{"id":33719,"date":"2024-05-16T12:34:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T19:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=33719"},"modified":"2024-05-16T12:34:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T19:34:32","slug":"meet-the-district-5-candidates-how-will-you-address-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/16\/meet-the-district-5-candidates-how-will-you-address-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the District 5 candidates: \u2018How will you address racism?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><header class=\"entry-header\" style=\"white-space-collapse: collapse; box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; width: 1152px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(17, 17, 17); font-family: Barlow, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\"><h1 class=\"entry-title \" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-xxxxl); margin: 0px 0px 0.5em; font-family: var(--newspack-theme-font-heading); font-weight: 700; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-heading); 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display: block;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">by<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"author vcard\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bold;\"><a class=\"fn url n\" href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/author\/elenib\/\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; text-decoration-line: none; transition-duration: 110ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; transition-property: color; color: var(--newspack-theme-color-primary-against-white); text-transform: uppercase;\">ELENI BALAKRISHNAN<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"posted-on\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2024-05-14T14:01:16-07:00\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; text-transform: uppercase;\">MAY 14, 2024, 2:01 PM<\/time><\/span><\/div><div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; min-height: 32px; clear: both;\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 1em;\"><div class=\"sd-content\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; 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position: relative;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/District-5-Banner-1.png?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Illustration of district 5 supervisory race 2024 with landmarks and four candidate portraits.\"><\/figure><article id=\"post-630274\" class=\"post-630274 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-election-coverage category-featured tag-crime tag-election-2024 tag-meet-the-candidates tag-meet-the-candidates-d5 entry\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin-top: 0px;\"><div class=\"entry-content\" data-autoattached=\"true\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: relative !important;\"><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\">Here\u2019s the latest in our \u201cMeet the Candidates\u201d series for District 5, in which we ask each candidate to answer one question per week leading up to the election. Three candidates are challenging incumbent Supervisor Dean Preston to represent District 5, which spans from the east end of Golden Gate Park through Haight-Ashbury, Japantown and the Western Addition, the Lower Haight and Hayes Valley, and most of the Tenderloin.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\">This week, we\u2019re talking about racism, after one District 5 resident\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; transition-duration: 110ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; transition-property: color; color: var(--newspack-theme-color-secondary-against-white);\" href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2024\/05\/sfpd-investigates-racist-doll-threats-black-dog-walker-hate-crime\/\">received racist, threatening packages<\/a>\u00a0on his doorstep\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; transition-duration: 110ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; transition-property: color; color: var(--newspack-theme-color-secondary-against-white);\" href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2024\/05\/sf-dogwalker-receives-another-racist-threatening-package\/\">twice in recent weeks<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 blatant examples of the hate that still exists, at times in the open, but often in the undercurrents of our society.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\">We asked the candidates:\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">What can you, as supervisor, do to address race issues<\/span>, in a city like San Francisco that brands itself as progressive, and in a district that has seen plenty of racial tensions over the years?<\/p><aside class=\"scaip scaip-1    \" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\"><aside id=\"text-39\" class=\"widget_text clearfix\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><div class=\"textwidget\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><broadstreet-zone-container style=\"box-sizing: inherit; text-align: center; display: block;\"><broadstreet-zone place=\"0\" zone-id=\"53911\" keywords=\"not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,election-coverage,featured,meet-district-5-candidates-week15-racism,post\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\" tracked=\"true\" id=\"street-iqKnUFdJsUAUXpSc\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; display: block;\"><div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; display: inline-block; height: 250px; width: 300px;\"><a id=\"b8aj40rm2ps000000\" data-view=\"https:\/\/ad.broadstreetads.com\/view\/971448\/c650983\/z53911?\" data-href=\"https:\/\/ad.broadstreetads.com\/click\/971448\/c650983\/z53911?\" title=\"Back to Africa 17th\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; transition-duration: 110ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; transition-property: color; color: var(--newspack-theme-color-secondary-against-white); display: inline-block; border: 0px; max-width: 100%;\" href=\"https:\/\/dancemissiontheater.org\/2024\/03\/19\/may-16-18-a-black-to-africa-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; width: 1200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.broadstreetads.com\/assets\/c040532f-a73b-4ec0-9b67-67e490d96396.jpg\" alt=\"Back to Africa 17th\"><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/broadstreet-zone><\/broadstreet-zone-container><\/div><\/aside><\/aside><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\">Since we posed the question last week, Preston introduced a resolution at the Board of Supervisors this week, calling on city departments to prioritize and the FBI to investigate the incidents; candidate Bilal Mahmood also\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; transition-duration: 110ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; transition-property: color; color: var(--newspack-theme-color-secondary-against-white);\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bilalmahmood\/status\/1790116137373741208\">announced<\/a>\u00a0a draft\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; transition-duration: 110ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; transition-property: color; color: var(--newspack-theme-color-secondary-against-white);\" href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/169qLR2o6cH-Kc7EcRqLjUVdeGZxkogyF\/view\">resolution<\/a>\u00a0to the San Francisco Democratic Party to declare racism and hate crimes a public health crisis. While it remains to be seen what these resolutions may achieve, other candidates offered little in the way of ideas or solutions.