal Assistant to Bella Abzug in her first campaign, 1970 Founder of Pat Bond Memorial Old Dyke Award Priorities: Placing a moratorium on permitting of market-rate housing until we have enough affordable housing; Enhancing our public transportation system to meet the needs of the 21st century; Transforming tax laws so that the rich are taxed more heavily; starting the Green New Deal such that San Francisco generates clean, renewable energy Phil Ting /1049/1016 votes 0.5% Occupation: San Francisco Assessor-Recorder Co-Chair of ChinaSF Co-Chair of GoSolarSF Former Executive Director of the Asian Law Caucus UC Berkeley and Harvard Kennedy School Graduate Priorities: Create family-sustaining jobs Make Muni more reliable and efficient Make city government more effective and responsive Cesar Ascarrunz /583/537 votes 0.3% Wilma Pang /469/444 votes 0.2% Occupation: College Professor College Professor: She taught ESL, and Music at City College of SF for over 30 years. Founder, and co-chair of ABCT (A Better Chinatown Tomorrow), Small Business Owner: She works closely with SF Visitors Bureau, tour companies, and artists to showcase cultural events to visitors, and locals. Administrator: One of six nationwide Ethnic Arts Field Officers in Australia in 1983, a model now used worldwide to programming cultural events. Parent: Raised three daughters in SF, they graduated from public schools, and universities. Schooling: Undergraduate: Conservatory of Music, majored in voice. BA, MA: Music Education, San Francisco State University. Priorities: I will work for quality schools. Incentives for families to stay in SF, adequate childcare for working parents. Assistance to small business owners, and artists. Emil Lawrence /397/382 votes 0.2% Paul Currier /248 votes 0.1% Basic candidate data supplied by the applicable elections official. Order of candidates is random and changes daily.

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