Alan Wong
2020 - Present
2029
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Alan Wong is a member of the San Francisco Community College Board in California. He assumed office on December 11, 2020. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Wong ran for re-election to the San Francisco Community College Board in California. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Alan Wong was born in San Francisco, California. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of California, San Diego and a master’s degree from the University of San Francisco. Wong’s career experience includes working as Education Policy Advisor for San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar and as a union organizer for homecare and healthcare workers.
Wong’s community service experience includes serving as a delegate for the San Francisco Labor Council. He has also served on leadership panels for the following organizations:
- Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, San Francisco Chapter;
- American Red Cross, Bay Area Chapter; and
- Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs, San Francisco Chapter.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in San Francisco, California (2024)
General election
General election for San Francisco Community College Board (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for San Francisco Community College Board on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Heather McCarty (Nonpartisan)  | 19.7 | 162,477 |
| ✔ |  | Aliya Chisti (Nonpartisan) | 18.2 | 149,638 |
| ✔ |  | Alan Wong (Nonpartisan) | 17.1 | 140,951 |
| ✔ | Luis Zamora (Nonpartisan) | 14.3 | 117,682 | |
| Ruth Ferguson (Nonpartisan) | 13.9 | 114,132 | ||
 | Leanna Louie (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 50,353 | |
| Ben Kaplan (Nonpartisan) | 6.0 | 49,320 | ||
 | Julio Ramos (Nonpartisan) | 4.7 | 38,741 | |
| Total votes: 823,294 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Paige Bailey (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Wong in this election.
2020
See also: City elections in San Francisco, California (2020)
General election
General election for San Francisco Community College Board (4 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for San Francisco Community College Board on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Shanell Williams (Nonpartisan) | 18.0 | 195,356 |
| ✔ |  | Tom Temprano (Nonpartisan) | 17.2 | 186,583 |
| ✔ | | Aliya Chisti (Nonpartisan) | 11.7 | 126,904 |
| ✔ | | Alan Wong (Nonpartisan) | 11.4 | 123,437 |
 | Anita Martinez (Nonpartisan) | 10.8 | 117,629 | |
 | Marie Hurabiell (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 86,726 | |
| Han Zou (Nonpartisan) | 6.9 | 74,975 | ||
 | Victor Olivieri (Nonpartisan) | 6.7 | 72,840 | |
 | Jeanette Quick (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 57,925 | |
 | Geramye Teeter (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 25,580 | |
| Dominic Ashe (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 18,556 | ||
| Total votes: 1,086,511 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
Alan Wong completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wong's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Alan was born and raised in San Francisco. As a teenager, Alan took City College classes for free with a low-income tuition waiver. The College units Alan earned helped him to graduate from U.C. San Diego with a bachelor's degree at age 19.
In Alan's work as Education Policy Advisor for San Francisco Supervisor Gordon Mar, Alan helped draft and advance the 'Free City College' legislation at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to secure a decade of tuition-free college. Alan also worked with local nonprofits, City College, and SFUSD to expand City College into the Sunset.
In partnership with City College stakeholders, Alan wrote the Workforce Education and Recovery Fund (WERF) legislation in order to provide job training for workers, promote economic recovery, bolster student wraparound services, and restore City College programs that have been impacted by declining state funding.
- Workforce Development- I will ensure that the college provides an array of programs for the people most impacted by COVID. I will partner with employers, labor unions, and workforce nonprofits to improve student employment outcomes.
- Transparency- I will secure the college's fiscal health and regain the trust of the public. I will advocate to put an end to deficit spending, grow the college's financial reserves, bring transparency to the college, and increase enrollment and state funding by developing coursework that better enables students to compete in the 21st-century workplace.
- Equity- I will advocate for wraparound services supporting student retention and basic student needs, a diverse workforce reflecting the student population, and vocational and career track programs to help underserved communities gain access to stable and long-term jobs.
Alan will ensure that the college provides a robust array of programs for working and immigrant families impacted by COVID-19. He will partner with employers, labor unions, and workforce nonprofits to improve student employment outcomes and increase transitions into good-paying jobs.
2. Fiscal Oversight and Transparency - For too long, City College has faced structural issues that have impaired its long-term success.
As Trustee, Alan will advocate to put an end to deficit spending, grow the college's financial reserves, bring transparency to the college, and increase enrollment and state funding by developing coursework that better enables students to compete in the 21st century workplace.
2. Grow enrollment to 32,000 Full Time Equivalency Students to gain increased state apportionment (state funding) for the college by increasing public confidence in the college and offering quality and in-demand coursework for the 21st century workforce.
3. Increase public trust in the college by putting an end to deficit spending, growing the college's financial reserves, bringing transparency to the college, and increasing state funding by developing coursework that better enables students to compete in the 21st century workplace.
Furthermore, my lived experience and history of doing the work has earned me the trust and credibility with all the key stakeholder groups at City College as a person that will listen to and work with everybody. I was born and raised in San Francisco, and my entire family went to City College. I have also played a key role in creating and drafting significant City College policies and programs, including securing Free City College for a decade, expanding City College into the Sunset, and the Workforce Education and Recovery Fund legislation. My credibility and leadership is reflected by my endorsements from the Student Chancellor Angelica Campos, all six City College Trustees that are making endorsements, AFT Local 2121, and SEIU 1021 - groups that have often been fractious at the College. I would use my credibility and leadership to bring stakeholders together to solve the great challenges facing the college.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on September 10, 2020
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