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\"><em style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Note: I will be at Cafe International at 508 Haight St., on Thursday, May 16, at noon. Come say hi.<\/em><\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; height: 1px; overflow: visible; border-right: 0px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left: 0px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 2rem auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; width: 100px; background: transparent !important;\"><\/hr><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin: 32px 0px; gap: 32px; flex-wrap: nowrap; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; flex-basis: 33.33%;\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Bilal-Mahmood.png?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Bilal-Mahmood.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Bilal-Mahmood.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Bilal-Mahmood.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Bilal-Mahmood.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Bilal-Mahmood.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Bilal-Mahmood.png?resize=706%2C706&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Bilal-Mahmood.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Bilal-Mahmood.png?w=780&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Bilal-Mahmood-640x640.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-582662\" style=\"position: relative; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Bilal-Mahmood-640x640.png?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"District 5 candidate Bilal Mahmood\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; flex-basis: 66.66%;\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-bilal-mahmood\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--newspack-theme-font-heading); font-weight: 700; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-heading); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-xl); margin: 0px 0px 32px;\">Bilal Mahmood<\/h2><ul style=\"padding-left: 1rem; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 32px;\"><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Job<\/span>: Founder of private and philanthropic organizations<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Age<\/span>: 37<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Residency<\/span>: Tenant, living in District 5 since May 2023<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Transportation<\/span>: Walking<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Education<\/span>: Bachelor\u2019s degree from Stanford University, master\u2019s degree from University of Cambridge<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Languages<\/span>: English, Urdu<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\">The racist harassment Terry Williams has received has no place in San Francisco. It was encouraging and heartwarming to attend the community gathering in his support this weekend in Alamo Square (<a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; transition-duration: 110ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; transition-property: color; color: var(--newspack-theme-color-secondary-against-white);\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-terry-williams-ensure-family-safety\">community fundraiser here<\/a>). Such\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">community support for survivors can provide a model for addressing hate<\/span>.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\">Through my work at 13 Fund, I\u2019ve seen firsthand the benefits of investments in bystander training, and\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">we should explore increasing our city budget allocations for bystander training<\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">language access and accessibility in public safety programs<\/span>, and\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">health support for survivors<\/span>. Racism is an epidemic, and it\u2019s time we start treating it as one.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\"><em style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Endorsed by<\/span>: State Senator Scott Wiener and DCCC Chair Honey Mahogany<\/em>.<\/p><aside class=\"scaip scaip-2    \" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\"><aside id=\"bs_zones-31\" class=\"bs_zones clearfix\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><broadstreet-zone-container style=\"box-sizing: inherit; text-align: center; display: block;\"><broadstreet-zone place=\"1\" zone-id=\"53911\" keywords=\"not_home_page,not_landing_page,is_article_page,election-coverage,featured,meet-district-5-candidates-week15-racism,post\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\" tracked=\"true\" id=\"street-sthPIzmkQ02xEcWZ\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; 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height: 1px; overflow: visible; border-right: 0px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left: 0px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 2rem auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; width: 100px; background: transparent !important;\"><\/hr><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin: 32px 0px; gap: 32px; flex-wrap: nowrap; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; flex-basis: 33.33%;\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Dean-Preston.png?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Dean-Preston.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Dean-Preston.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Dean-Preston.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Dean-Preston.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Dean-Preston.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Dean-Preston.png?resize=706%2C706&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Dean-Preston.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Dean-Preston.png?w=780&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Dean-Preston-640x640.