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Autumn Looijen
Autumn Looijen ran for election to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to represent District 5 in California. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Looijen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Autumn Looijen was born in Mount Vernon, Washington. She earned a high school diploma from Juanita High School and a bachelor's degree from the California Institute of Technology in 1999. Looijen's career experience includes working as a community organizer and computer programmer. As of 2024, she was affiliated with San Francisco Guardians.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: City elections in San Francisco, California (2024)
General election
General election for San Francisco Board of Supervisors District 5
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Bilal Mahmood in round 4 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 29,698 |
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Endorsements
Looijen received the following endorsements.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Autumn Looijen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Looijen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I have a track record of getting things done in SF politics. I co-founded & ran the school board recall, and I ran the campaign to bring algebra back. Now I want to get things done for you.
But there is much left to do… especially in the Tenderloin, which is part of our district now. We must choose a leader who will close the open drug markets that are destroying their neighborhood... and downtown.
Women of the Tenderloin are calling me because they use walkers and cannot navigate blocked sidewalks. Because they have been severely assaulted on the streets. Because they see women at 4am with their pants down, drug dealers parceling out pills and powders to keep them compliant. This is a direct result of the open drug markets.
I support Prop 36 -- which neither Bilal nor Dean supports. Prop 36 will bring back court-mandated treatment for drug offenses, to get drug users into treatment & get their lives back on track. It's a key part of solving the problems in the Tenderloin.
When we tackle the open drug markets, we will bring businesses back, bring tourists back, and bring vibrancy and joy to every corner of our city. Your neighborhood too.
I'm the candidate with the right policies and the track record to get it done.- Clean safe streets are the foundation for EVERYTHING we want to do in our city.
That’s why my very first priority is street conditions in the Tenderloin. We need to tackle the drug crisis and specifically the open drug markets that leave the neighborhood trashed night after night.
If we don't close the open drug markets, we're going to have a heck of a time revitalizing downtown. - Helping neighborhoods thrive. There are closed businesses in every neighborhood. We need to bring foot traffic back and support them when they have problems. The Fillmore Safeway is closing – we must work to get a replacement grocery story & help the neighborhood fill the gap in the meantime (groceries, pharmacy, banking). The Tenderloin also deserves a grocery store. I will fight to find a site for it, and bring in a grocery store the neighborhood can afford.
- Making things work around here, for residents and small businesses and people building the housing we so desperately need. We make it too hard to get things done, creating an environment where corruption thrives. We need to streamline our laws and put the focus on getting things done for the people of SF.
I've spent the last five years studying how to navigate conflict and how to change people's minds. I've sought out people I disagree with and had deep conversations. I've spoken with experts and I've spoken with people on the street. I've run entire political campaigns from the bottom up. And I approach every decision by asking, what's best for the regular people of San Francisco?
Supervisors have a megaphone and a pen. They can shine a light on issues in the city, and write legislation to solve issues... including putting measures on theballot. (They also have oversight over ~$50M of city budget.)
After college, my first job was helping 30,000 volunteers organize the internet, releasing the data as an open source project. This work inspired Wikipedia and was the starting point for early Google crawls.
I remember how it felt to wear every one of those hats, and it gives me empathy for a wide range of struggles.
I plan to stay closely in touch with my constituents with public office hours, and maintain good relationships with every neighborhood leader.
When I'm looking at new legislation, it's important to me to talk with the people closest to the problem. They have more nuance and understand the problem best. I trust them to give me the best advice.
Stop Crime Action
Connected SF
Marina Times
Pirates Wire
Chinese American Democratic Club (CADC)
Chinese American Citizens Alliance
Raoul Wallenberg Jewish Democratic Club
San Francisco Briones Society
San Francisco Republican Party
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2024
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