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-582663\" style=\"position: relative; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Dean-Preston-640x640.png?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; flex-basis: 66.66%;\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-dean-preston\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--newspack-theme-font-heading); font-weight: 700; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-heading); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-xl); margin: 0px 0px 32px;\">Dean Preston<\/h2><ul style=\"padding-left: 1rem; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 32px;\"><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Job<\/span>: Incumbent, tenant attorney<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Age<\/span>: 54<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Residency<\/span>: Homeowner, living in District 5 since 1996<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Transportation<\/span>: Public transit<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Education<\/span>: Bowdoin College and juris doctorate from University of California School of Law<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Languages<\/span>: English<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\">The horrific, racist threats delivered to Terry\u2019s home are acts of racial terror, and should never be tolerated. I\u2019ve known Terry for years; I\u2019ll do everything I can to support him. I\u2019m in regular touch with Terry and the police, emphasized urgency to find the perpetrator,\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">requested additional police visibility on the block<\/span>, and joined the rally of support.\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">This week, I\u2019m<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">introducing a resolution at the Board<\/span>.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Confronting the legacy of anti-Black racism requires bold action<\/span>. I\u2019ll continue to center racial justice in my work including\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">reparations<\/span>,\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">anti-displacement<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">reducing racial disparities<\/span>\u00a0in health, housing, employment, policing and education.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\"><em style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Endorsed by<\/span>: Bernie Sanders, United Educators of San Francisco, San Francisco Labor Council, San Francisco Tenants Union, National Union of Healthcare Workers<\/em>.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; height: 1px; overflow: visible; border-right: 0px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left: 0px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 2rem auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; width: 100px; background: transparent !important;\"><\/hr><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin: 32px 0px; gap: 32px; flex-wrap: nowrap; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; flex-basis: 33.33%;\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Allen-Jones.png?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Allen-Jones.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Allen-Jones.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Allen-Jones.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Allen-Jones.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Allen-Jones.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Allen-Jones.png?resize=706%2C706&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Allen-Jones.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Allen-Jones.png?w=780&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Allen-Jones-640x640.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-582664\" style=\"position: relative; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/D5-Allen-Jones-640x640.png?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"District 5 candidate Allen Jones\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; flex-basis: 66.66%;\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-allen-jones\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--newspack-theme-font-heading); font-weight: 700; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-heading); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-xl); margin: 0px 0px 32px;\">Allen Jones<\/h2><ul style=\"padding-left: 1rem; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 32px;\"><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Job<\/span>: Activist<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Age<\/span>: 67<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Residency<\/span>: Tenant, living in District 5 since November 2021<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Transportation<\/span>: Wheelchair<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Education<\/span>: Teaching Bible studies at juvenile hall<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Languages<\/span>: English<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\">This city taught this Black man (me) to respect. Nevertheless, even though we have a Black mayor, this city is racist. And there is enough evidence from San Francisco politics to suggest San Francisco has turned \u201cI have a dream\u201d into, dream on.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\">The call for monetary\u00a0<span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">reparations for some Black residents is an unrealistic progressive political gimmick<\/span>. Another gimmick: this year\u2019s SF Board of Supervisors \u201capology\u201d resolution for past racist acts against Blacks, juxtaposed with the four White males trying to oust our Black female mayor in the same year? You don\u2019t sober up by drinking denial juice.\u00a0<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; height: 1px; overflow: visible; border-right: 0px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left: 0px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 2rem auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; width: 100px; background: transparent !important;\"><\/hr><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin: 32px 0px; gap: 32px; flex-wrap: nowrap; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; flex-basis: 33.33%;\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px;\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Autumn-Looijen.png?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Autumn-Looijen.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Autumn-Looijen.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Autumn-Looijen.png?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Autumn-Looijen.png?resize=400%2C400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Autumn-Looijen.png?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Autumn-Looijen.png?resize=706%2C706&amp;ssl=1 706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Autumn-Looijen.png?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Autumn-Looijen.png?w=780&amp;ssl=1 780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Autumn-Looijen-640x640.png?w=370&amp;ssl=1 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-594267\" style=\"position: relative; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Autumn-Looijen-640x640.png?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Illustration of a smiling woman with glasses and long hair in a circular frame.\"><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; flex-basis: 66.66%;\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-autumn-looijen\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--newspack-theme-font-heading); font-weight: 700; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-heading); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-xl); margin: 0px 0px 32px;\">Autumn Looijen<\/h2><ul style=\"padding-left: 1rem; list-style-type: disc; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 32px;\"><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Job<\/span>: School board recall co-founder<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Age<\/span>: 46<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Residency<\/span>: Tenant, landowner, living in District 5 since December 2020<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Transportation<\/span>: Public transit<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Education<\/span>: Bachelor\u2019s degree from the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena<\/li><li class=\"has-small-font-size\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-body); font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-sm);\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Languages<\/span>: English<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\">I was horrified to hear about this.\u00a0 Racism of any kind is unacceptable in San Francisco.<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\">I\u2019m glad our police are working to protect Terry Williams and solve this crime.\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder;\">Black people belong<\/span>\u00a0in Alamo Square \u2014 and in NoPa, in Lower Haight, in Haight Ashbury, in Japantown, and in every neighborhood across San Francisco.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\">I\u2019m heartened to see San Francisco standing with Terry during this chilling experience.\u00a0Black families deserve to feel safe and welcomed in EVERY one of our neighborhoods.<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; height: 1px; overflow: visible; border-right: 0px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-left: 0px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); border-top-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); margin: 2rem auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; width: 100px; background: transparent !important;\"><\/hr><h3 style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-family: var(--newspack-theme-font-heading); font-weight: 700; line-height: var(--newspack-theme-font-line-height-heading); -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-size: var(--newspack-theme-font-size-lg); margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\">Money raised and spent in the District 5 supervisor race<\/h3><div id=\"g-D5-contribution-box\" class=\"ai2html\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%;\"><div id=\"g-D5-contribution-desktop\" class=\"g-artboard\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.542\" data-min-width=\"600\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: relative; overflow: hidden; margin: 0px auto; width: 600px; height: 389px;\"><div style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\"><\/div><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"g-D5-contribution-desktop-img\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"g-D5-contribution-desktop-img g-aiImg\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 0px; display: block; width: 600px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/missionloca.s3.amazonaws.com\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/D5-contribution-desktop.png?w=780&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"><div id=\"g-ai0-1\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 18.5156px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 27.875px; width: 48px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle0\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">For<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-2\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 18.5156px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 222.797px; width: 120px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle0\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">Money spent<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-3\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 18.5156px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 111.016px; width: 81px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle0\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">Against<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-4\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 49.5156px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 4.85938px; width: 127px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">Dean Preston<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-5\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 77.5156px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 21.0781px; width: 82px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle0\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">$10,530<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-6\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 77.5156px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 443.016px; width: 91px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle0\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">$301,458<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-7\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 107.516px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 43.7812px; width: 80px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle0\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">$26,174<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-8\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 107.516px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 232.984px; width: 85px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle0\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">$156,791<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-9\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 157.516px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 4.85938px; width: 136px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">Bilal Mahmood<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-10\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 185.516px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 16.375px; width: 75px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle0\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">$6,846<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-11\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 185.516px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 97.8125px; width: 83px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle0\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">$63,387<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-12\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 235.516px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 4.85938px; width: 113px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">Allen Jones<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-13\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 262.516px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 7.73438px; width: 42px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle0\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">$0<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-14\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 309.516px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 5px; width: 146px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle1\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">Autumn Looijen<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-15\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 336.516px; margin-top: -11.5px; left: 7.875px; width: 42px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle0\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 22px; height: 22px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">$0<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-16\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 377.906px; margin-top: -8.9px; left: 2.6875px; width: 38px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle2\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 17px; height: 17px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">$0<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-17\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 377.906px; margin-top: -8.9px; left: 120.625px; width: 77px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle2\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 17px; height: 17px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">$100,000<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-18\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 377.906px; margin-top: -8.9px; left: 261.812px; width: 80px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle2\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 17px; height: 17px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">$200,000<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-19\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 377.906px; margin-top: -8.9px; left: 408px; width: 80px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle2\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 17px; height: 17px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">$300,000<\/p><\/div><div id=\"g-ai0-20\" class=\"g-Layer_1 g-aiAbs g-aiPointText\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; position: absolute; top: 377.906px; margin-top: -8.9px; left: 539.188px; width: 80px;\"><p class=\"g-pstyle2\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 0px; font-family: Barlow; line-height: 17px; height: 17px; opacity: 1; letter-spacing: 0em; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; mix-blend-mode: normal; position: static; text-wrap: nowrap;\">$400,000<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\"><small style=\"box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 16px;\">Source:\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; transition-duration: 110ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; transition-property: color; color: var(--newspack-theme-color-secondary-against-white);\" href=\"https:\/\/sfethics.org\/ethics\/2023\/12\/campaign-finance-dashboards-november-5-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\">San Francisco Ethics Commission, as of April 3, 2024.<\/a>\u00a0Chart by Junyao Yang.<\/small><\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\"><em style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">The order of candidates is rotated each week. Answers are capped at 100 words, and may be lightly edited for formatting, spelling, and grammar. If you have questions for the candidates, please let us know at\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; transition-duration: 110ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; transition-property: color; color: var(--newspack-theme-color-secondary-against-white);\" href=\"mailto:eleni@missionlocal.com\">eleni@missionlocal.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\"><em style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">Read the rest of the District 5 questions\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; transition-duration: 110ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; transition-property: color; color: var(--newspack-theme-color-secondary-against-white);\" href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/2024\/02\/meet-the-candidates-all-2024-district-5-supervisor-answers\/\">here<\/a>, and the entire \u201cMeet the Candidates\u201d series\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; transition-duration: 110ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; transition-property: color; color: var(--newspack-theme-color-secondary-against-white);\" href=\"https:\/\/missionlocal.org\/tag\/meet-the-candidates\/\">here<\/a>. Illustrations for the series by Neil Ballard.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\"><em style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">You can register to vote via the\u00a0<a style=\"box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; transition-duration: 110ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; transition-property: color; color: var(--newspack-theme-color-secondary-against-white);\" href=\"http:\/\/sf.gov\/register-vote\">sf.gov<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 32px 0px; max-width: 100%;\"><em style=\"box-sizing: inherit;\">This article was updated with details about Dean Preston\u2019s resolution that was introduced after publishing.<\/em><\/p><div class=\"wp-block-newspack-blocks-homepage-articles  wpnbha show-image image-alignleft ts-3 is-1 is-landscape  has-text-align-left has-text-color has-secondary-variation-color\" style=\"box-sizing: inherit; 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Eleni reports on policing in San Francisco. She first moved to the city on a whim more than 10 years ago, and the Mission has become her home. 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